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rickfo/bittracker
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Bittorrent tracker written in PHP

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Since Jan 7Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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Bittracker
==========

[](#bittracker)

Bittorrent tracker

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See `index.php` and `.htaccess` for a basic implementation.

Settings
--------

[](#settings)

SettingValue type(Default)Descriptiondb\_hoststring(localhost)Database hostdb\_namestring(tracker)Name of databasedb\_userstring(tracker)Database usernamedb\_passwordstring(tracker)Database user passworddb\_prefixstring(tracker\_)Prefix for tracker tablesnumwant\_maxint(100)Maximum number of peers in an announce responsenumwant\_max\_forceboolean(false)Force client to ask for lower amountannounce\_intervalint(5400)Requested time between announcements in minutesannounce\_interval\_minint(5400)Requested minimum time between announcements in minutesprivateboolean(false)Force passkey to be setauto\_trackboolean(true)Start tracking any infohash in announcementsexpire\_intervalstring(2 HOUR)How long until a peer is deadsave\_statsboolean(false)Don't remove peers when finishedfull\_scrapeboolean(false)Allow full scrapes of trackerratio\_limitboolean(false)Force users to have a certain ratioratio\_min\_limitfloat(0.5)Minimum ratio limit before not allowed to leechratio\_grace\_timefloat(24)Ignore ratio for first amount of hourslog\_filestring(log.txt)Where to store the log filelog\_levelint(0 | 1)Print debug messages in log filetime\_formatstring(Y-m-d H:i:s)Time format in log file

###  Health Score

21

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LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 63.2% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14142088?v=4)[Rick Ford](/maintainers/rickfo)[@rickfo](https://github.com/rickfo)

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Top Contributors

[![rickfo97](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9055622?v=4)](https://github.com/rickfo97 "rickfo97 (24 commits)")[![brolaugh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9987193?v=4)](https://github.com/brolaugh "brolaugh (14 commits)")

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