WebTorrent Desktop

The streaming torrent client. For Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Install

WebTorrent Desktop is still under very active development. You can download the latest version from the releases page.

Screenshot

How to Contribute

Install dependencies

$ npm install

Run app

$ npm start

Package app

Builds app binaries for Mac, Linux, and Windows.

$ npm run package

To build for one platform:

$ npm run package -- [platform]

Where [platform] is darwin, linux, win32, or all (default).

The following optional arguments are available:

• --sign - Sign the application (Mac, Windows)
• --package=[type] - Package single output type.
  • deb - Debian package
  • zip - Linux zip file
  • dmg - Mac disk image
  • exe - Windows installer
  • portable - Windows portable app
  • all - All platforms (default)

Note: Even with the --package option, the auto-update files (.nupkg for Windows, *-darwin.zip for Mac) will always be produced.

Windows build notes

To package the Windows app from non-Windows platforms, Wine needs to be installed.

On Mac, first install XQuartz, then run:

brew install wine

(Requires the Homebrew package manager.)

Privacy

WebTorrent Desktop collects some basic usage stats to help us make the app better. For example, we track how well the play button works. How often does it succeed? Time out? Show a missing codec error?

The app never sends personally identifying information, nor does it track which swarms you join.

Code Style

License

MIT. Copyright (c) WebTorrent, LLC.