bittorrent-rs

A bittorrent library and client written in pure Rust.

Roadmap

Core:

• Decoding & Encoding For Bencode
• Unpacking Of Torrent File Fields From Bencode
• UDP Tracker Protocol
  • Find Local IPv4 Interface
  • Implement UPnP Support For Port Forwarding
    • Discovery Mechanism Over UDP
    • WANIPConnection SOAP Protocol For Setting Up Forward
  • Finish Up Interface For Tracker Communication
• Implement Algorithm For Peer Wire Protocol
  • Decide On An Async Or Sync API
  • Piece Selection Strategy Implemented By Client
  • Chocking/Interested Primitives
  • Piece Verification Routines
  • End Game Algorithm Implemented By Client
• Unit Test Everything!!!
• DRY Up All Modules That Have Passed Unit Testing
• Extract UPnP Module Into Separate Crate
• Build Reference Client

Extras:

• Implement DHT Protocol
  • Bootstrap From uTorrent Server
  • Bootstrap From Popular Torrent
  • Add Caching Mechanism
• Implement NAT PMP Protocol
• Look In To NAT Punch-through