WebTorrent is the first torrent client that works in the browser. YEP, THAT'S RIGHT. THE BROWSER.
It's written completely in JavaScript – the language of the web – and uses WebRTC for true peer-to-peer transport. No browser plugin, extension, or installation is required.
Using open web standards, WebTorrent connects website users together to form a distributed, decentralized browser-to-browser network for efficient file transfer.
Imagine a video site like YouTube, where visitors help to host the site's content. The more people that use a WebTorrent-powered website, the faster and more resilient it becomes.
Browser-to-browser communication cuts out the middle-man and lets people communicate on their own terms. No more client/server – just a network of peers, all equal. WebTorrent is the first step in the journey to redecentralize the Web.
4 sponsors are funding webtorrent’s work.
We'll be able to pay for hosting and domain renewal costs for webtorrent.io and instant.io, so @feross doesn't have to pay out-of-pocket!
Meet the team
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🧙♂️ Founder of Socket (@SocketDev) • Mad scientist • Stanford lecturer • 100+ open source projects, including @webtorrent and @standard. -
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Human, OpenWebtorrent
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Senior Software Engineer · MSc. SE Student · Scientist/Geek · FOSS · Node.js
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Featured work
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webtorrent/webtorrent
⚡️ Streaming torrent client for the webJavaScript 24,793 -
webtorrent/webtorrent-desktop
❤️ Streaming torrent app for Mac, Windows, and LinuxJavaScript 8,469 -
webtorrent/instant.io
🚀 Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent (torrents on the web)JavaScript 2,902 -
webtorrent/webtorrent-cli
WebTorrent, the streaming torrent client. For the command line.
JavaScript 706
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- Thank you tweet from @WebTorrentApp Twitter account
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- Thank you tweet from the @WebTorrentApp Twitter account
- Your name will be added to the Supporter section of feross.org/thanks
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- We'll add your name to the "Credits" menu in WebTorrent Desktop, used by 100K+ users!
- Thank you tweet from the @WebTorrentApp Twitter account
- Your name will be added to the Top Supporter section of feross.org/thanks
$500 a month
SelectGold Sponsor
- Medium company logo and link on the official website and readme of WebTorrent and feross.org/thanks, which get 180K page views per month
- Priority GitHub issues, so your issues are addressed first
- Thank you tweet from @WebTorrentApp and @feross Twitter account
$1,000 a month
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- Large company logo and link on the official website and readme of WebTorrent and feross.org/thanks, which get 180K page views per month
- Priority GitHub issues, so your issues are addressed first
- Thank you tweet from @WebTorrentApp and @feross Twitter account