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Life & fun · July 13, 2025

Magnetar, a high-perf BitTorrent parsing and manipulation library

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

Magnetar, a high-perf BitTorrent parsing and manipulation library launched on July 13, 2025 with 7 votes, #3,844 of 9,223 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

A high-performance BitTorrent parsing and manipulation library - watzon/magnetar

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