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Unfortunately web browsers don't support it, so it requires an external client to download.

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There is WebTorrent, which uses WebRTC. instant.io uses it for file sharing, for example.

I got the impression that WebTorrent users can't download from BitTorrent users and vice versa, is that true?

Last I checked webtorrent users can download from webtorrent users. So they are isolated like that.

If I remember correctly, there is a server bridge that enables communication between webtorrent and normal bittorrent clients.

Got a link to that?

Why would you use BitTorrent to distribute files P2P if you're just going to place a server between the peers? Wouldn't it be better to just have the server distribute the files in that case?

It's used to bridge clients until more clients start supporting webtorrent directly. libtorrent (which for example deluge and qbittorrent use) already supports webtorrent (not sure which ones turn it on by default though).

The goal is basically to not have to use the bridge in the future.

Also one plus with a bridge compared to just downloading directly is that if a file becomes popular your server does not need to shoulder the full load since the webtorrent swarm can handle most of the load.

>Unfortunately web browsers don't support it, so it requires an external client to download.

I guess I'm old, but it used to be common to - gasp! - install multiple applications. Now, the browser is basically everything.

To be clear, I'm old too, vastly prefer applications rather than web browsers.

There's no reason to be condescending. Adding download friction for $0 of benefit for a developer makes no sense. I have had a BitTorrent client installed for more than 20 years, and I use it perhaps once a year these days (and only to download old video games that I can't get anywhere else).

It's been so long since I used a torrent that I don't know what program I'd use. I last used mutorrent but read they were putting crypto mining code in their client.

rtorrent or transmission are good CLI and GUI open source clients.

qBittorrent is cross-platform, open-source and malware-free. µTorrent has been not recommended for a while.

That and blocked on many firewalls, especially corporate ones.

Also, Opera used to support torrent downloads.

The Brave browser has a BitTorrent client built in, though I've never used it. Not a major player in the browser market, though.

Brave support that native.

Try it.

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