mktorrent

A CLI utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files.

TLDR

Create a torrent with 2^21 KB as the piece size

$ mktorrent -a [tracker_announce_url] -l [21] -o [path/to/example.torrent] [path/to/file_or_directory]

Create a private torrent with a 2^21 KB piece size

$ mktorrent -p -a [tracker_announce_url] -l [21] -o [path/to/example.torrent] [path/to/file_or_directory]

Create a torrent with a comment

$ mktorrent -c "[comment]" -a [tracker_announce_url] -l [21] -o [path/to/example.torrent] [path/to/file_or_directory]

Create a torrent with multiple trackers

$ mktorrent -a [tracker_announce_url,tracker_announce_url_2] -l [21] -o [path/to/example.torrent] [path/to/file_or_directory]

Create a torrent with web seed URLs

$ mktorrent -a [tracker_announce_url] -w [web_seed_url] -l [21] -o [path/to/example.torrent] [path/to/file_or_directory]

SYNOPSIS

mktorrent [OPTIONS] <target directory or filename>

DESCRIPTION

mktorrent is a command line utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files used by trackers and torrent clients. It can create metainfo files for single files or complete directories in a fast way.

OPTIONS

-a, --announce=<url>[,<url>...]: Specify the full announce URLs. Additional -a adds backup trackers.
-c, --comment=<comment>: Add a comment to the metainfo.
-d, --no-date: Don't write the creation date.
-h, --help: Show this help screen.
-l, --piece-length=<n>: Set the piece length to 2^n bytes. Default is 18, that is 2^18 = 256kB.
-n, --name=<name>: Set the name of the torrent. Default is the basename of the target.
-o, --output=<filename>: Set the path and filename of the created file. Default is <name>.torrent.
-p, --private: Set the private flag.
-s, --source=<source>: Add source string embedded in infohash.
-t, --threads=<n>: Use <n> threads for calculating hashes. Default is the number of CPU cores.
-v, --verbose: Be verbose.
-w, --web-seed=<url>[,<url>...]: Add web seed URLs. Additional -w adds more URLs.