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WebTorrent is pretty limited though: > ... a browser-based WebTorrent client or "web peer" can only connect to other clients that support WebTorrent/WebRTC. (
by mc10 6y ago
WebTorrent is pretty limited though:
> ... a browser-based WebTorrent client or "web peer" can only connect to other clients that support WebTorrent/WebRTC.
(from https://webtorrent.io/faq https://webtorrent.io/faq)
This essentially splinters the world into the bittorrent and webtorrent halves, which makes it far less useful.
- 0-_-0 6y agoWebTorrent is part of libtorrent now, so should be part of all torrent clients based on it, e.g. qBittorrent: https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/4123 https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/4123
- capableweb 6y agoNot quite there yet. Latest release of libtorrent was 1.2.9, seems it's scheduled for "some branch" after 2.0 (https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/4123#issuecomment-676074545 https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/4123#issuecomment-...). Add in some time for clients to actually start using it as well, which is not guaranteed either. The DHT remains split for now.
- vbezhenar 6y agoFor some reason browser vendors do not allow JavaScript to connect to any port. So there's no other way.
- Sean-Der 6y agoIf you want a CLI/Desktop WebTorrent client https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent works great.