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Products that do what Magnetar does

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1. 1MA
   Magnetar, a high-perf BitTorrent parsing and manipulation library▲7

   It provides zero-dependency, memory-safe operations for working with torrent files, bencode data, and magnet links.

   2025 · github.com

2. 2SB
   Simple BitTorrent Magnet Link search▲57

   2012 · moviemagnet.net

3. 3MS
   Magnetissimo – Self-hosted torrent search engine written in Elixir▲403

   2017 · github.com

4. 4
   Joker▲380

   Paste your Torrent or Magnet link and stream the content

   2014

5. 5IW
   I wrote a new BitTorrent tracker in Elixir▲394

   Hello everyone! I'm currently in a journey to learn and improve my Elixir and Go skills (my daily job uses C++) and looking through my backlog for projects to take on I decided Elixir is the perfect language to write a highly-parallel BitTorrent tracker. So I have spent my free time these last 3 months writing one! Now I think it has enough features to present it to the world (and a docker image to give it a quick try). I know some people see trackers as relics of the past now that DHT and PEX are common but I think they still serve a purpose in today's Internet (purely talking about public…

   2025 · github.com

6. 6WO
   Webtor – open-source torrent streaming engine▲34

   Hi HN, I built Webtor — an open-source engine that lets you stream .torrent and magnet links directly in the browser. - No swarm exposure — all torrent traffic runs server-side - In-browser playback via HLS - Progressive download with resume support - Lightweight JS SDK and public API - Fully self-hostable via Docker Demo: https://webtor.io GitHub: https://github.com/webtor-io SDK: https://github.com/webtor-io/embed-sdk-js Self-hosted: https://github.com/webtor-io/self-hosted API:…

   2025 · webtor.io

7. 7
   TunnelBear▲174

   Secure your data and hide your IP address behind a bear.

   2014

8. 8TP
   Torrent Parts – Inspect and Edit What's in Your Torrent or Magnet URL▲7

   2020 · torrent.parts

9. 9MS
   Magnetico – self-hosted BitTorrent DHT search engine suite▲95

   2017 · github.com

10. 10
    WebTorrent Desktop▲289

    Stream torrents

    2016

11. 11
    SpyBuster▲236

    Unmask a spy and save your data

    2022

12. 12WA
    Web3Torrent – Adding Ethereum Micropayments to WebTorrent▲206

    2020 · blog.statechannels.org

13. 13
    Spyder▲130

    Facebook ad library spy tool. Collect, store and share ads🎥

    2020

14. 14ES
    Exatorrent – Self-hostable Torrent client written in Go▲179

    2021 · github.com

15. 15
    Btapp.js▲56

    BitTorrent's Torque powered javascript library

    2014

16. 16
    WebTerm▲63

    Safely run even rm -rf / — all in your browser.

    Feb 2026

17. 17AR
    Adblock-rust Manager – Firefox extension to enable the Brave ad blocker▲95

    Firefox 149 ships adblock-rust (Brave's Rust engine, MPL-2.0) completely disabled with no UI. It's controlled by two about:config prefs with no WebExtension API, so you can't touch them programmatically from a standard extension. This extension gives it a UI: ETP toggle (via browser.privacy API, instant), filter list manager with clipboard helpers for the manual about:config steps, and 8 preset lists. You can also add your own if you so desire.

    Apr 2026 · github.com

18. 18
    Instant.io▲87

    Instant drag & drop web torrent

    2014

19. 19SD
    Sendfiles.dev – quick, secure P2P file transfer using WebRTC▲43

    2021 · sendfiles.dev

20. 20PA
    PikaTorrent, a modern, multi-platform, open source BitTorrent app▲65

    I find existing BitTorrent clients offer a rather old user interface, and it's hard to set up remote access, involving setting up a web server, a TLS certificate, domain name, configuring the router, etc... PikaTorrent tries to offer a modern and easy UI. It is available on desktop (Linux & Windows for now), mobile (Android for now), as CLI as an npm package, and even on the web (as a frontend for remote control). Thanks to WebRTC, one can link the mobile or web app with the desktop or CLI app. This way, it's possible to remotely manage torrents securely and without any complicated setup.…

    2023 · pikatorrent.com

21. 21
    TunnelBear Chrome extension▲84

    TunnelBear for Chrome to get around blocked websites

    2015

22. 22
    Boxopus▲89

    Download torrents to your cloud storage

    2015

23. 23
    Dispatch for Transmission▲2

    Multi-server Transmission remote for your Chrome toolbar

    May 2026 · github.com

24. 24SF
    Super fast BitTorrent DHT index – ralyodio/dht_indexer▲26

    2024 · github.com

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