It does not work inside a worker.

[ander7agar]

What version of WebTorrent?
WebTorrent 0.98.20
What operating system and Node.js version?
Ubuntu 17.10 Artful with Node 8.9.0
What browser and version? (if using WebTorrent in the browser)
Electron framework
What did you expect to happen?
I am developing a desktop application with Electron that WebTorrent uses to download and share files. So far I started the WebTorrent along with the rest of the application's scripts and it worked perfectly. The bad thing is that sometimes the application froze, so I decided to run the WebTorrent in a different thread. I have done it with the workerjs module, the communication between the processes works correctly, I can add files and it returns the result without problems.
What actually happened?
What happens is that it does not share the files nor download them. If I do not use the Worker everything works fine, except that it freezes the application.

[t-mullen]

WebRTC doesn't work inside ServiceWorkers or WebWorkers, and probably never will.

See: https://github.com/xuset/aether-torrent
Or: https://github.com/mafintosh/browser-server

[DiegoRBaquero]

Electron allows this, check WebTorrent Desktop app design.