使用 Homebrew 安装 btpd

项目链接

• 主页

命令和别名

• btinfo
• btpd

项目历史

The project describes btpd as a utility for sharing files over the BitTorrent network protocol that runs as a daemon without a controlling terminal or GUI. Its companion programs include btpd, btcli, and btinfo.

The public GitHub repository was created in 2010 and carries release tags v0.13 through v0.16. Development activity is modest and specialized, matching the project's role as a compact daemon rather than a broad BitTorrent suite.

采用历史

btpd was adopted by Unix-like package repositories for users who wanted a headless BitTorrent client. The input package metadata lists Homebrew, MacPorts, Alpine, and Ubuntu packaging, indicating cross-distribution survival despite the project's small scope.

Its adoption niche overlaps with servers, shells, seedboxes, and users who prefer daemonized network tools controllable by scripts.

使用方式

Users start btpd once, add torrents with btcli, inspect them with btcli list or stat, set upload/download rates, and shut the daemon down with btcli kill. State and logs are stored under $HOME/.btpd by default, with -d or BTPD_HOME available to choose another directory.

btinfo reads metadata from torrent files. The project has no credential store and no general configuration file documented beyond its runtime state directory and command-line options.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

btpd is interesting because it packages BitTorrent as a classic Unix service split into daemon and client tools. It is also a reminder that package managers preserve many small protocol implementations long after attention has moved to larger clients.

时间线

• 2010: Public GitHub repository for btpd is created.
• 2010s: Release tags v0.13 through v0.16 are published.
• 2020s: btpd remains packaged in multiple Unix-like package managers.

Related projects

• BitTorrent is the peer-to-peer protocol implemented by btpd.
• btcli is the command-line control utility shipped with btpd.
• btinfo is the torrent metadata inspection utility shipped with btpd.

来源

• https://api.github.com/repos/btpd/btpd
• https://api.github.com/repos/btpd/btpd/tags?per_page=10
• https://github.com/btpd/btpd#readme
• source_facts.package-manager