PicoTorrent Server is a high performance BitTorrent server

Built to handle tens of thousands of torrents, PicoTorrent Server is an excellent BitTorrent server. Perfect for a seedbox setup where performance and ease of use is key.

Features

• Full support for BitTorrent 2.0 (BEP-52), v1, v2 and v1+v2 hybrid torrents.
• A simple, clean, embedded web UI for management.
• All data is stored in a SQLite database which makes backups trivial.
• A Prometheus exporter for monitoring session statistics.

Getting started

PicoTorrent Server is distributed via Docker which makes it easy to run and distribute.

docker run -p 8080:1337 ghcr.io/picotorrent/server:{VERSION}

Using docker-compose

This is an example file with more advanced usage - the container is set to read-only and volumes are mapped in for data storage.

version: '3'

services:
  picotorrent:
    image: ghcr.io/picotorrent/server:{VERSION}
    ports:
      - 8080:1337
    environment:
      PICOTORRENT_DB_FILE: /data/PicoTorrent.sqlite
    volumes:
      - /mnt/downloads:/downloads
      - /var/lib/picotorrent:/data

Configuration

Use these environment variables to configure the behavior of PicoTorrent Server.

• PICOTORRENT_DB_FILE - the path to a SQLite database to use for data storage. The file will be created if it does not exist. Defaults to right next to the PicoTorrentServer binary.
• PICOTORRENT_HTTP_HOST - the IP address to listen on for the HTTP server. Defaults to 127.0.0.1.
• PICOTORRENT_HTTP_PORT - the port to use for the HTTP server. Defaults to 1337.
• PICOTORRENT_WEBROOT_PATH - the path to the web UI. If unset, no web UI will be served. Defaults to /app/client in the Docker container which is where the bundled web UI is located.

Prometheus

• PICOTORRENT_PROMETHEUS_EXPORTER - if this is set, the Prometheus exporter is enabled and will serve metrics on /metrics. Defaults to unset.

Setting up for development

Build PicoTorrent Server then run it.

$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake -G Ninja
$ ninja
$ ./PicoTorrentServer

Then start the Vue client.

$ cd client
$ npm i
$ npm run serve

Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser. All API requests are forwarded to the server process with the help of the Vue proxy.

In production scenarios, the Vue client is hosted by PicoTorrent itself.