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# Chihaya
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**Note:** The master branch may be in an unstable or even broken state during development.
Please use [releases] instead of the master branch in order to get stable binaries.
Chihaya is an open source [BitTorrent tracker] written in [Go].
Differentiating features include:
- HTTP and UDP protocols
- IPv4 and IPv6 support
- Pre/Post middlware hooks
- [YAML] configuration
- Metrics via [Prometheus]
- High Availability via [Redis]
- Kubernetes deployment via [Helm]
[releases]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/releases
[BitTorrent tracker]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_tracker
[Go]: https://golang.org
[YAML]: https://yaml.org
[Prometheus]: https://prometheus.io
[Redis]: https://redis.io
[Helm]: https://helm.sh
## Why Chihaya?
Chihaya is built for developers looking to integrate BitTorrent into a preexisting production environment.
Chihaya's pluggable architecture and middleware framework offers a simple and flexible integration point that abstracts the BitTorrent tracker protocols.
The most common use case for Chihaya is enabling peer-to-peer cloud software deployments.
## Development
### Contributing
Long-term discussion and bug reports are maintained via [GitHub Issues].
Code review is done via [GitHub Pull Requests].
Real-time discussion is done via [freenode IRC].
For more information read [CONTRIBUTING.md].
[GitHub Issues]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/issues
[GitHub Pull Requests]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/pulls
[freenode IRC]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=chihaya
[CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
### Getting Started
#### Building from HEAD
In order to compile the project, the [latest stable version of Go] and knowledge of a [working Go environment] are required.
```sh
$ git clone git@github.com:chihaya/chihaya.git
$ cd chihaya
$ go build ./cmd/chihaya
$ ./chihaya --help
```
[latest stable version of Go]: https://golang.org/dl
[working Go environment]: https://golang.org/doc/code.html
#### Docker
Docker containers are available for [HEAD] and [stable] releases.
[HEAD]: https://quay.io/jzelinskie/chihaya-git
[stable]: https://quay.io/jzelinskie/chihaya
#### Testing
The following will run all tests and benchmarks.
Removing `-bench` will just run unit tests.
```sh
$ go test -bench $(go list ./...)
```
The Chihaya executable contains a command to end-to-end test a BitTorrent tracker.
See
```sh
$ chihaya --help
```
### Configuration
Configuration of Chihaya is done via one YAML configuration file.
The `dist/` directory contains an example configuration file.
Files and directories under `docs/` contain detailed information about configuring middleware, storage implementations, architecture etc.
## Related projects
- [BitTorrent.org](https://github.com/bittorrent/bittorrent.org): a static website containing the BitTorrent spec and all BEPs
- [OpenTracker](http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker): a popular BitTorrent tracker written in C
- [Ocelot](https://github.com/WhatCD/Ocelot): a private BitTorrent tracker written in C++