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Life & fun · June 13, 2025

I wrote a BitTorrent Client from scratch

I picked up programming in late 2023 and been enjoying it now. Wanted to challenge myself and set a stretch goal, so set out to build a bittorrent client.

I wrote a BitTorrent Client from scratch launched on June 13, 2025 with 211 votes, #158 of 7,999 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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In plain words

A BitTorrent client built from scratch by a developer who began learning programming in late 2023. The project serves as a personal challenge and stretch goal for someone new to coding. The client is available on GitHub for those interested in how BitTorrent functionality can be implemented from the ground up.

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From the sources

A BitTorrent client implementation in Go. Contribute to piyushgupta53/go-torrent-client development by creating an account on GitHub.

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