Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_tracker_software

 

 

The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker .

 

Tracker	Programming Language	License	Operating System Support	Description
Atrack [ 1]	Python	Public Domain /MIT	Google App Engine , (or any host with Python and memcached )	Minimalist tracker designed to run efficiently on App Engine relying on memcached for all storage.
BNBT [ 2]	C++	LGPL	Windows, (Linux or Mac?)	BNBT is a complete port of the original Python BitTorrent tracker to C++ using the STL for data storage and basic network sockets for network communication.
Gazelle[ 3]	PHP	Proprietary Freeware	Linux	Uses MySQL for data storage, supported by http://what.cd
LeonidasP2P [ 4]	ASP .NET 2.0	Microsoft Reciprocal License	Windows (Mac and Linux?)	Based on phpMyBitTorrent
LimeTracker [ 5]	PHP	LGPL	Windows, Linux, Mac	Optionally uses MySQL for data storage, uses Symfony framework, sponsored by LimeWire
mod bt [ 6]	C	Apache License	Linux (Mac and Windows?)	Apache 2.X module, setup through Apache configuration file
MonoTorrent [ 7]	C#	MIT	Windows, Linux (using Mono ), Mac	Uses Mono for cross-platform support (.NET)
Opentracker [ 8]	C	Beerware	Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, Mac, Solaris,…	Uses libowfat[ 9] , performs well even on embedded hardware . Only requirement is a POSIX compliant OS .
OpenTracker [ 10]	PHP	? Not Specified	Windows, Linux, Mac	Uses MySQL for data storage, lightweight and simple
PeerTracker [ 11]	PHP	GPL	Cross-platform	Extremely lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker. Supports SQLite3 , MySQL and soon PostgreSQL for storage.
phpMyBitTorrent [ 12]	PHP	GPL	Windows, Linux, Mac	Uses MySQL for data storage
RivetTracker [ 13]	PHP	GPL	Windows, Linux, Mac	Uses MySQL for data storage, support for RSS feeds, HTTP seeding, detailed statistics, uses web-interface
µTorrent [ 14]	C++	Proprietary Freeware	Windows, Linux (using Wine ), Mac (Intel only)	Has a web interface or list of hosted torrents; it is not designed for secure or large-scale application
Vuze [ 15]	Java	GPL	Windows, Linux, Mac	Vuze (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker.
XBNBT [ 16]	C++	LGPL	Windows, Linux, Mac	Modified version of BNBT , uses flat-file or MySQL for data storage
XBT Tracker [ 17] [ 18]	C++	GPL	Windows and Linux	Uses MySQL for data storage, lightweight tracker

 

 

 “TBDEV.net,”http://sourceforge.net/projects/tbdevnet/.

“Project Gazelle,” http://what-network.net/.

“TS SE,” http://templateshares.net/.

“XBTTracker,” http://xbtt.sourceforge.net/tracker/.