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# WebTorrent.app Version History
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## v0.0.1
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- Wait 10 seconds (instead of 60 seconds) after app launch before checking for updates.
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## v0.0.0
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The first official release of WebTorrent.app, the streaming torrent client for OS X,
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Windows, and Linux. For now, we're only releasing binaries for OS X.
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WebTorrent.app is in ALPHA and under very active development – expect lots more polish in
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the coming weeks! If you know JavaScript and want to help us out, there's
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[lots to do](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-app/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+contribution%22)!
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### Features
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- **Lightweight, fast torrent client**
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- **Beautiful user experience**
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- **Instantly stream video and audio** from torrents!
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- WebTorrent fetches file pieces from the network **on-demand**, for instant playback.
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- Even when the file is not fully downloaded, **seeking still works!** (Seeking just reprioritizes what pieces are fetched from the network.)
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- Stream videos to **AirPlay** and **Chromecast**
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- **Pure Javascript**, so it's very easy to contribute code!
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- Based on the most popular and comprehensive torrent package in Node.js, [`webtorrent`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/webtorrent).
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- Lots of **features**, without the bloat:
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- Opens magnet links and .torrent files
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- Drag-and-drop makes adding torrents easy!
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- Seed files/folders by dragging them onto the app
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- Discovers peers via tracker servers, DHT (Distributed Hash Table), and peer exchange
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- Make the video window "float on top" for watching video while you work!
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- Supports WebTorrent protocol – for connecting to WebRTC peers (i.e. web browsers)
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