MonoTorrent
MonoTorrent is a cross-platform .NET Standard 2.0 compatible library which implements the BitTorrent protocol. As a result, MonoTorrent can be compiled and executed on every major operating system, including smart phones, IoT or other mobile devices.
| Developer(s) | Alan McGovern |
|---|---|
| Initial release | April 25, 2007 |
| Stable release | 1.0.28 (November 24, 2020) [±] |
| Preview release | none (n/a) [±] |
| Repository |  |
| Written in | C# |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | BitTorrent library |
| License | MIT/X11 |
| Website | github.com/mono/monotorrent |
The aim of this library is not to provide a rich graphical interface for users to interact with, but rather to provide a rich programming API to allow a developer to create a GUI using the library without having to worry about reinventing the wheel by implementing the BitTorrent specification themselves.
As a result, this should allow developers to embed the library into a wide variety of applications with ease.
The library was initially developed under the 2006 Google Summer of Code. It now resides in the public Git repository for Mono.