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Install btpd with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, apt

BitTorrent Protocol Daemon. Version 0.16 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-12.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install btpd

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install btpd

MacPorts ports tree · net/btpd/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

BitTorrent Protocol Daemon

Commands and aliases

  • btinfo
  • btpd

history

Project history and usage

BTPD is a small BitTorrent daemon with command-line control utilities. It represents an older Unix style of P2P client: a background daemon, a control socket, and small tools rather than an integrated desktop application.

Project history

The project describes btpd as a utility for sharing files over the BitTorrent network protocol that runs as a daemon without a controlling terminal or GUI. Its companion programs include btpd, btcli, and btinfo.

The public GitHub repository was created in 2010 and carries release tags v0.13 through v0.16. Development activity is modest and specialized, matching the project's role as a compact daemon rather than a broad BitTorrent suite.

Adoption history

btpd was adopted by Unix-like package repositories for users who wanted a headless BitTorrent client. The input package metadata lists Homebrew, MacPorts, Alpine, and Ubuntu packaging, indicating cross-distribution survival despite the project's small scope.

Its adoption niche overlaps with servers, shells, seedboxes, and users who prefer daemonized network tools controllable by scripts.

How it is used

Users start btpd once, add torrents with btcli, inspect them with btcli list or stat, set upload/download rates, and shut the daemon down with btcli kill. State and logs are stored under $HOME/.btpd by default, with -d or BTPD_HOME available to choose another directory.

btinfo reads metadata from torrent files. The project has no credential store and no general configuration file documented beyond its runtime state directory and command-line options.

Why package nerds care

btpd is interesting because it packages BitTorrent as a classic Unix service split into daemon and client tools. It is also a reminder that package managers preserve many small protocol implementations long after attention has moved to larger clients.

Timeline

  • 2010: Public GitHub repository for btpd is created.
  • 2010s: Release tags v0.13 through v0.16 are published.
  • 2020s: btpd remains packaged in multiple Unix-like package managers.

Related projects

  • BitTorrent is the peer-to-peer protocol implemented by btpd.
  • btcli is the command-line control utility shipped with btpd.
  • btinfo is the torrent metadata inspection utility shipped with btpd.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for btpd. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
btinfocliglobal executable
btpdcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.16
manager updated2026-05-12
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.16

https://github.com/btpd/btpd

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:btpd
Version0.16
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/btpd
Homepagehttps://github.com/btpd/btpd
Repositoryhttps://github.com/btpd/btpd
Upstream docshttps://github.com/btpd/btpd#readme
LicenseBSD-2-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/btpd/btpd/archive/refs/tags/v0.16.tar.gz
Last updated2026-05-12T00:32:49Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesopenssl@4
Build dependenciesautoconf, automake, libtool
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namebtpd
Version Scheme0
Revision2
Conflicts With
  • btcli
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Ubuntu apt95%

btpd 0.16-0ubuntu6

BitTorrent Protocol Daemon

http://wiki.github.com/btpd/btpd/

sudo apt install btpd
  • Section: universe/net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Btpd
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: btpd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

btpd 0.16-r2

The BitTorrent Protocol Daemon

https://github.com/btpd/btpd

sudo apk add btpd
  • License: BSD-2-Clause BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: btpd
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Btpd
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: btpd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

btpd-doc 0.16-r2

The BitTorrent Protocol Daemon (documentation)

https://github.com/btpd/btpd

sudo apk add btpd-doc
  • License: BSD-2-Clause BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: btpd
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Btpd
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: btpd-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

btpd

sudo port install btpd
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Btpd
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/btpd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • openssl@4Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • autoconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • automakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libtoolBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • rqbitShares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, file-sharing, networking.
  • superseedrShares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, file-sharing, networking.
  • transmission-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, daemon, networking, p2p.
  • copypartyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sharing, networking.
  • dufsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sharing, networking.
  • gtk-gnutellaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sharing, networking.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment