Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to WebTorrent

Torrent streaming library for the browser or Node.js server

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. WebTorrent launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   WebTorrent Desktop▲289

   Stream torrents

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Btapp.js▲56

   BitTorrent's Torque powered javascript library

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   JSTorrent▲69

   a Torrent Client for Google Chrome

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   BitTorrent Now▲179

   Browse and stream music and video

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Pirate Bay▲212

   The original never dying torrent pirate browser is back

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Sync by BitTorrent▲131

   Fast, private file sharing for teams and individuals

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Bitport Torrents▲118

   Download torrents to your cloud and stream them securely :)

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   TorrentStream▲5

   Peer-to-Peer video sharing

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   MovBucket▲93

   Instantly stream torrents in the browser for free.

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    BitTorrent Live▲254

    Live streaming video. iPhone, Apple TV, MacOS. Android soon.

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    βTorrent▲5

    Fully Featured Browser Torrent Client

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12WO
    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 · its alternatives →

13. 13ES
    Exatorrent – Self-hostable Torrent client written in Go▲179

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14BB
    Bt – BitTorrent library in Java 8▲254

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Data Torrent▲62

    Real-time data streaming (1B events/second)

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Instant.io▲87

    Instant drag & drop web torrent

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    CloudLoad▲9

    Stream torrents on any device

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18ST
    Stream Torrent from Yours Browser▲9

    2020 · popcorntime.tube · its alternatives →

19. 19CW
    Crawlee – Web scraping and browser automation library for Node.js▲282

    Hey HN, This is Jan, founder of Apify, a web scraping and automation platform. Drawing on our team's years of experience, today we're launching Crawlee [1], the web scraping and browser automation library for Node.js that's designed for the fastest development and maximum reliability in production. For details, see the short video [2] or read the announcement blog post [3]. Main features: - Supports headless browsers with Playwright or Puppeteer - Supports raw HTTP crawling with Cheerio or JSDOM - Automated parallelization and scaling of crawlers for best performance - Avoids blocking using…

    2022 · crawlee.dev · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Tribler▲96

    Search and download torrents without worries or censorship

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    BitCannon▲69

    A torrent index archiving, browsing, and backup tool

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    TorrenTV▲146

    Stream Torrents to your AppleTV

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Treetorrent▲6

    Easiest and quickest way of search and download!

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    tMusic▲3

    Streaming music online with WebTorrent

    2016 · its alternatives →

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