PrivTracker allows to share torrent files just with your friends, nobody else. Unlike public trackers, it shares peers only within a group which is using the same Announce URL. It really works like a private tracker, but can be generated with one click of a button.
Wow, really great idea and looks so simple to use.
I feel like if you need to keep a group of ten with synced files, there are already software solutions. And if the files are really large (updating a lot of servers) then you’ll be running your own private tracker anyways.
The smaller the swarm, the less functional bittorrent is.
Instant private trackers for a handful of people kind of feels like its missing the entire point of how bittorrent works.
There’s already secure, serverless ways to share a file with just a handful of people, this seems like overkill.
EDIT: Not trying to be rude, it’s still a cool idea and well executed.
source code is here for anyone who was initially sceptical. https://github.com/meehow/privtracker
That’s kind of cool but why not just share .torrent to your friends? Does this have rss-like function
Because you either need an announce URL or publishing your torrent to the DHT for your friends to be able to peer with you.
Seeding copyrighted material using a public announce URL or the DHT will get you in trouble in most western countries.
It’s a neat idea, but I feel that something like Magic Wormhole would be simpler and better for this.
I guess it’s convenient if everyone in the group is already using a torrent client.
