https://github.com/ferrolho/magnet-player

:movie_camera: A place for streaming torrents directly from your browser
https://github.com/ferrolho/magnet-player

stream torrent webrtc webtorrent

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:movie_camera: A place for streaming torrents directly from your browser

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ferrolho/magnet-player
• Owner: ferrolho
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-09-16T15:07:27.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: gh-pages
• Last Pushed: 2022-06-22T19:43:15.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-29T01:16:27.575Z (12 days ago)
• Topics: stream, torrent, webrtc, webtorrent
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://ferrolho.github.io/magnet-player/
• Size: 173 KB
• Stars: 522
• Watchers: 29
• Forks: 140
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Magnet Player

**Magnet Player** is a site where anyone can stream torrents directly from their browser.

It uses **[WebTorrent](https://webtorrent.io/)** - the first torrent client that works in the browser. **WebTorrent** uses **[WebRTC](https://webrtc.org/)** for true peer-to-peer transport. No browser plugin, extension, or installation is required.

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### Note

*In the browser, WebTorrent can only download torrents that are seeded by a WebRTC-capable torrent client.*

> What does that mean?

It means that, for now, not every torrent will work on this site.

> Why??

Because most people use native torrent clients like *BitTorrent*, *Transmission*, *μTorrent*, etc. which do not use the [WebRTC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC) transport protocol, but the [TCP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol)/[uTP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Transport_Protocol).

> Will I be able to stream more torrents in the future?

**Yes!** It is just a matter of time until developers add WebTorrent support for the most popular native torrent clients. **[Vuze](http://www.vuze.com/)** [already has support](https://wiki.vuze.com/w/WebTorrent) for WebTorrent!

You can subscribe to [this issue](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent/issues/369) for updates on this matter.