{{Notability|Products|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox software | name = Bitflu | logo = Logo for the Bitflu program.png | developer = Adrian Ulrich | released = 2009 | latest_release_version = 1.52 | latest_release_date = {{start date and age|2015|07|11}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://bitflu.workaround.ch/dload.html | title = Bitflu | website = bitflu.workaround.ch | access-date = 2021-03-28 }}</ref> | programming language = Perl | operating system = Unix-like | size = | language = English | genre = BitTorrent client | license = Artistic License 2.0 | website = {{URL|bitflu.workaround.ch}} }} '''Bitflu''' is an open-source, BitTorrent client by Adrian Ulrich. It is available for Unix-like systems and is written in Perl.<ref>{{cite web | title = Bitflu (About) | publisher = Adrian Ulrich | date = 2012-07-11 | url = https://bitflu.workaround.ch/about.html | accessdate = 2013-12-01}}</ref>
== Features == * Multiple downloads * IPv6 Support * Designed to run as a daemon/No GUI: You can connect to the client via telnet and/or http (AJAX) * Security: The client can chroot itself and drop privileges * Bandwidth shaping (upload+download) * Crash-Proof design: Crashes or a full filesystem will never corrupt your downloads again :-) * Non-Threading/Non-Forking: All connections are handled in non-blocking state using epoll (or kqueue on *BSD)
==Reception== Bitflu has received good reviews, both in open-source software sites <ref>{{cite web|title=Bitflu - Freecode|url=https://freecode.com/projects/bitflu/comments|accessdate=January 11, 2014|date=Dec 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112010348/http://freecode.com/projects/bitflu/comments|archive-date=January 12, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and blogs,<ref>{{cite web|title=bitflu: A tiny torrent daemon|date=9 April 2013 |url=https://inconsolation.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/bitflu-a-tiny-torrent-daemon/|accessdate=January 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Notes: Bitflu|date=29 October 2008 |url=https://www.simplicidade.org/notes/archives/2008/10/bitflu.html|accessdate=January 11, 2014}}</ref> praising it for being lightweight and feature-complete.
Even so, Bitflu seems to be largely unknown, reportedly commanding only 0.000025% of the total BitTorrent traffic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bitflu Torrent Client - Overview|url=http://sefod.eu/redirect_20140111.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111214444/http://sefod.eu/redirect_20140111.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2014|accessdate=January 11, 2014|date=Dec 13, 2013}}</ref> According to one reviewer, this could be due to its non-automated, relatively elaborated install procedure, which could be putting off a "majority of users who can't do anything more complicated than a click-next-until-finish install".<ref>{{cite web|title=Comments for Bitflu|url=https://freecode.com/projects/bitflu/comments|accessdate=January 11, 2014|date=January 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112010348/http://freecode.com/projects/bitflu/comments|archive-date=January 12, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== See also == * Comparison of BitTorrent clients
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|bitflu.workaround.ch}}
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Category:2009 software Category:Free BitTorrent clients Category:Unix Internet software