LibTorrent

June 22, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

Introduction

High performance torrent library for multiple clients.

LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with a focus on high performance and good code. The library differentiates itself from other implementations by transferring directly from file pages to the network stack.

To learn how to use libtorrent visit the Wiki.

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Building

Create configure files:

autoreconf -ivf

Configure, build and install:

./configure
make
make install