Tribler
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Tribler 6.4.3
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| Developer(s) | The Tribler Team at Delft University of Technology and VU University Amsterdam |
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| Stable release | 6.5.2 (May 13, 2016) |
| Repository | github |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | Python, C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Android |
| Platform | ARM, IA-32, MIPS, PowerPC, x86-64 |
| Size | 70.2 MiB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | BitTorrent client |
| License | GNU LGPL v2.1+ |
| Alexa rank |  354,762 (Oct 2015[update]) |
| Website | www |
Tribler is an open source decentralized BitTorrent client which allows anonymous peer-to-peer by default. Tribler is based on the and uses an overlay network for content searching, which makes the program operate independently of external websites and renders it immune to limiting external action such as government restraint. Due to this overlay network, Tribler does not require an external website or to discover content. The user interface of Tribler is very basic and focused on ease of use instead of diversity of features. Tribler is available for Linux, Windows, and OS X.
Tribler also features a built-in video streamer known as SwarmPlayer.
The name Tribler stems from the word tribe, referring to the usage of social networks in this P2P client. The first version of Tribler was an enhancement of Yet Another BitTorrent Client.
In 2009, the development team behind Tribler stated that their efforts for the coming years were focused on the integration of Tribler with television hardware.
In 2014, with the release of version 6.3.1, a custom built-in onion routing network was introduced as part of Tribler. This feature is only for file transfers between Triblers users, not to any clearnet torrent nor to any clearnet BitTorrent client. Because the custom onion network does not use Tor exit nodes, it is enhanced to make every Tribler user to function as a relay.
Tribler adds keyword search ability to the file download protocol using a , somewhat similar to the eXeem network which was shut down in 2005. The software includes the ability to recommend content. After a dozen downloads the Tribler software can roughly estimate the download taste of the user and recommends content. This feature is based on collaborative filtering, also featured on websites such as Last.fm and Amazon.com. Another feature of Tribler is a limited form of social networking and donation of upload capacity. Tribler includes the ability to mark specific users as online friends. Such friends can be used to increase the download speed of files by using their upload capacity. Due to these features, Tribler differs from other popular BitTorrent clients such as Vuze and μTorrent.
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