Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software information
The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker.
Tracker
Programming Language
License
IPv4
IPv6
Operating System Support
Description
MLDonkey[1]
OCaml
GPL-2.0-or-later
Yes
Windows, OS X, Unix-like, Morph OS
Has a built-in tracker and announcement service
MonoTorrent[2]
C#
MIT
Yes
Windows, Mac OS, Unix-like
Uses Mono or .NET Core for cross-platform support (.NET)
Opentracker[3]
C
Beerware
Yes
Yes (IPv4 and IPv6 have separate binaries and processes that do not share any information between them. If a client communicates to the tracker over IPv6, it will only receive IPv6 addresses in the response.)
Unix-like (source code only)
Uses libowfat,[4] performs well even on embedded hardware. Only requirement is a POSIX compliant OS. Supports only a compact peer list.
PeerTracker[5]
PHP
GPL-3.0-or-later
Yes
Web application
Extremely lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker. Supports SQLite3, and MySQL for storage.
μTorrent[6]
C++
Freeware
Yes
Windows, OS X, Linux, Android
Does not have a list of hosted torrents.
qBittorrent[7]
C++
GPL-2.0-or-later
Yes
Yes[8]
Windows, OS X, Unix-like, OS/2
Lightweight. Supports DHT, PEX, announcements via UDP. Does not have a web interface or list of hosted torrents; it is not designed for secure or large-scale application.
Vuze[9]
Java
Disputed
Yes
Windows, Mac OS, Linux
Vuze (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker.
Torrust-Tracker[10]
Rust
AGPL-3.0-or-later
Yes
Yes
Windows, Mac OS, Linux
Open source tracker and indexer.
Torrust-Actix[11]
Rust
MIT License
Yes
Yes
Windows, Mac OS, Linux
Open source tracker server, very light in resources and stable.
^"BT-default tracker". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
^"MonoTorrent". February 2, 2022. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022 – via GitHub.
^erdgeist. "opentracker". erdgeist.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
^"libowfat". fefe.de. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
^"latest known svn revision of the trigunflame peertracker, which is a lightweight PHP/SQL BitTorrent Tracker: JonnyJD/peertracker". March 21, 2019. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017 – via GitHub.
^"Features - FAQ - µTorrent - the Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client". Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
^"qBittorrent official website". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
^"qBittorrent needs to listen on IPv6 interfaces by default #11632". GitHub. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
^"Azureus, now called Vuze : Java BitTorrent client - FAQ". Archived from the original on 2009-07-02. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
^"Torrust". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
^"Torrust-Actix". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
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