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Is there a self-hostable BitTorrent tracker that can run with Docker? I know there's an option on qBittorrent but I don't want my server to run a full BitTorrent client; just the tracker.

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What features are you looking for specifically? If you just want like a really basic index, hosting a JSON file with a object where the key is the infohash and the value is the metadata is a really simple approach :)

No specific feature whatsoever. I basically want anybody that puts <my_bittorrent_tracker_uri> into their torrent tracker list to be able to connect.

That will help me to stop relying on known and popular public trackers[1] in order to share files.

[1]: https://github.com/ngosang/trackerslist

OP has a docker compose example: https://github.com/meehow/privtracker

sqtracker https://github.com/tdjsnelling/sqtracker

I've heard of this, but I don't mind anyone with the tracker URI to be able to connect to it. sqtracker is a full-blown system to run a private tracker with user and ratio management, which is overkill in my case.

Others might find the link useful, though!

How about webtorrent's tracker? There is no Docker file but it should be doable https://github.com/webtorrent/bittorrent-tracker

Yes, this one :)

It's automatically pushed to docker hub.

  docker run -it --rm meehow/privtracker

Do people still use Ocelot? I have no idea.

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