BitTorrent

A BitTorrent library implementation. It allows to read/write torrent files, transfer data files, query trackers and DHT. The library is still in active development and have some subsystems partially implemented.

For lastest released version and reference documentation see hackage page.

Status

The protocol has many enchancements. This table keep track if a particular BEP is "todo", "in progress" or "complete":

BEP #	Title	Status
3	The BitTorrent Protocol Specification	In progress
4	Known Number Allocations	In progress
5	DHT	In progress
6	Fast Extension	In progress
7	IPv6 Tracker Extension	In progress
9	Extension for Peers to Send Metadata Files	In progress
10	Extension protocol	In progress
12	Multitracker Metadata Extension	In progress
15	UDP Tracker Protocol for BitTorrent	In progress
20	Peer ID Conventions	Implemented
23	Tracker Return Compact Peer Lists	Implemented

Hacking

The root directory layout is as follows:

• examples -- includes demo utilities to get started;
• src -- the library source tree;
• tests -- the library test suite;
• res -- torrents and data files used in test suite.
• sub -- subprojects and submodules used by the library and still in dev.

Some subdirectories includes README with futher explanations to get started.

Contacts

• Discussions: IRC #haskell-bittorrent at irc.freenode.net
• Bugs & issues: issue tracker
• Maintainer: pxqr.sta@gmail.com