PiTorrent

A GUI for rTorrent written in Node.js, built for use on a Raspberry Pi (but should run on any Linux distribution)

Tested with the following distributions:

• Raspbian
• Linux Mint 15
• Ubuntu 12.10

Features

PiTorrent was created to allow users to easily turn a Raspberry Pi into a file-sharing server. It is built around ease-of-use and provides a simple installer to get PiTorrent up and running quickly.

PiTorrent runs as a Linux service and will run automatically on system startup.

Dependencies

• Python 2.7 - needed to run the installer
• Node.js - install on Raspbian with:

wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb

For other distro's, your on your own! Be sure to install a newer version of Node

Installing

To install, clone or download the repository:

git clone https://github.com/seanmheff/PiTorrent.git

then run the automated installer:

cd PiTorrent
python installer.py

The installer should configure your system and install two daemons that run on system startup:

• The rTorrent daemon - the underlying torrent client that PiTorrent relies on
• The PiTorrent daemon - the PiTorrent node.js code

After running the installer, navigate to http://<server ip address>:3000 and login with
username: pitorrent
password: pitorrent

Usage

PiTorrent can be started, stopped, etc with:

sudo service pitorrent {start|stop|status|restart}

rTorrent is also daemonized and can be configured with:

sudo service rtorrent {start|stop|restart|force-reload}

The rTorrent daemon depends on the "screen" utility, and if you wish to attach rTorrent to a terminal, from where you can use it as normal, you can use the following command:

screen -dr rtorrent

Note

PiTorrent is still under heavy development and is very much a work-in-progress