nibzo1/webtorrent-desktop

:heart: Streaming torrent client for OS X, Windows, and Linux.

WebTorrent Desktop

The streaming torrent client. For OS X, Windows, and Linux.

Install

WebTorrent Desktop is still under very active development. You can download the latest version from the releases page.

Screenshot

How to Contribute

Install dependencies

$ npm install

Run app

$ npm start

Package app

Builds app binaries for OS X, Linux, and Windows.

$ npm run package

To build for one platform:

$ npm run package -- [platform]

Where [platform] is darwin, linux, win32, or all (default).

The following optional arguments are available:

• --sign - Sign the application (OS X, Windows)
• --package=[type] - Package single output type.
  • deb - Debian package
  • zip - Linux zip file
  • dmg - OS X disk image
  • exe - Windows installer
  • portable - Windows portable app
  • all - All platforms (default)

Note: Even with the --package option, the auto-update files (.nupkg for Windows, *-darwin.zip for OS X) will always be produced.

Windows build notes

To package the Windows app from non-Windows platforms, Wine needs to be installed.

On OS X, first install XQuartz, then run:

brew install wine

(Requires the Homebrew package manager.)

Code Style

License

MIT. Copyright (c) WebTorrent, LLC.