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Halite BitTorrent Client
Developer:	Eóin O'Callaghan
Latest release:	0.2.8 / January 3rd 2007
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Use:	BitTorrent client
License:	BSD
Website:	http://www.binarynotions.com/halite.php

Halite BitTorrent Client is an Open Source BitTorrent client written by Irishman Eóin O'Callaghan in C++ based on libtorrent from Rasterbar Software. Halite is named after the mineral. The program also relies on the Boost library and libHTTP for the still to be implemented remote control interface from Java enabled (MIDP 1.0) mobile phones. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Software development is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... An operating system (OS) is a computer program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... This article is about the client. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The BSD license is a permissive license and is one of the most widely used free software licenses. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... C++ (pronounced see plus plus, IPA: ) is a general-purpose, high-level programming language with low-level facilities. ... libtorrent is an open source implementation of the bittorrent protocol. ... Boost is a collection of libraries that extend the functionality of C++. The libraries are licensed under the Boost Software License, a very open license designed to allow Boost to be used with any project. ...

Features

Halite is in an early stage of development supporting basic features:

• Multiple downloads.
• Displays detailed information for the selected torrent.
• Connection limits both global and per-torrent.
• Transfer rate limits again global and per-torrent.
• Trackerless torrents (using the Mainline kademlia DHT protocol).
• IP filtering with eMule ipfilter.dat import.
• Minimize to tray with transfer rate summary.
• Association with ".torrent" files.
• Option to limit the number of instances to one.
• Estimated time remaining indicator.

Planned Features

• Tabbed interface.
• Ability to modify trackers.
• Options to ban peers.

Status and Perspective

Halite is in active development and is gaining increased interest as an alternative, free, resource friendly BitTorrent client on Windows after µTorrent was acquired by BitTorrent, Inc. µTorrent (also known as uTorrent or microTorrent) is a freeware BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows written in C++, and translated into 39 different languages. ... BitTorrent, Inc. ...

The buyout of µTorrent caused a stir in peer-to-peer circles due to the close cooperation of BitTorrent, Inc. with more than 35 entertainment companies including MPAA members 20th Century Fox, Viacom, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios^[1]. This has been widely discussed on peer-to-peer forums and sites^[2]. Behind the backdrop of copyright infringement lawsuits by the MPAA against P2P users, many µTorrent users are concerned that the closed source µTorrent client could introduce backdoors of some sort to the detriment of users in the future. µTorrent (also known as uTorrent or microTorrent) is a freeware BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows written in C++, and translated into 39 different languages. ... A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ... BitTorrent, Inc. ... The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non-profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ... A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ...

In this context the question arises, on what alternative clients are available or in development which could possibly replace the highly popular µTorrent.^[3][4] Frequently the Halite Bittorent client is mentioned, because it has low resource usage (in contrast to Azureus) and it is free open source software. It remains to be seen, if this rather young Bittorrent client will fulfill these expectations. Azureus is a Java-based BitTorrent client, with support for I2P and Tor anonymous communication protocols. ... ...

Requirements

• Halite is written using Unicode and can only be run on Windows 2000 or higher.

Unicode is an industry standard designed to allow text and symbols from all of the writing systems of the world to be consistently represented and manipulated by computers. ...

References

1. ^ BitTorrent Opens Online Store
2. ^ BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
3. ^ What do we use now ?
4. ^ what client...?

See also

• Comparison of BitTorrent software

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of applications supporting BitTorrent. ...

External links

• Halite webpage
• Sourceforge project page
• libtorrent
  
• libHTTP