The WebRTC protocol is the next logical step. Every mainstream torrent client eventually adopted uTP, and today you can use BitTorrent over either protocol. Later, uTP came along promising better performance and additional advantages over TCP. In the early days, BitTorrent used TCP as its transport protocol. If we can already download torrents in my web browser, why a desktop app? įirst, a bit of background on the design of WebTorrent.

We need a 'hybrid client' that connects the BitTorrent and WebTorrent networks.

We wanted a torrent app with good streaming support.

We wanted a clean, lightweight, ad-free, open source torrent app.

We created WebTorrent Desktop for three reasons: Where does Electron come into the picture? Ībout one year ago, we decided to build WebTorrent Desktop, a version of WebTorrent that runs as a desktop app. WebTorrent is the first step in the journey to re-decentralize the Web. No more client/server – just a network of peers, all equal. The more people that use a WebTorrent-powered website, the faster and more resilient it becomes.īrowser-to-browser communication cuts out the middle-man and lets people communicate on their own terms. Imagine a video site like YouTube, but where visitors help to host the site's content. You can see a demo of WebTorrent in action here: webtorrent.io. Using open web standards, WebTorrent connects website users together to form a distributed, decentralized browser-to-browser network for efficient file transfer. No browser plugin, extension, or installation is required. It's written completely in JavaScript and it can use WebRTC for peer-to-peer transport.

WebTorrent is the first torrent client that works in the browser.

This week we caught up with and to talk about WebTorrent, the web-powered torrent client that connects users together to form a distributed, decentralized browser-to-browser network.

Easier AutoUpdating for Open-Source Apps.

BrowserView window.open() Vulnerability Fix.

Chromium WebAudio Vulnerability Fix (CVE-2019-13720).

Electron becomes an OpenJS Foundation Impact Project.

Community Discord Server and Hacktoberfest.

Only the brave 2017 torrent