Bitflu

Bitflu
Developer(s)	Adrian Ulrich
Initial release	2009
Stable release	1.52 / July 11, 2015; 8 years ago
Written in	Perl
Operating system	Unix-like
Available in	English
Type	BitTorrent client
License	Artistic License 2.0
Website	bitflu.workaround.ch

Bitflu is an open-source, BitTorrent client by Adrian Ulrich. It is available for Unix-like systems and is written in Perl.^[2]

Features[edit]

Multiple downloads
IPv6 Support
Designed to run as a daemon/No GUI: You can connect to the client via telnet and/or http (AJAX)
Security: The client can chroot itself and drop privileges
Bandwidth shaping (upload+download)
Crash-Proof design: Crashes or a full filesystem will never corrupt your downloads again :-)
Non-Threading/Non-Forking: All connections are handled in non-blocking state using epoll (or kqueue on *BSD)

Reception[edit]

Bitflu has received good reviews, both in open-source software sites ^[3] and blogs,^[4]^[5] praising it for being lightweight and feature-complete.

Even so, Bitflu seems to be largely unknown, reportedly commanding only 0.000025% of the total BitTorrent traffic.^[6] According to one reviewer, this could be due to its non-automated, relatively elaborated install procedure, which could be putting off a "majority of users who can't do anything more complicated than a click-next-until-finish install".^[7]

References[edit]

^ "Bitflu". bitflu.workaround.ch. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
^ "Bitflu (About)". Adrian Ulrich. 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
^ "Bitflu - Freecode". Dec 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
^ "bitflu: A tiny torrent daemon". 9 April 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
^ "Notes: Bitflu". 29 October 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
^ "Bitflu Torrent Client - Overview". Dec 13, 2013. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
^ "Comments for Bitflu". January 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Bitflu". bitflu.workaround.ch. Retrieved 2021-03-28.

[2] "Bitflu (About)". Adrian Ulrich. 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2013-12-01.

[3] "Bitflu - Freecode". Dec 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.

[4] "bitflu: A tiny torrent daemon". 9 April 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2014.

[5] "Notes: Bitflu". 29 October 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2014.

[6] "Bitflu Torrent Client - Overview". Dec 13, 2013. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.

[7] "Comments for Bitflu". January 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.

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