PApaulcarroty·Nov 4, 2024Submission
Rqbit is a BitTorrent client written in Rust
3 points · Open discussionikatson
rqbit
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rqbit
A bittorrent client in Rust
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A bittorrent client in Rust
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| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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8 sourcesRqbit – BitTorrent Client in Rust
3 points · Open discussionThere is rqbit written in Rust and does not rely on libtorrent: https://github.com/ikatson/rqbit
In RCE Vulnerability in QBittorrentConcurrency and the shared state nature of torrents are definitely what makes it all hard and tricky. I've rewritten this part of DHT completely recently, but according to your experience looks like this time won't be the last.
For block requesting, rqbit has a pretty simple algorithm https://github.com/ikatson/rqbit/blob/main/crates/librqbit/s..., and I didn't notice it in benchmarks, thanks to Rust being fast by default I guess. I admit though, never looked how other clients do it, maybe the rqbit algorithm is too naive.
In Show HN: Rqbit – bittorent CLI and desktop app written in RustShow HN: Rqbit – bittorent CLI and desktop app written in Rust
78 points · Open discussionrqbit: A BitTorrent Client in Rust
5 points · Open discussionShow HN: Rqbit – BitTorrent Client in Rust
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