btb - BitTorrent Bits

Minimial BitTorrent command line client written in pure C with minimal dependencies.

Dependencies

• OpenSSL
• pthread
• curl
• valgrind

How to compile, test and run

To compile and run the tests (with valgrind checks), cd into the root directory of the project and run

make

To download a torrent file, run

btb <file .torrent>

References

• Building a BitTorrent client from the ground up in Go
• How to Write a Bittorrent Client