Lamprey - Simple CLI BitTorrent client written in Python

lamprey noun

1. Any eellike marine or freshwater fish of the order Petromyzoniformes, having a circular, suctorial mouth with horny teeth for boring into the flesh of other fishes to feed on their blood.

Table of Contents

• Installing and running
• Goals
• Backlog

Installing and running

git clone ssh://[email protected]/Lamprey-BitTorrent/lamprey-cli.git
cd lamprey-cli
python3 -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 -m lamprey-cli -v archlinux-2022.05.01-x86_64.iso.torrent

Goals

v1.0

• Parse magnetlinks
• Connect to trackers
• Figure out sequence of download
  • Download sequentially
• Progress bar
• Renew progress after interruption or cancel
• Proxy
• Figure out upload

Backlog

• Prepare wiki/pages as a documentation about Lamprey and BitTorrent technology