bittorent-client

A light-weight BitTorrent client written in Go, providing a robust peer-to-peer file sharing solution.

Features

• Torrent Parsing
  • Reads .torrent files to extract metadata.
• Peer Communication
  • Establishes communication with peers using TCP.
• Bitfield Handling
  • Processes peer bitfields to track peer availability.
• Timeout Management
  • Configurable timeouts for read/write operations to handle network delays or unresponsive peers.

Setup and Installation

• Prerequisites
  • Go 1.20+
• Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/lokeshllkumar/bittorrent-client
cd bittorrent-client

• Installing dependencies

go mod tidy

• Build the Project

go build .

Usage

Execute the program with a .torrent file.

./bittorent-client <path-to-torrent-file> <path-to-output-file>

The client will parse the torrent file, retrieve information about peers, connect to peers and exchange handshake messages, and download the file in pieces from multiple peers.