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== Reception ==
== Reception ==
After a news article on [[TorrentFreak]] in February 2012 mentioned Tribler's decentralization and the fact that its index is impossible to take down, the website became hugely popular, causing it to be reduced to just the download page to satisfy demand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://torrentfreak.com/tribler-makes-bittorrent-impossible-to-shut-down-120208 | title=Tribler Makes BitTorrent Impossible to Shut Down | work=TorrentFreak | date=2012-02-08}}</ref> A warning about Tribler security appeared on the tor-dev mailing list on Dec. 20, 2014<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-December/007999.html |title=N reasons why the spooks love Tribler (Number N' will surprise you) |author=Yawning Angel |website=tor-dev mailing list |date=20 Dec 2014 |accessdate=15 Jun 2015}}</ref>{{sps|date=June 2015}} and was addressed shortly thereafter via Github.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/1066 | title=Addressing the various security improvements #1066 |author=synctext |website= Github |date=22 Dec 2014 |accessdate=15 Jun 2015}}</ref>{{sps|date=June 2015}}
After a news article on [[TorrentFreak]] in February 2012 mentioned Tribler's decentralization and the fact that its index is impossible to take down, the website became hugely popular, causing it to be reduced to just the download page to satisfy demand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://torrentfreak.com/tribler-makes-bittorrent-impossible-to-shut-down-120208 | title=Tribler Makes BitTorrent Impossible to Shut Down | work=TorrentFreak | date=2012-02-08}}</ref> A warning about Tribler security appeared on the tor-dev mailing list on Dec. 20, 2014<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-December/007999.html |title=N reasons why the spooks love Tribler (Number N' will surprise you) |author=Yawning Angel |website=tor-dev mailing list |date=20 Dec 2014 |accessdate=15 Jun 2015}}</ref>{{sps|date=June 2015}} and was addressed shortly thereafter via Github.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/1066 | title=Addressing the various security improvements #1066 |author=synctext |website= Github |date=22 Dec 2014 |accessdate=15 Jun 2015}}</ref>{{sps|date=June 2015}}. Since then, several users of Reddit have reported being raided by law enforcement because of Tribler use.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 03:33, 13 August 2015

Developer(s)The Tribler Team at Delft University of Technology and VU University Amsterdam
Stable release7.12.1 (September 20, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-09-20)) [±][1]
Repository
Written inPython, C++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, OS X, GNU/Linux, Android
PlatformIA-32
Size49.3 MiB
Available inEnglish
TypeBitTorrent client
LicenseGNU LGPL v2.1+[2]
Websitewww.tribler.org

Tribler is an open source anonymous peer-to-peer decentralized BitTorrent client. Tribler is based on the BitTorrent protocol and uses an overlay network for content searching, which makes the program operate independent of external websites and renders it immune to limiting external action, for example, government restraint.[4][5] Due to this overlay network Tribler does not require an external website or indexing service to discover content.[6] The user interface of Tribler is very basic and focused on ease of use, instead of diversity of features.[7] Tribler is available for Linux, Windows, and OS X.[8]

Tribler also features a built-in video streamer known as SwarmPlayer.

History

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 a small enhancement on ABC (Yet Another BitTorrent Client).

In 2009, the development team behind Tribler stated that their efforts for the coming years were focused on integration of Tribler in television hardware.[citation needed]

In 2014 (with the release of version 6.3.1[9]) Tribler became anonymous with the introduction of a custom built-in onion routing network.[10]

Features

Tribler adds keyword search ability to the BitTorrent file download protocol using a gossip protocol, 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.[11] 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.[12] Due to these features Tribler differs from other popular BitTorrent clients such as Vuze and μTorrent.

SwarmPlayer

The SwarmPlayer is a Python-based BitTorrent Internet TV viewer. It allows one to watch BitTorrent-hosted peer-to-peer digital media distribution of video on demand and plays live Tribler streaming media. It is based on the same core as the Tribler TV application.

The core software is free and open source software based on the Tribler platform, licensed under the LGPL 2.1.

Development

Tribler was created by university researchers at the Delft University of Technology, who are trying to improve peer-to-peer technology.[13] Tribler is designed to enhance BitTorrent by removing the need for central elements such as the websites for finding content, as well as being anonymous.

The European Union's P2P-Next project to develop an Internet television distribution standard builds on Tribler technology.[14]

Reception

After a news article on TorrentFreak in February 2012 mentioned Tribler's decentralization and the fact that its index is impossible to take down, the website became hugely popular, causing it to be reduced to just the download page to satisfy demand.[15] A warning about Tribler security appeared on the tor-dev mailing list on Dec. 20, 2014[16][self-published source?] and was addressed shortly thereafter via Github.[17][self-published source?]. Since then, several users of Reddit have reported being raided by law enforcement because of Tribler use.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Releases".
  2. ^ tribler/LICENSE.txt at devel · Tribler/tribler, GitHub, retrieved 2014-12-18
  3. ^ "tribler.org Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  4. ^ Waugh, Rob (9 February 2012). "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2098759/Tribler-New-file-sharing-technology-IMMUNE-government-attacks.html". Associated Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 2 May 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Tribler". tribler.org.
  6. ^ whatIsTribler/2
  7. ^ Milestone Tribler V5.0 | Tribler.org
  8. ^ Download Tribler
  9. ^ "Release Tribler V6.3.1 · Tribler/tribler · GitHub". GitHub.
  10. ^ "Researchers Make Bittorrent Anonymous and Impossible to Shut Down". Torrentfreak. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  11. ^ Decentralized Recommendation
  12. ^ Cooperative Download
  13. ^ http://www.pds.twi.tudelft.nl/~pouwelse/CPE-Tribler-final.pdf
  14. ^ "Europe funds internet TV standard". BBC News. February 25, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  15. ^ "Tribler Makes BitTorrent Impossible to Shut Down". TorrentFreak. 2012-02-08.
  16. ^ Yawning Angel (20 Dec 2014). "N reasons why the spooks love Tribler (Number N' will surprise you)". tor-dev mailing list. Retrieved 15 Jun 2015.
  17. ^ synctext (22 Dec 2014). "Addressing the various security improvements #1066". Github. Retrieved 15 Jun 2015.
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