Command-line tool

mktorrent

brew/mktorrent

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Create BitTorrent metainfo files

Website Source

At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install mktorrent

Linux

brew install mktorrent

Create a torrent with 2^21 KB as the piece size

mktorrent -a tracker_announce_url -l 21 -o path/to/example.torrent path/to/file_or_directory

Create a private torrent with a 2^21 KB piece size

mktorrent -p -a tracker_announce_url -l 21 -o path/to/example.torrent path/to/file_or_directory

Create a torrent with a comment

mktorrent -c "comment" -a tracker_announce_url -l 21 -o path/to/example.torrent path/to/file_or_directory

Related command-line tools

• transmission-cli
  Lightweight BitTorrent client
• bittorrent-tracker-editor
  Add/remove bittorrent trackers from the torrent files
• intermodal
  Command-line utility for BitTorrent torrent file creation, verification, etc. rust cli bittorrent
• mkbrr
  Is a tool to create, modify and inspect torrent files. Fast go bittorrent torrent golang metafile
• transmission
  A fast, easy, and free BitTorrent client.
• aria2
  Download with resuming and segmented downloading download 下载 downloader 下载器
• superseedr
  BitTorrent Client in your Terminal
• mabel
  Fancy BitTorrent client for the terminal

Listing text is written by the maker; AptLynx lists tools and does not vouch for them. Find another tool · Browse by topic · For agents