Bitford

A BitTorrent client as a Chrome Packaged App.

Contrary to other implementations, this one talks the native BitTorrent protocol 100% in JavaScript.

New: install from the Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitford/agjcpjkkccmhfopfciohkkfolnjbbdoh

Try it

• Go to chrome://extensions/
• ☑ Developer mode
• Load unpacked extension...
• Choose this directory
• Launch
• Keep an eye on the console of the background page

Roadmap

UI

• Display file saving progress

Background

• Couple piece receiving to chunk store with background sha1 hashing
• Fix recovery
• store-backend: unify open bitford-store
• Tracker event
• Smarter peer selection
• Priorities & unchoke buckets
• Peer connections should wait for store recovery

Unsolved

• Intercept .torrent files that users download
  • https://github.com/Rob--W/pdf.js/commit/e181a3c902485a5c3e155c555abb6d686604457b

Torrent Features

• Peer limits
  • Connect rate
  • by IP
  • Upload slots
• Extension protocol
• Magnet Links
• DHT
• Encryption
• uTP