Extended BitTorrent Client and Tracker / News: Recent posts

Instead of CVS, SVN is now used to manage source code.

XBT Client 0.5.2 has been released

0.4.7:
Added send stop event option (disabled by default to speed up client exit).
Made options and torrent options dialogs resizeable.
Implemented per-torrent min and max upload slots limits.

0.4.8:
Fixed crash when a frontend requested the status via the admin port.
Added Torrent - Explore (Enter) and Torrent - Options (Alt+Enter) shortcuts.
Added ability to edit trackers in Torrent - Options.
Added experimental ability to show/hide and order columns (not remembered across restarts).
In the torrent maker, files are now sorted on filename.... read more

XBT Client 0.4.6 has been released

0.4.2:
Added extension column to files view.
Added popup menu to tray icon.
Added Help - Home Page option.
Fixed keyboard shortcuts.

0.4.3:
Added aggregate statistics to window title.
Added version number to window title.
Added version number to web frontend.

0.4.4:
Fixed Upload Slots Limit.
Made installer remember Install Dir (for next upgrade).

0.4.5:
Added global events view.
Added version check (in global events).
Added firewall/router check (in global events).
Added a new icon.
Fixed bug related to restart with 0 byte files.... read more

A new version of the XBT client has been released. This client is an implementation of the BitTorrent peer to peer file sharing protocol in C++. It's designed for low CPU- and RAM usage, an easy-to-use interface and high download speeds. Both Linux (source only) and Windows versions are available.

A web frontend (written in PHP) is available, so the client can be controlled from anywhere on the internet (if you wish).
A command-line interface is also available, so torrents can be started by scripts. ... read more

A new version of the XBT client has been released. This Windows client is an implementation of the BitTorrent peer to peer file sharing protocol in C++. It's designed for low CPU- and RAM usage, an easy-to-use interface and high download speeds.

A web frontend (written in PHP) is available, so the client can be controlled from anywhere on the internet (if you wish).
A command-line interface is also available, so torrents can be started by scripts.... read more

A new version of the XBT client has been released. This Windows client is an implementation of the BitTorrent peer to peer file sharing protocol in C++. It's designed for low CPU- and RAM usage, an easy-to-use interface and high download speeds.

Recent changes:
Added Upload Rate Limit option to context menu.
Added Check and Radio icons to the context menu.
Made disabled context menu items gray.
Added estimated completion time to details view.
Torrents with zero-byte files can now be downloaded.
Shortcuts for open (Ins), close (Del) and the five bottom views (1 - 5) have been added.
Added "Completed at" and "Started at" to the details view (not yet remember after client restart).
Made double-clicking on a torrent open Windows Explorer in the directory of that torrent.
Made double-clicking on a file (in the files view) open that file.
Added events view.
Fixed files view.
Added option to change sub-file priority for multi-file torrents to the context menu.
Added multiple views (details, files, peers and trackers) to the bottom pane. The files view doesn't work yet.
Added a client column.
Added a peers (leechers + seeders) column.
Added bind before connect option.
Added request for uninstall confirmation.
Added size column to torrents list.
Files are now moved from Incompletes to Completes upon completion.
Improved Torrent - Explore command.
Fixed bug related to multi-file torrents and enabled "Ask for location".
Changed install dir to \Program Files\XBT\Client.
Set default button in Make Torrent.... read more

The next version of the high-performance BitTorrent tracker has been released. The tracker runs on BSD, Linux, Solaris and Windows. It can run as normal console application or as daemon/service.

The tracker can now be used as a members-only tracker and per-member download/upload statistics can be tracked.

http://xbtt.sourceforge.net/tracker/
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=94951&package_id=113737

The eleventh version of the high-performance BitTorrent tracker has been released. The tracker runs on BSD, Linux, Solaris and Windows. It can run as normal console application or as daemon/service.
The performance has been improved and only a few SQL queries are used per minute now.
A popular site that's using this tracker is serving 160000+ peers and the CPU load is just 45 %.

http://xbtt.sourceforge.net/tracker/
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=94951&package_id=113737

The next version of the XBT client has been released. This Windows client is an implementation of the BitTorrent peer to peer file sharing protocol in C++. It's designed for low CPU- and RAM usage.

Recent changes:
Added make torrent function with a few restrictions:
- No directory structure.
- No desktop.ini.
- No thumbs.db. ;->
- Less than 256 files (use an archives like zip).
- Only drag- and drop allows you to include files.
Added multi-tracker support into make torrent.
Disabled end game mode to save bandwidth.Added option to lower process priority (on by default).
Reduced memory usage in certain situations.
Added option to limit number of connections/peers.
Fixed bug that caused 100% CPU usage in certain situations.... read more

The next version of the XBT client has been released. This Windows client is an implementation of the BitTorrent peer to peer file sharing protocol in C++. It's designed for low CPU- and RAM usage.

Features added recently:
Added option to hide advanced columns.
Added option to change files location.Fixed bug related to UDP tracker URLs.
Added limit of 125 to alerts.
Fixed bug that caused all trackers on port 80 to be unreachable.
Added code to reopen files read-only after completion so Windows Media Player can play them.
Added about dialog with version number.
Added option to start the client minimized.
Added per-file done/left indicators.
Added option to ask for download location.
Added integrated UDP tracker.
Added option to not disable selected files in a multi-file torrent (priority -10).
Added option to change filename when "Ask for location" is enabled.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=94951&package_id=113736... read more

The fifth version of the XBT client has been released. This Windows client is an implementation of the BitTorrent peer to peer file sharing protocol in C++. It's designed for low CPU- and RAM usage.

This release fixes two bugs, adds a few features and further decreases RAM usage.
It's also one of the few clients that support the UDP tracker protocol that reduces the bandwidth usage of trackers significantly.... read more

A new version of the XBT tracker has been released. The new version keeps tracker of the number of hits on the announce and scrape interfaces.

It's designed for low CPU- and RAM usage.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=94951&package_id=113737

The first version of the XBT client has been released. This Windows client is an implementation of the BitTorrent peer to peer file sharing protocol in C++. It's designed for low CPU- and RAM usage.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=94951&package_id=113736