This is the 2nd launch from WebTorrent. View more

WebTorrent Desktop

Stream torrents
WebTorrent Desktop was ranked #3 of the day for April 7th, 2016
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Launch Team

What do you think? …

Guy Malachi
What uses are you imagining for the browser torrent client? I played around with the demo html page and am now wondering what it can be used for.
Feross Aboukhadijeh
@guy Imagine a video site like YouTube, where visitors help to host the site's content. The more people that use a WebTorrent-powered website, the faster and more resilient it becomes. Browser-to-browser communication cuts out the middle-man and lets people communicate on their own terms. No more client/server – just a network of peers, all equal. WebTorrent is the first step in the journey to redecentralize the Web. One of the most exciting uses for WebTorrent is peer-assisted delivery. Non-profit projects like Wikipedia and the Internet Archive could reduce bandwidth and hosting costs by letting visitors chip in. Popular content is served browser-to-browser, quickly and cheaply. Rarely-accessed content is served reliably over HTTP from the origin server. There are also exciting business use cases, from CDNs to app delivery.
Guy Malachi
@feross sounds interesting. Can't wait to see what people do with it for actual use
Ugur Mutlu
How exciting it is to witness WebRTC open the door to such great apps like this one!
Feross Aboukhadijeh
@ugumu We're excited too!
JammingPierce
Tried it out and the interface is fantastic. I appreciate that it flawlessly works with Chromecast too.
Feross Aboukhadijeh
@mrapierce Cheers! Glad you love it <3
Gabriel Lewis
@mrapierce I'm glad someone mentioned the chrome cast! I'll definitely check it out now.

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