BlinkTorrent

A torrent client, built as a Blazor web based gui for monotorrent.

Features

• runs on Windows, Linux (and quite possibly Apple, just need a volunteer to test this)
• run on your local system or central server, access the GUI via browser anywhere
• modern blazor-server based single page application
• supports torrent queue ordering, queue limits, seed ratio limits
• the torrent client can bind to specific NICs if needed
• uses monotorrent as the torrent client engine
• uses the mudblazor blazor component library
• fully managed (c#) implementation

Build & run Instructions (Windows)

First make sure to install the dotnet 8 sdk as per these instructions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows?tabs=net80

To build, go to the BlinkTorrent subdirectory that contains BlinkTorrent.csproj. Then run the following commands:

dotnet clean --configuration Release
dotnet run --configuration Release

After that, the gui can be reached at http://localhost:5105
To modify this address or port, please edit the EndPoints section of BlinkTorrent.serverconfig.json

If you run the application, it will create a folder structure at the following location %localappdata%\blinktorrent, which typically expands to C:\Users\SomeUser\AppData\Local\blinktorrent.

Build & run Instructions (Linux)

First make sure to install the dotnet 8 sdk as per these instructions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux

You can double check which .net sdk you have installed via the following command:

user@BlinkUbuntu:~/.local/share$ dotnet --list-sdks

To build and run, cd to the BlinkTorrent subdirectory that contains BlinkTorrent.csproj. Then run the following commands:

dotnet clean --configuration Release
dotnet run --configuration Release

After that, the gui can be reached at http://localhost:5105
To modify this address or port, please edit the EndPoints section of BlinkTorrent.serverconfig.json

If you run the application, it will create a folder structure at the following location ~/.local/share/blinktorrent or /home/<username>/.local/share/blinktorrent

Security

As BlinkTorrent currently does not have any login/authentication/authorization built in yet, you should probably check your router/firewall and make sure your system at port 5105 is not exposed to the outside internet. If you just want see and use the UI from your local system it's best to change the http endpoint in BlinkTorrent.serverconfig.json from http://0.0.0.0:5105 to http://localhost:5105 or http://127.0.0.1:5105, e.g.:

{
  "Kestrel": {
    "Endpoints": {
      "Http": {
        "Url": "http://127.0.0.1:5105"
      }     
    }
  }
}

Screenshots

Dark mode

Settings screen

Light mode