bittorrent-tracker
Simple, robust, BitTorrent tracker (client and server) implementation.
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Still maintained? Yes: 6 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v11.2.3 (May 2026).
At a glance
bittorrent-tracker quick facts
- Health score
- 55/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 1,940
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v11.2.3, May 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Node.js implementation of a BitTorrent tracker, client and server."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
bittorrent-tracker scores 55/100, #5 of 8 in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing: 6 commits in the last 90 days earn 7.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v11.2.3, 5 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,940 stars add 13.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 28.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 7.0 / 35
6 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v11.2.3 released 5 months ago
- Stars 13.2 / 20
1.9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 6
- Last 90 days
- 24
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 8 tools in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing by health , between Transmission (#4) and PrivyDrop (#6) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | v11.2.3 · 5 months ago |
| Stars | 1,940 |
| Open issues | 16 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | webtorrent/bittorrent-tracker ↗ |
bittorrent-tracker vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with bittorrent-tracker (File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slskd | 95 | 4.2k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Webtor | 91 | 713 | MIT | today |
| qBittorrent | 88 | 41k | GPL-2.0 | 4 days ago |
| Transmission | 87 | 15k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| bittorrent-tracker (this tool) | 55 | 1.9k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| bitmagnet | 40 | 4.4k | MIT | 3 months ago |
bittorrent-tracker: common questions
Is bittorrent-tracker still maintained?
bittorrent-tracker had 6 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v11.2.3, is from 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.