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ddalex on March 27, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Btapp.js: BitTorrent in the browser

So you need to install the application to make it work. Presumably, they install a HTTP API-driven binary on the system, and then they connect to it from your browser.

Not impressed.

conradev on March 27, 2014 | [–]

This, on the other hand, is much more ambitious:

https://github.com/feross/webtorrent

andrelaszlo on March 27, 2014 | [–]

Transmission had a http interface for a long time already. This seems like something quite similar. If you need to install a plugin or app to make it work it's not 100% "in the browser" imho.

https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/WebInterface

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