# Installer webtorrent-cli avec Homebrew, scoop, winget

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de webtorrent-cli pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:webtorrent-cli
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install webtorrent-cli
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/webtorrent
```

  Preuve: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/webtorrent.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id WebTorrent.WebTorrentDesktop -e
```

  Preuve: Windows Package Manager source index: WebTorrent.WebTorrentDesktop from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:webtorrent-cli
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 6.0.0
- **Résumé source:** Command-line streaming torrent client
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://webtorrent.io/>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-05-23T21:07:31Z
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- webtorrent (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 6.0.0
## Historique du projet et usages

WebTorrent CLI is the command-line front end for WebTorrent, the JavaScript BitTorrent implementation that brought WebRTC peers into the BitTorrent world. The CLI package exposes the same streaming-oriented torrent client as a `webtorrent` terminal command for Node.js users.

### Historique du projet

The broader WebTorrent project started earlier as a browser-first BitTorrent client using WebRTC data channels and open web standards. The CLI repository and npm package were created in March 2016 to make that ecosystem available outside the browser while keeping the familiar WebTorrent streaming model.

The README states the package's boundary clearly: WebTorrent itself is the browser-capable client, while `webtorrent-cli` is for using WebTorrent from the command line. It uses TCP, UDP, and WebRTC, so it can talk to traditional BitTorrent peers as well as web peers where the protocol bridge is available.

### Historique d'adoption

WebTorrent CLI became useful to package-manager users who wanted a scriptable streaming torrent client rather than a desktop GUI. Its npm registry metadata shows continuous package history from 2016 through the 6.x line in 2026, and the GitHub repository remained active with releases through 2026.

Adoption followed WebTorrent's larger pitch: media can begin playing before the whole torrent is downloaded, and seeking can fetch needed pieces on demand. The CLI made those traits available to terminal workflows, media-player handoff, and lightweight servers.

### Modes d'utilisation

Typical usage is `webtorrent <torrent-id>` where the torrent id is a magnet URI, info hash, torrent file, or HTTP(S) URL. The CLI can download, seed, create torrents, and stream media to players or devices such as VLC, IINA, Chromecast, and AirPlay targets.

In package-nerd contexts, WebTorrent CLI is a bridge between the Node.js P2P ecosystem and Unix shell habits: it lets users test WebTorrent behavior, seed files, stream public-domain media, or wire torrent downloads into scripts without opening a full desktop client.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

The package is notable because it packaged the WebTorrent idea as a single terminal command. That made WebRTC-aware torrenting inspectable and automatable in the same way older BitTorrent clients exposed daemon or CLI modes.

### Chronologie

- 2013-10: Core `webtorrent` npm package created.
- 2016-03: `webtorrent-cli` GitHub repository and npm package created.
- 2024-06: 5.1.x releases published.
- 2026-04: v6.0.0 published to npm and GitHub releases.

### Related projects

- WebTorrent CLI is part of the WebTorrent family alongside the core `webtorrent` library, WebTorrent Desktop, Instant.io, and related WebRTC/BitTorrent tooling. It is a CLI counterpart to GUI clients such as WebTorrent Desktop and traditional BitTorrent clients such as Transmission or uTorrent.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/webtorrent/webtorrent-cli>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/webtorrent/webtorrent-cli/releases?per_page=5>
- <https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent>
- <https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent-cli>
- <https://registry.npmjs.org/webtorrent-cli>
- <https://webtorrent.io/desktop/>
- <https://webtorrent.io/intro>


## Notes de sécurité

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Risque Geiger:** blue / moyen
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Scoop - extras/webtorrent: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/webtorrent.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - WebTorrent.WebTorrentDesktop: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: WebTorrent.WebTorrentDesktop from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/webtorrent-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/webtorrent-cli.yml)


## Sources

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