/torrent-webseed-creator-colab

Webseeded torrent creator using Google Colaboratory

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Torrent Webseed Creator on Colab

Webseeded Torrent Creator using Google Colaboratory.

Inspired by BurnBit † and URLHash.

Powered by torrenttools to create a torrent file.

An alternative to BurnBit and URLHash.

Convert direct HTTP link to .torrent

Your file is then burned into a torrent.

Torrents created are trackerless, relying on Distributed Hash Table and Peer EXchange, to help reduce the burden of torrent trackers.

For people that have unstable internet.
Can be paused because it is a torrent.
Utilizes the power of peer to peer downloads and the client-server downloads.
Combines the best of both worlds (P2P and Direct HTTP Link).

How to use

  1. Open in Google Colaboratory. Open In Colab
  2. Input data on form.
    • Name: The name of the torrent file.
    • Comment: The comment inside the torrent file.
    • URL: The URL of the file to download and create a torrent from.
    • File name: The file name of the file you will create a torrent from.
    • Piece size: The size of the torrent pieces in power of 2 (2^n) or in kilobyte (KB) or auto for automatic calculation.
    • Protocol Version: The version of BitTorrent protocol to use. Either v1, v2, or hybrid.
  3. Click play in every cell.

URL requirements

  1. URL must be accessible without cookies. Source
  2. The URL should not expire, or it will stop working sometime if there is not enough seeders. Source

Recommend piece size

Piece Size torrenttools for file sizes
Automatic auto Any
512 KiB 19 or 512K 512 MiB - 1024 MiB
1024 KiB 20 or 1024K 1 GiB - 2 GiB
2048 KiB 21 or 2048K 2 GiB - 4 GiB
4096 KiB 22 or 4096K 4 GiB - 8 GiB
8192 KiB 23 or 8192K 8 GiB - 16 GiB
16384 KiB 24 or 16384K 16 GiB - 512 GiB
32768 KiB 25 or 32768K >512 GiB

Source: Seedboxes.cc

File size limit

As of 2024-02-27

  • CPU: ≈81.3 GB
  • T4 GPU: ≈51.9 GB
  • TPU: ≈79 GB

Alternatives

  1. Torrent Webseed Creator on GitHub Actions