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WebTorrent (with WebRTC support in Node.js)

4 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 0 stories, 4 comments · first 2015-05-19 · latest 2017-02-27

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  1. …in `webtorrent-hybrid`, a CLI version of WebTorrent that can talk to "web peers" in browsers ( https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-hybrid ). Fortunately, most users can just install WebTorrent Desktop ( https://webtorrent.io/desktop/ )…
    comment by feross · 2017-02-27 · in A solution for enabling UDP in the web
  2. That's not quite correct. From https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-hybrid : > In node.js, the webtorrent package only connects to normal TCP/UDP peers, not WebRTC peers. That's why there's this webtorrent-hybrid client which runs a hidden…
  3. WebTorrent CLI: https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-cli WebTorrent Hybrid: https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-hybrid
  4. …and have it work. The torrent must be seeded by a WebRTC-capable client, i.e. webtorrent-hybrid ( https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-hybrid ) or https://instant.io . We plan to build a desktop client (soon!) that can connect to normal…
    comment by feross · 2015-05-19 · in Popcorn Time in Your Browser