Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Multiplex – An App to Watch Torrents with Your Friends
Hey HN! I just released Multiplex, an app to watch torrents together. It provides an experience similar to Apple's SharePlay and Amazon's Prime Video Watch Party, except for any torrent instead of a specific streaming service, and uses WebRTC to synchronize playback positions between the people watching without requiring a central server. It's written in Go and allows the use of a central HTTP to BitTorrent gateway[1] if a viewer can't use the BitTorrent protocol on their own device. I'd love to get your feedback :) [1] https://github.com/pojntfx/htorrent
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Multiplex – An App to Watch Torrents with Your Friends launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Netflix Party for torrents. Watch torrents together in sync!
2023 · its alternatives →
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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 · its alternatives →
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Flickcall▲149Watch together on your favorite streaming platforms
2021 · flickcall.com · its alternatives →
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BitTorrent Live▲254Live streaming video. iPhone, Apple TV, MacOS. Android soon.
2016 · its alternatives →
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2019 · myplay.meetchopra.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · bingetogether.com · its alternatives →
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Bitport Torrents▲118Download torrents to your cloud and stream them securely :)
2015 · bitport.io · its alternatives →
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2020 · peer-flix.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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Fast, private file sharing for teams and individuals
2015 · resilio.com · its alternatives →
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Streamlined Web + BitTorrent player from a VLC developer
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Revolutionary web-based streaming software.
2023 · wave.video · its alternatives →
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🧲 Easy to Use Torrent Client. Can be hosted in Cloud. Files can be streamed in Browser/Media Player. - varbhat/exatorrent
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Watch together in a group chat anywhere and anytime!
2017 · popitalk.com · its alternatives →
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Flyx▲129Discover what to watch and where to watch movies & shows
2020 · flyx.me · its alternatives →
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Syncthing▲75Open Source Dropbox and BitTorrent Sync Replacement
2014 · syncthing.net · its alternatives →
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