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-This repository implements BitTorrent-related packages and command-line utilities in Go.
+This repository implements BitTorrent-related packages and command-line utilities in Go. The emphasis is on use as a library from other projects. It's been used 24/7 in production by a downstream, private service since late 2014. There have been contributions from people using some various packages for integrating BitTorrent into media and other services.
-There is support for protocol encryption, DHT, PEX, uTP, and various extensions. There are several storage backends provided, blob, file, mmap. You can use the provided binaries in `./cmd`, or use `torrent` as a library for your own applications.
+There is support for protocol encryption, DHT, PEX, uTP, and various extensions. See the package documentation for a more complete list. There are several data storage backends provided: blob, file, and mmap, and you can write your own, such as to store data on S3, or in a database. You can use the provided binaries in `./cmd`, or use `torrent` as a library for your own applications.
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+Many of the sub-packages can be used for other purposes: dht, bencode, and tracker, in particular.
## Installation
Here I'll describe what some of the provided commands in `./cmd` do.
-Note that [`godo`](https://bitbucket.org/anacrolix/go-utils) that I invoke in the following examples is a command that builds and executes a Go import path, like `go run`. It's easier to use this convention than to spell out the install/invoke cycle for every single example.
+Note that [`godo`](https://github.com/anacrolix/godo) that I invoke in the following examples is a command that builds and executes a Go import path, like `go run`. It's easier to use this convention than to spell out the install/invoke cycle for every single example.
### torrent