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A directory is also a site where users can find other websites. Some sites focus on certain content – such as etree that focuses on live concerts – and some have no particular focus, like The Pirate Bay. Some sites specialize as search engines of other BitTorrent sites.
Bram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol, made the first BitTorrent client, which he also called BitTorrent, and published it in July 2001. [2] Many BitTorrent programs are open-source software; others are freeware, adware or shareware. Some download managers, such as FlashGet and GetRight, are BitTorrent-ready.
1337x is an online website that provides a directory of torrent files and magnet links used for peer-to-peer file sharing through the BitTorrent protocol. [1] According to the TorrentFreak news blog, 1337x is the second-most popular torrent website as of 2024. [2]
BitTorrent and Tribler Yes magnet Free Windows, GNU, macOS GNU LGPL v2.1+ [13] Python, C++ Yes 2019, 7.12.1 (September 20, 2022; 2 years ago (14] Unlike most other torrent clients, Tribler is decentralized (as well as anonymous) and does not rely on any trackers or any other indexing service to discover content. [15]
July – Torrentse and Sharelive sites both shut down as a result of the MPAA starting to take action against BitTorrent sites. [61] September – TorrentSpy is registered. It would be shut down in March 2008, and in May 2008 it would be ordered to pay the MPAA $110 million in damages.
Users find a torrent of interest on a torrent index site or by using a search engine built into the client, download it, and open it with a BitTorrent client. The client connects to the tracker(s) or seeds specified in the torrent file, from which it receives a list of seeds and peers currently transferring pieces of the file(s).
Integrated torrent search engine (simultaneous search in many torrent search sites and category-specific search requests, such as books, music and software) Remote control through a secure web user interface; Sequential downloading (download in order). Enables "streaming" media files; Super-seeding option; Torrent creation tool
The site commented: "Not having torrents will be a bit cheaper for us but it will also make it harder for our common enemies to stop us." [67] The site added that torrents being shared by fewer than ten people will retain their torrent files, to ensure compatibility with older software that may not support magnet links. [68]