The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker.
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BitStorm[1] | PHP | GPLv3 | All operative systems supported by PHP. | A tiny tracker contained within one single PHP file. Uses either MySQL or flat file storage. The tracker was written with simplicity and security in mind. |
udpt[2] | C++ | LGPLv3 | Linux, Windows, software can be ported to other platforms. | Lightweight & efficient tracker. uses the UDP protocol and therefore doesn't use much bandwidth. Supports SQLite3, and will be using In-memory storage soon. Low on resources. |
MLDonkey[3] | OCaml | GPL | Cross-platform | MLDonkey has a built in tracker and announce service. |
MonoTorrent[4] | C# | MIT | Linux, Mac, Windows | Uses Mono for cross-platform support (.NET) |
Opentracker[5] | C | Beerware | FreeBSD, Linux, Mac, Solaris, Windows,… | Uses libowfat,[6] performs well even on embedded hardware. Only requirement is a POSIX compliant OS. |
PeerTracker[7] | PHP | GPL | Cross-platform | Extremely lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker. Supports SQLite3, MySQL and soon PostgreSQL for storage. |
PHPBTTracker[8] | PHP | GPLv2 | Cross-platform | A simple BitTorrent tracker which supports tracking basic statistics. Supports MySQL backend database. |
RivetTracker[9] | PHP | GPLv2 | Cross-platform | Based on PHPBTTracker, it is a slightly more complicated but still simple to use BitTorrent tracker which supports tracking basic statistics. It has a more polished user interface than its predecessor which splits torrents up into pages and uses icons from the Tango Project. Supports MySQL backend database. Support for RSS 2.0 spec. |
TBDev Tracker[10] | PHP | GPLv2 | Cross-platform | A fully featured torrent tracker originally based on the final version of TorrentBits. The user interface is very polished, and is used by many private tracker sites. |
μTorrent[11] | C++ | Proprietary Freeware | Mac (Intel only), Windows / Wine | Does not have a web interface or list of hosted torrents; it is not designed for secure or large-scale application. |
Vuze[12] | Java | Disputed/GPL | Linux, Mac, Windows | Vuze (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker. |
XBT Tracker[13][14] | C++ | GPL | Linux and Windows | Uses MySQL for data storage, lightweight tracker |
Hefur[15] | C++ | MIT | Linux, AIX | Standalone, no database required. Very simple to set up. |
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