Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software Information & Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software Links at HealthHaven.com

The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker.

Tracker	Programming Language	License	Operating System Support	Description
PeerTracker^[1]	PHP	GPL	Cross-platform	Extremely lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker. Supports SQLite3, MySQL and soon PostgreSQL for storage.
Atrack^[2]	Python	Public Domain/MIT	Google App Engine, (or any host with Python and memcached)	Minimalist tracker designed to run efficiently on App Engine relying on memcached for all storage.
Opentracker^[3]	C	Beerware	Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, Mac, Solaris,…	Uses libowfat^[4], performs well even on embedded hardware. Only requirement is a POSIX compliant OS.
Vuze^[5]	Java	GPL	Windows, Linux, Mac	Vuze (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker.
BNBT^[6]	C++	LGPL	Windows, (Linux or Mac?)	BNBT is a complete port of the original Python BitTorrent tracker to C++ using the STL for data storage and basic network sockets for network communication.
XBTT^[7]^[8]	C++	GPL	Windows and Linux	Uses MySQL for data storage, lightweight tracker
XBNBT^[9]	C++	LGPL	Windows, Linux, Mac	Modified version of BNBT, uses flat-file or MySQL for data storage
LeonidasP2P^[10]	ASP .NET 2.0	Microsoft Reciprocal License	Windows (Mac and Linux?)	Based on phpMyBitTorrent
LimeTracker^[11]	PHP	LGPL	Windows, Linux, Mac	Optionally uses MySQL for data storage, uses Symfony framework, sponsored by LimeWire
mod bt^[12]	C	Apache License	Linux (Mac and Windows?)	Apache 2.X module, setup through Apache configuration file
MonoTorrent^[13]	C#	MIT	Windows, Linux (using Mono), Mac	Uses Mono for cross-platform support (.NET)
OpenTracker^[14]	PHP	Not Specified	Windows, Linux, Mac	Uses MySQL for data storage, lightweight and simple
µTorrent^[15]	C++	Freeware	Windows, Linux (using Wine), Mac (Intel only)	Does not lack a web interface or list of hosted torrents; it is not designed for secure or large-scale application
phpMyBitTorrent^[16]	PHP	GPL	Windows, Linux, Mac	Uses MySQL for data storage
RivetTracker^[17]	PHP	GPL	Windows, Linux, Mac	Uses MySQL for data storage, support for RSS feeds, HTTP seeding, detailed statistics, uses web-interface

[edit] References

[edit] External links

http://wiki.theory.org/BitTorrentApplications

[0] ttp://code.google.com/p/peertracker/

[1] ttp://repo.cat-v.org/atrack/

[2] ttp://erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker/

[3] ttp://www.fefe.de/libowfat/

[4] ttp://azureus.sourceforge.net/faq.php#17

[5] ttp://sourceforge.net/projects/bnbt

[6] ttp://xbtt.sourceforge.net/tracker/

[7] ttp://sourceforge.net/projects/xbtt/

[8] ttp://xbnbt.sourceforge.net/

[9] ttp://sourceforge.net/projects/leonidas/

[10] ttp://limecast.com/tracker

[11] ttp://www.crackerjack.net/mod_bt/index.html

[12] ttp://www.monotorrent.com

[13] ttp://www.whitsoftdev.com/opentracker/

[14] ttp://www.utorrent.com/faq/features#faq15

[15] ttp://www.phpmybittorrent.com

[16] ttp://www.rivetcode.com/software/rivettracker/

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