Addis-Torrent

4th Year Software Engineering Students

Addis Ababa University @2024

Instructor: Wendimagegn Desta

Course: Distributed System

Name	Roll Number	Section
Eden Asamere	UGR/7759/13	2
Sitra Mohammed	UGR/0106/13	1
Hiwot Beyene	UGR/3774/13	2
Yohannes Habtamu	UGR/3616/13	2
Dawit Zeleke	UGR/7912/13	2

How to Use it?

Install

Go is required

1. Library:

   • go get -d github.com/Hiwot-Beyene/addis-torrent/torrent
   • go install github.com/Hiwot-Beyene/addis-torrent/torrent@latest

2. Client:

   • go get -d github.com/Hiwot-Beyene/addis-torrent/cmd/addis-download
   • go install github.com/Hiwot-Beyene/addis-torrent/cmd/addis-download@latest

Client Usage

To download a torrent from a file:

The following command assumes that the client is installed and the executable 'addis-download' is in $PATH (because $GOPATH/bin should be in $PATH). <file> is propably a file with .torrent extension.
$ addis-download -torrentfile <file>
The downloaded files will be available under the current working directory.

What it does

File sharing using the BitTorrent protocol.

Torrent management (creation, starting, pausing, and stopping).

Progress tracking for each torrent (completion percentage, downloaded/uploaded data).

Peer connection management (establishing and managing connections with other peers).

Piece selection algorithms for efficient downloading.

Communication with the tracker server for peer coordination.

Support for seeding (sharing files without further downloading).

Concurrency