rtGui

A web based front-end for rTorrent

rtGui is a web based front end for rTorrent - the Linux command line BitTorrent client. It's written in PHP and uses XML-RPC to communicate with the rTorrent client.

For more information on rTorrent, see the home page: http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/

Features

List all torrent downloads or by started/stopped/complete/incomplete/seeding status.
Ajax-style refresh information without reloading page.
Sort view by any of the displayed columns.
View detailed torrent information.
Stop/start/hash-check torrent.
Set upload/download speed cap.
Add torrents by URL.
Upload torrent to rtorrent watch-directory.
Set priority per torrent or file.
Peer listing.
RSS Feed of completed torrents (rssfeed.php).
Does not require mySQL or any other database.
Bulk Stop/Start/Delete/Priority set.
Tracker URL display with configurable colouring.
Integrated RSS News Feed reader - download torrents directly to rTorrent (still work-in-progress).

Requirements

rTorrent 0.8.2 / libtorrent 0.12.2 complied with XML-RPC library support - see http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/
XML-RPC library - see http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/
Apache webserver configured with XML-RPC - see http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/wiki/RTorrentXMLRPCGuide
PHP 5 with XML-RPC module - see http://www.php.net/
A web browser - see http://www.mozilla.com/

Installation

Change to your webserver root directory, eg:

cd /srv/www/htdocs

Extract the files from the archive you downloaded:

tar xvzf rtgui-0.2.5.tgz

Modify config.php, if required:

vi rtgui/config.php

Change RSS feeds in feedreader.php (if required):

vi rtgui/feedreader.php

Point your web browser to the directory, eg:

http://localhost/rtgui

Enjoy :)

Known Problems

Incorrect file size display on torrents over 4GB - see http://code.google.com/p/rtgui/issues/detail?id=1&can=1

Security considerations

Absolutely no thought whatsoever has been given to security in rtGui - do not run this on a publicly available website. rtGui is intended for 'home' use where users can be considered as trusted. A basic authentication mechanism is planned for future releases. At the very least, you should password protect your webserver using .htaccess or similar (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htaccess for more info).

In Development

More torrent file management - move directory, delete from disk, etc.

Wanted!

Feedback!

Other information

rtGui incorporates the excellent subModal script by Seth Banks for the cool 'Web 2.0' background-dimming/dialog effect - included version 1.5 by permission - see http://www.subimage.com/dhtml/subModal/
Also uses some icons from http://www.famfamfam.com/

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