btfs ☆
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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
Version History
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Nov 19, 2022 2:19pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 23c1550f
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