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Node.js implementation of a [BitTorrent tracker](https://wiki.theory.org/BitTorrentSpecification#Tracker_HTTP.2FHTTPS_Protocol), client and server.
A **BitTorrent tracker** is an HTTP service which responds to GET requests from BitTorrent
A **BitTorrent tracker** is an web service which responds to requests from BitTorrent
clients. The requests include metrics from clients that help the tracker keep overall
statistics about the torrent. The response includes a peer list that helps the client
participate in the torrent.
participate in the torrent swarm.
This module is used by [WebTorrent](http://webtorrent.io).
## features
- includes client & server implementations
- supports HTTP & UDP trackers ([BEP 15](http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0015.html))
- supports tracker "scrape" extension
- robust and well-tested (comprehensive test suite, and used by [WebTorrent](http://webtorrent.io) and [peerflix](https://github.com/mafintosh/peerflix))
- supports all mainstream tracker types:
- HTTP trackers
- UDP trackers ([BEP 15](http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0015.html))
- WebTorrent trackers ([BEP forthcoming](http://webtorrent.io))
- supports ipv4 & ipv6
- supports tracker "scrape" extension
- robust and well-tested
- comprehensive test suite (runs entirely offline, so it's reliable)
- Used by popular clients: [WebTorrent](http://webtorrent.io), [peerflix](https://github.com/mafintosh/peerflix)), and [playback](https://mafintosh.github.io/playback/).
Also see [bittorrent-dht](https://github.com/feross/bittorrent-dht).