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Description:
BitTorrent filesystem based on FUSE

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 3.1@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: bittorrent fuse filesystem p2p streaming

Install: brew install btfs

About:
BTFS is a FUSE-based filesystem that mounts a BitTorrent client as a standard local directory. It allows users to access and stream torrent files directly without waiting for full downloads. This provides on-demand access to large files with the efficiency of the BitTorrent protocol.

Key Features:

On-demand file access without full downloads
Standard filesystem interface via FUSE
Streaming support for media files
Direct integration with libtorrent

Use Cases:

Streaming video content from torrents directly
Accessing large datasets without full disk usage
Browsing torrent contents as a regular folder

Alternatives:

webtorrent – Node.js-based CLI and library for streaming torrents, often used in web contexts
fuse-torrent – Similar FUSE-based approach but less actively maintained

License: GPL-3.0-only

Dependencies: curl, libfuse, libtorrent-rasterbar, openssl@3

Bottles available for: arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

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