Webtor
Web-based torrent client with instant audio/video streaming.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 251 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.1.2 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
Webtor quick facts
- Health score
- 91/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 713
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.1.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "This is the self-hosted version of webtor.io, implemented as an all-in-one Docker image."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Webtor scores 91/100, #2 of 8 in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing: 251 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.1.2, 10 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 713 stars add 11.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 8.6 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
251 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.1.2 released 10 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 11.4 / 20
713 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 251
- Last 90 days
- 264
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 8 tools in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing by health , between slskd (#1) and qBittorrent (#3) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v2.1.2 · 10 days ago |
| Stars | 713 |
| Open issues | 5 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | webtor-io/self-hosted ↗ |
Webtor vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Webtor (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 (this tool) | 91 | 713 | MIT | today |
| qBittorrent | 88 | 41k | GPL-2.0 | 4 days ago |
| Transmission | 87 | 15k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| bittorrent-tracker | 55 | 1.9k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| bitmagnet | 40 | 4.4k | MIT | 3 months ago |
Webtor: common questions
Is Webtor still maintained?
Webtor had 251 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v2.1.2, is from 10 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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