BitLet

Infobox Software
name = BitLet



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developer = Daniele Castagna
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programming language = Java
operating system = Cross-platform
language = English
genre = Peer-to-peer
license = Closed Source
website = http://www.bitlet.org/

BitLet, abbreviation for BitTorrent Applet, is a BitTorrent program that enables the use of this file sharing protocol inside any Java-enabled web browser, without the need of an external dedicated client program.

Features

The software intends to make the use of BitTorrent very simple. To make a download, the user first needs to obtain a valid torrent metafile URL. The user then copies the URL to BitLet's main page and clicks the download link, initiating the downloading process.

All the sharing is done by the user's computer, who is actively uploading and downloading as long as the program window is opened [cite web | url = http://www.bitlet.org/more |title = BitLet FAQ | accessdate = 2008-06-29 | publisher = BitLet | language = English] . This differentiates it from other services like ImageShack's torrent download feature, which does the sharing on the server side, allowing the user to download the torrent by HTTP in the end.

This system also allows webmasters to easily distribute files using the BitTorrent protocol without requiring the visitors of their sites to install and know how to use a BitTorrent client. To do that, a webmaster needs to find a tracker that directs the BitTorrent downloads and uploads of his file, host the .torrent file, and then display a link in his site, prefixing a URL code to the torrent's online location [cite web | url = http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-share-torrents-with-bittorrent-illiterates-080106/ |title = How To Share Torrents With BitTorrent Illiterates | accessdate = 2008-06-29 | publisher = TorrentFreak | language = English] . The BitLet site provides a code generator to create the HTML for that link [cite web | url = http://www.bitlet.org/more |title = BitLet FAQ | accessdate = 2008-06-29 | publisher = BitLet | language = English] . Some sites that distribute torrent files already provide such links along with the URL to their torrents, including [http://www.fenopy.com/ Fenopy] and [http://suprnova.org/ Suprnova] .

References

External links

* [http://www.bitlet.org/ Official Website]