webtorrent - BitTorrent over WebRTC

A streaming torrent client in your browser, powered by webRTC and black magic.

Watch / star repo to follow along with progress

Features

• BitTorrent in your browser!
• No plugins (uses WebRTC Data Channels for peer-to-peer data)
• Streaming playback (get first pieces first)
  • Into video tag with MediaSource API when possible
  • Flash player with JS bridge for other media types
• Works with .torrent files and magnet links
• Supports DHT (trackerless torrents) over WebRTC
  • Extensions to DHT protocol to work over WebRTC
  • DHT nodes do "peer introductions" so WebRTC can work without a centralized signaling server
• Supports completely serverless, trackerless operation

Useful Links

• BitTorrent Spec

DHT

• DHT Protocol
• Kademlia Paper
• Main DHT implementation
• Optimized DHT bootstrap implementation