# Bitflu

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{{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](/source/Perl)
| operating system       = [Unix-like](/source/Unix-like)
| size                   = 
| language               = English
| genre                  = [BitTorrent client](/source/BitTorrent_client)
| license                = [Artistic License 2.0](/source/Artistic_License_2.0)
| website                = {{URL|bitflu.workaround.ch}}
}}
'''Bitflu'''  is an [open-source](/source/open-source_software),  [BitTorrent](/source/BitTorrent_(protocol)) client by Adrian Ulrich. It is available for [Unix-like](/source/Unix-like) systems and is written in [Perl](/source/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](/source/BitTorrent_(protocol)) 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](/source/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

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