Webtor

Webtor is an open-source torrent streaming and Direct Download Link (DDL) service that converts magnet links or .torrent files into browser-playable streams or direct downloads. The project is packaged as a single, all-in-one Docker image for easy self-hosting and exposes a web UI and API for library management and integrations.

Key Features

• Direct Download Link (DDL): select any file inside a torrent and produce a direct downloadable link.
• Instant video & audio streaming: play supported formats in-browser (avi, mkv, mp4, webm, m4v, ts, vob; mp3, wav, ogg, flac, m4a).
• On-the-fly ZIP archive creation: download an entire torrent as a ZIP while preserving directory structure.
• Personal library with media detection: add torrents to a per-account library with automatic movie/series detection.
• Stremio integration and WebDAV support: optional integrations to stream to TV apps and mount library as network storage.
• Developer SDK: embed streaming/player functionality into other websites or services.
• Packaged deployment: provided as a single Docker image with supervised services and an embedded PostgreSQL database for storage.

Use Cases

• Stream or preview torrent-hosted media directly in a browser without a local torrent client.
• Provide on-demand direct downloads or ZIP archives of specific files from a torrent to users or clients.
• Power a private media library with web access and integration into media-centre apps (e.g., Stremio).

Limitations and Considerations

• Real-time transcoding (HLS) and on-the-fly conversions are CPU- and I/O-intensive; expect higher resource needs on servers used for transcoding.
• The project is distributed as an all-in-one container which simplifies deployment but may limit horizontal scalability compared to split microservices.
• ZIP archives are generated on-the-fly and some extraction tools may report CRC warnings even when files are usable; this is a known behavior of dynamically produced archives.

Webtor provides a pragmatic, developer-friendly way to convert torrents into browser-native streams and downloads and is suitable for private media libraries, integrations and embedding into other web services. The project is actively maintained with a Docker-first distribution model and developer SDKs for embedding functionality into third-party sites.