XBTIT: Bringing BitTorrent Tracker Ownership Within Reach

Written by enigmax on July 17, 2007 

The decision to become an administrator of a BitTorrent tracker can be a difficult one. Even if one puts aside the issues surrounding legality in certain countries, to the inexperienced there’s a technical mountain to climb. Thanks to XBTIT team, the mountain has eased to a small incline, bringing tracker ownership within reach of BitTorrent enthusiasts.

To the novice, setting up a BitTorrent tracker is a hugely complex task. Within minutes of making the decision to even attempt such a thing, it becomes crystal clear that without specialist coding knowledge the project is doomed to fail, probably before it even starts. In order for BitTorrent tracker ownership to be accessible to all, the technical roadblocks need to be overcome.

The team behind XBTIT (previously BTiTracker) are hoping to achieve just that with their latest beta version.

XBTIT enables potential site administrators to quickly and easily set up their own BitTorrent tracker, something that was previously only available to people with some coding skills.

In order to make the process as user-friendly as possible, the team are offering some major upgrades and features:

Optional SMF Forum Integration

SMF is a fully featured bulletin board system which is very easy to set up. Downloaded and installed separately, user accounts are fully integrated with XBTIT after installation so there is no need for multiple log ins.

Optional XBT Tracker Integration

XBT Tracker is a BitTorrent tracker written in C++. The advantages of using this is that you can have many more peers than a traditional PHP based tracker while consuming very few resources on your server, making ownership of a very large tracker a reality.

One Click Hack/Modification Installation

All the best trackers have great modifications designed to bring additional functionality to the site. However, installing these can still be quite a task for the experienced - and absolutely mind-blowing for the novice. XBTIT offers One-Click-Hack which means no more having to hack away at lines of code to install the latest modifications for your tracker. An automated system for hack installation is included which is great news for the novice.

Fully Customizable Template System

This means there is no requirement to hack away at code to change the look of your site. Templates are now totally separate from the tracker source so it’s possible to tinker with the look of the site without worrying about breaking anything. New templates will be available with the final version of the software.

Updated Installation Routine

The new installation routine takes care of everything that previously had to be done by hand, saving much time when installing a new tracker.

The XBTIT team told us they are proud to be leading the way with what they believe is the most customizable and accessible tracker to date, and they are inviting any interested TorrentFreak readers to apply for beta testing at www.btiteam.org

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1 Jul 17, 2007 at 23:07 by Claudy C. Bunni

oh noes >_______.

2 Jul 17, 2007 at 23:54 by e l e v e n s p a c e s

[quote comment="133954"]oh noes >_______.[/quote]
why?

3 Jul 18, 2007 at 12:14 by freak-a-zoid

Another good tracker software is “opentracker”

http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker/

Check out the blog:

http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/

The guys coding the tracker software are running an open tracker, which everybody can use without any hassle. Just add this url during your torrent creation as additional tracker:

http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce

More on their policy can be found here:

http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/?page_id=2

4 Jul 19, 2007 at 01:25 by BunnyBoiler

making it easy to be a tracker owner

does that not mean there will be more trackers?

is that a good thing?

i want one :D

5 Jul 19, 2007 at 04:07 by Claudy C. Bunni

[quote comment="133985"][quote comment="133954"]oh noes >_______.[/quote]
why?[/quote]

umm >.> that was supposed to be a long coment but somehow it got destroyed -_-’

anyway imho btit is one of the crappiest and inefficient trackers there is >.

6 Jul 19, 2007 at 04:09 by Claudy C. Bunni

anyway imho btit is one of the crappiest and inefficient trackers there is >.

7 Jul 19, 2007 at 04:10 by Claudy C. Bunni

>.

8 Jul 19, 2007 at 04:13 by Claudy C. Bunni

>_> i worked with it but in less than an hour i was still looking for how the basic funtions worked -_-’
installing it is a serious waste of time and will only get you frustrated as you try to deal with the issues a modern private tracker has to deal with

*my excuse fo the duplicate comments due to truncating scripts on serverside*

9 Jul 20, 2007 at 07:53 by j0k3r

TBDev FTW!

10 Jul 26, 2007 at 01:58 by BunnyBoiler

Claudi u r full of it

btit code is running some of the biggest trackers out there

it is an easy install, 5 minutes and you have a php tracker, nothing else is like it

the new version xbtit gives the owner the scope to grow as large as torrentz

11 Jul 31, 2007 at 19:56 by yraykqagdw

Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! ddtagujdpqwlfd

12 Aug 09, 2007 at 18:10 by salber

Does btit also create torrent files?

13 Sep 10, 2007 at 04:57 by Ana

Excelent information. Best wishes.d

14 Oct 17, 2007 at 21:38 by jasontor

I’m going to give it a try…… but I’m not willing to register before I can do so. If it’s an open beta test, for anyone to simply download and test, I’m with that.

15 Dec 09, 2007 at 01:50 by Seeder

SeedMonster.com

16 Dec 27, 2007 at 06:58 by doc

easyaXXo.com

17 Dec 29, 2007 at 06:03 by leecher preacher

easyaXXo.com

18 Jan 22, 2008 at 14:22 by Anonymous

guys there are now sites up so you can check it out mine is http://www.cartoonchaos.org is is actually hosted by xbtit as well

There is also http://fr333dom.com/

Plus a few others come check them out

19 Jan 22, 2008 at 14:33 by cuds

Thats crap like the other person said is 5 min install except new one takes longer if using smf

If you want to check out sites using it go to http://www.cartoonchaos.org

Or there is http://fr333dom.com

Now you dont have an excuse for slagging it off get your facts straight first

Mr wannabe kiddie scripter

20 Jan 22, 2008 at 14:37 by cuds

Oh ps i had a small problem went to Locutius he fixed it for me no problem they are the nicest bunch of guys i have ever come across , ok i admit as of time zone limits can take sometimes a little while to reply but have always been friendly never said get lost NOOB like in some places i have gone too , i now run a very nice tracker thanks

21 Jan 28, 2008 at 00:05 by totalchaos

im using the btit modded that installed in less than 5 minutes here my site http://totalchaos.me.uk/

22 Feb 11, 2008 at 20:07 by Jose

They just keep saying, it’s difficult, hard, mind blowing.

23 Mar 15, 2008 at 23:34 by M1keMan

I have just a few days ago… launched my own tracker-torrentsite
come check it out and help me seed.
also uploaders wanted !!
http://easytor.slx.nl

24 May 15, 2008 at 03:40 by runman

running a large tracker with large forum like smf is a bad idea….. it could sucks your sql…and lastly kill your server resources..
except you running xbt tracker

keep it simple n tide..

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