Torrent Client

This is a simple BitTorrent client written in C++ and Boost Asio.

Quick start

If you want to try this BitTorrent client yourself, follow the steps below:

• Clone this repository, and make sure that cmake (> 3.23) is installed.

$ git clone https://github.com/momentum-devs/torrent-client.git
$ cd torrent-client && mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. && make -j

• Initialize git submodules:

$ git submodule update --init --recursive
$ cd torrent-client && mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. && make -j

• Build source code:

$ cd torrent-client && mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. && make -j

• To download the debian iso as an example, enter the following command:

$ ./torrent-client --torrent_file ../torrents/debian.torrent --destination_directory ../torrents

• All files in the torrents directory can be used for testing.

Commandline Options

The program supports the following commandline options:

Options	Alternative	Description	Default
--t	--torrent-file	Path to the torrent file	REQUIRED
--d	--destination_directory	The output directory to which the file will be downloaded	REQUIRED

Supported Features

The current implementation of this BitTorrent client only supports the following features:

• Downloading single-file torrents in a multithreaded manner.
• Downloading multi-file torrents in a multithreaded manner.
• Resuming a download.
• Connecting to as many peers as possible.