G-Ray

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   by G-Ray 3y ago

   This is a very good question. I preferred to bundle libtransmission to offer a plug'n play experience across all platforms. Regarding all the criticism here, I believe PikaTorrent should primarily focus on new or average torrent users.
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   by G-Ray 3y ago

   I just released a new version. I mainly reworked design for the torrent cards, utilizing a lot less vertical space. Thank you for the few valuable feedback. I will continue to iterate and improve pikatorrent. Please don't hesitate to s
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   by G-Ray 3y ago

   I invite you to read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36745751 , where I explain how the search bar can be configured with custom search engines. I strive to maintain parity between the mobile and desktop UIs, and I unde
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   by G-Ray 3y ago

   There's nothing wrong with using Transmission. I find the new web UI rather nice, but IMHO, still not be ideal for newcomers. With PikaTorrent, my goal is to provide a simple, cross-platform client that can be controlled remotely witho
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   by G-Ray 3y ago

   I would be interested if you have some serious benchmarks between libtorrent & libtransmission? Transmission's main maintainer published this in 2010: https://gist.github.com/ckerr/89882362c65b819614051935364b9
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   by G-Ray 3y ago

   Well, I believe that setting up a web server should not be a requirement for remote software control. In the case of torrents, it would be great to have the ability to manage downloads on a desktop from a mobile device, no matter where we a
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   by G-Ray 3y ago

   I think so, too. It seems people here would prefer a table view. However, I'm uncertain about the value added by including all this information in a table. Personally, I find myself ignoring them 99% of the time. When dealing with hund
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   by G-Ray 3y ago

   https://www.os-js.org Sorry.
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   by G-Ray 3y ago

   I chose web technologies for PikaTorrent because I wanted the ability to remotely control my instances on the web, which you can access at https://app.pikatorrent.com . Additionally, Expo allows me to target both web and native m
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    by G-Ray 3y ago

    Thank you for your comment, it seems that many users here would prefer a table view. It's true that when the cards are collapsed, some (configurable and orderable) information gets hidden, which is not ideal. However, in the meantime,
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    by G-Ray 3y ago

    Thank you for your valuable opinion. As an advanced user myself, remote control is important to me, but I also want to introduce more people to BitTorrent through a simple UI. Based on the comments, it seems I have missed the target for adv
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    by G-Ray 3y ago

    In theory, PikaTorrent could handle as many torrents as Transmission since it uses the same library. However, we need to conduct further testing on PikaTorrent UI with a larger number of torrents in order to observe the performance of its v
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    Show HN: PikaTorrent, a modern, multi-platform, open source BitTorrent app(pikatorrent.com)

    65 points by G-Ray 3y ago|47 comments