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brew install superseedr

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Package summary

BitTorrent Client in your Terminal

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superseedr

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Project history and usage

SuperSeedr is a Rust BitTorrent client built around a high-refresh terminal interface, swarm observability, magnet and torrent-file ingestion, RSS automation, and optional shared configuration for desktop, server, and homelab deployments.

Project history

The official repository was created in October 2025. The project developed as a terminal-native BitTorrent client with a custom asynchronous engine, a Ratatui interface, and first-party support for modern BitTorrent features including v2 hybrid swarms.

By 2026 the project documented VPN-aware Docker deployment through Gluetun, a file-oriented automation CLI, shared multi-host configuration, cluster leader failover, RSS ingestion, and platform installers alongside ordinary package-manager distribution.

Adoption history

SuperSeedr provides release installers for Windows, macOS, and Debian/Ubuntu, plus installation through Cargo, Homebrew, and the Arch User Repository. The official README also records recognition as a Terminal Trove Tool of the Week, reflecting adoption in the terminal-application community.

How it is used

Users can launch the interactive TUI with `superseedr`, paste magnet links or torrent paths, and inspect swarm and I/O behavior. The CLI also supports scriptable add, status, stop, and shared-configuration operations, while Docker users can route traffic through Gluetun with a kill switch and live port-forward updates.

Why package nerds care

SuperSeedr packages a feature-rich network client as one Rust terminal binary while still supporting native installers, Cargo, Homebrew, AUR, and containers. Its portable shared-root layout and offline-capable file control model are unusual packaging-friendly choices for operating one torrent catalog across heterogeneous machines.

Timeline

2025: The official SuperSeedr repository was created.
2025–2026: The project published an active sequence of tagged releases.
2026: The 1.0 release line added cross-platform installers, cluster-oriented shared configuration, and expanded automation documentation.

Related projects

Ratatui underpins the terminal interface, Tokio powers asynchronous work, and Gluetun provides the optional VPN container boundary. SuperSeedr interoperates with the BitTorrent v1 and v2 ecosystems and documents private builds that exclude DHT and peer exchange.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for superseedr. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: <config-dir>/settings.toml<config-dir>/torrent_metadata.toml<config-dir>/launcher_shared_config.toml<config-dir>/launcher_host_id.toml<mount-root>/superseedr-config/settings.toml<mount-root>/superseedr-config/catalog.toml<mount-root>/superseedr-config/torrent_metadata.toml<mount-root>/superseedr-config/hosts/<host-id>/config.toml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: <docker-compose-dir>/.gluetun.env

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`superseedr`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version1.0.12

manager updated2026-07-15

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:superseedr
Version	1.0.12
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/Jagalite/superseedr
Repository	https://github.com/Jagalite/superseedr
Last updated	2026-07-15T21:38:24Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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combined/superseedr.yml

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