libdtorr

BitTorrent library written in C. Linux/Windows

No threading occurs in this library, since it uses non-blocking I/O.

Implements BEP 3 and BEP 23.

Library designed/developed for the dtorr client.

Build/usage

Run make. Library outputted to lib folder. Test programs outputted to bin folder.

test_manage is best for testing downloads/uploads, and saving torrent state.

Linux dependencies

OpenSSL development libraries (for SHA1), gcc, make

Suggested Windows environment

• MSYS2
• Mingw-w64 toolchain (gcc/make)
• OpenSSL

Design

Current limitations

• No DHT, only http trackers allowed
• Very simple choking algorithm, chokes peers at random if there are many peers