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The original was posted on /r/homelab by /u/Craftkorb on 2025-08-18 16:31:07+00:00.

This is honestly one of the most interesting projects I’ve come across recently. Not because there aren’t a ton of great tools out there, but this one is somewhat unique.

It basically participates in the BitTorrent DHT. The thing that makes magnet-links work. But it doesn’t download files, instead it uses a lesser known feature where you can ask a DHT node which torrents it knows about and then query these.

This results in you obtaining the meta-data like torrent title, file list, seeder and leecher counts, and the magnet link itself. There’s also a GraphQL API which would let you automate things, cool stuff.

After about a week it already found close to two million torrents. Tons of movies, music, everything that’s being shared through BitTorrent.

I wish that it would also store the .torrent file itself. Also, the node IPs would be interesting to put on a map to paint a pretty picture.

Even if you’re not interested in sharing files, I personally think that it’s a interesting tool to see how much is actually shared, and what. How quick new stuff just “appears”.

Note: If you’re interested in decentralized computing and networks, studying the DHT is a great way to learn IMO. Have fun!

PS: I’m not the creator nor am I affiliated with them :)