rtGui - A web based front-end for rTorrent

rtGui is a web based front end for rTorrent - the Linux command line BitTorrent client. It's written in PHP and uses XML-RPC to communicate with the rTorrent client.

For more information on rTorrent, see the home page: http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/

Features

• List all torrent downloads or by started/stopped/complete/incomplete/seeding status.
• Ajax-style refresh information without reloading page.
• Sort view by any of the displayed columns.
• View detailed torrent information.
• Stop/start/hash-check torrent.
• Set upload/download speed cap.
• Add torrents by URL.
• Upload torrent to rtorrent watch-directory.
• Set priority per torrent or file.
• Peer listing.
• RSS Feed of completed torrents (rssfeed.php).
• Does not require mySQL or any other database.
• Bulk Stop/Start/Delete/Priority set.
• Tracker URL display with configurable colouring.
• Integrated RSS News Feed reader - download torrents directly to rTorrent (still work-in-progress).

Requirements

• rTorrent minium 0.8.2 / libtorrent 0.12.2 complied with XML-RPC library support - see http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ (rTorrent 0.8.4 / libtorrent 0.12.4 also supported)
• XML-RPC library - see http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/
• Apache webserver configured with XML-RPC - see http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/wiki/RTorrentXMLRPCGuide
• PHP 5 with XML-RPC module - see http://www.php.net/
• A web browser - see http://www.mozilla.com/

Installation

• Modify your Apache and rTorrent installations to work with XML-RPC

- see http://code.google.com/p/rtgui/wiki/ubuntu_rtgui

• Change to your webserver root directory, eg:

cd /srv/www/htdocs

• Extract the files from the archive you downloaded:

tar xvzf rtgui-x.x.x.tgz

• If this is a new installation, copy example config file:

cp config.php.example config.php

• Check settings:

gedit config.php

• Point your web browser to the directory, eg:

http://localhost/rtgui

• Enjoy :)

Known Problems

Incorrect file size display on torrents over 4GB - see http://code.google.com/p/rtgui/wiki/CompilingRtorrent and http://code.google.com/p/rtgui/issues/detail?id=1&can=1

Security considerations

Absolutely no thought whatsoever has been given to security in rtGui - do not run this on a publicly available website. rtGui is intended for 'home' use where users can be considered as trusted. A basic authentication mechanism is planned for future releases. At the very least, you should password protect your webserver using .htaccess or similar (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htaccess for more info).

In Development

• More torrent file management - move directory, delete from disk, etc.

Wanted!

Feedback!

Other information

• rtGui incorporates the excellent subModal script by Seth Banks for the cool 'Web 2.0' background-dimming/dialog effect - included version 1.5 by permission - see http://www.subimage.com/dhtml/subModal/
• Also uses some icons from http://www.famfamfam.com/