GoTorrent Client

GoTorrent is a lightweight and efficient command-line BitTorrent client written in Go.

Features

• Download torrents (not so efficiently yet).
• Simple and easy-to-use command-line interface.

Installation

To install GoTorrent, you need to have Go installed on your system. Then, you can use the following command:

go get github.com/WendelHime/gotorrent

Build

go build -o gotorrent ./cmd/gotorrent 

Usage

gotorrent -torrent <torrent-filepath> -output <output-directory>

• <torrent-filepath>: Path to the torrent file you want to download
• <output-directory>: Directory where the downloaded files will be saved. If the directory doesn't exist, it will be created.

Example:

./gotorrent -torrent internal/integration/sample.torrent -output ./output

Testing

go test -cover -race ./...

Known issues

• This program only support ipv4 addresses.
• This program only support single file torrents. (sorry you won't be able to download shrek movies right now)
• I've only tested with a couple torrent files like for debian images - look for the best mirror for you and if there's any torrent file available you can try it (don't forget to verify/validate hashes!)

Future improvements

• Add support to multi-file torrents
• Add support to ipv6 addresses
• Keep track of stored pieces and download missing pieces if the program was interrupted
• Add more unit tests/improve test coverage
• Seed data