torrra mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository

Befehle und Aliase

• torrra

Projektgeschichte

The project is a recent terminal-first BitTorrent client wrapper rather than an old ecosystem package. Its README identifies it as MIT licensed with 2025 copyright, and the official documentation title shows a 2.0.7 documentation build.

Torrra's project direction is to combine several pieces that package nerds often run separately: Jackett or Prowlarr indexers, libtorrent downloading, a persistent TOML config, caching, themes, and a Textual TUI with pause/resume controls.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Official installation notes in the README lead with pipx and uv tool install, then list AUR, standalone binaries, Homebrew, and Docker as additional options. The input package facts confirm Homebrew packaging, placing Torrra in the cross-platform Python CLI packaging pattern rather than a single-distribution tool.

Wie es verwendet wird

The README shows three main workflows: interactive search by running torrra with a configured indexer, direct search with torrra search, and direct download from magnet URIs or .torrent files with torrra download. Configuration commands set Jackett URL, Jackett API key, default indexer, download paths, and themes in config.toml.

For package nerds, Torrra is mainly interesting because it brings the torrent search/download loop into the terminal while still integrating with self-hosted indexer tools. The credentials file doubles as configuration because API keys for Jackett or Prowlarr are stored in the same TOML config.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Torrra is significant as a modern Python/Textual example in the torrent CLI space: it packages search, indexer credentials, libtorrent downloads, and a TUI into one command while supporting pipx, uv, AUR, Homebrew, binaries, and Docker.

Zeitleiste

• 2025: README license line identifies MIT copyright for the project.
• 2.0.7 docs: Read the Docs publishes Torrra documentation with usage, configuration, indexer, roadmap, and contributing sections.
• Current packaging: README lists pipx, uv tool install, AUR, standalone binaries, Homebrew, and Docker options.

Related projects

• The README names Jackett, Prowlarr, libtorrent, and Textual as the main surrounding ecosystem. It also mentions pipx, uv, AUR, Homebrew, and Docker as packaging/install surfaces.

Quellen

• https://github.com/stabldev/torrra#readme
• https://torrra.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
• https://torrra.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html
• source_facts.package-manager