PrivTracker allows to share torrent files just with your friends, nobody else. Unlike public trackers, it shares peers only within a group which is using the same Announce URL. It really works like a private tracker, but can be generated with one click of a button.

Build & install

# Clone this repository.
$ git clone https://github.com/meehow/privtracker.git

# cd into the directory
$ cd privtracker

# Run go build
$ go build

Usage

# Runs on port 1337 by default.
$ ./privtracker

# Set PORT to 443 if you want to enable automatic TLS handling
$ PORT=443 ./privtracker

Example Systemd service

This is an example of /etc/systemd/system/privtracker.service which can handle your privtracker service.

Remember to check directory names if you are going to use it.

[Unit]
Description=privtracker
After=network.target
Requires=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=privtracker
RestartSec=1s
Restart=on-failure
Environment=PORT=443
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
WorkingDirectory=/home/privtracker/web
ExecStart=/home/privtracker/web/privtracker

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target