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Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software

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The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker.

Tracker	Programming Language	Operating System Support	Description
MLDonkey	OCaml	Windows, OS X, Unix-like, Morph OS	Has a built-in tracker and announcement service
MonoTorrent	C#	Windows, Mac OS, Unix-like	Uses Mono or .NET Core for cross-platform support (.NET)
Opentracker	C	Unix-like (source code only)	Uses libowfat, performs well even on embedded hardware. Only requirement is a POSIX compliant OS. Supports only a compact peer list.
PeerTracker	PHP	Web application	Extremely lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker. Supports SQLite3, and MySQL for storage.
μTorrent	C++	Windows, OS X, Linux, Android	Does not have a list of hosted torrents.
qBittorrent	C++	Windows, OS X, Unix-like, OS/2	Lightweight. Supports DHT, PEX, announcements via UDP. Does not have a web interface or list of hosted torrents; it is not designed for secure or large-scale application.
Vuze	Java	Windows, Mac OS, Linux	Vuze (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker.
Torrust-Tracker	Rust	Windows, Mac OS, Linux	Open source tracker and indexer.
Torrust-Actix	Rust	Windows, Mac OS, Linux	Open source tracker server, very light in resources and stable.

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"Azureus, now called Vuze : Java BitTorrent client - FAQ".
"Torrust".
"Torrust-Actix".

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