LibtorrentSharp 0.1.0-alpha

.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
This is a prerelease version of LibtorrentSharp. 
dotnet add package LibtorrentSharp --version 0.1.0-alpha
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package LibtorrentSharp -Version 0.1.0-alpha
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="LibtorrentSharp" Version="0.1.0-alpha" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="LibtorrentSharp" Version="0.1.0-alpha" />
                    


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<PackageReference Include="LibtorrentSharp" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add LibtorrentSharp --version 0.1.0-alpha
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: LibtorrentSharp, 0.1.0-alpha"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package LibtorrentSharp@0.1.0-alpha
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=LibtorrentSharp&version=0.1.0-alpha&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=LibtorrentSharp&version=0.1.0-alpha&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

LibtorrentSharp

A .NET binding for libtorrent-rasterbar, the C++ BitTorrent library that powers qBittorrent, Deluge, and many other clients.

Status: early access / alpha. The public API surface is stabilizing toward a v0.1 release. Expect breaking changes between pre-release versions.

Architecture

  • LibtorrentSharp/ — managed C# library (net8.0, AnyCPU). P/Invoke into a native shared library (lts.dll on Windows). Idiomatic .NET surface: proper IDisposable, value types for hashes, IAsyncEnumerable<Alert> for the alert pump.
  • LibtorrentSharp.Native/ — C++ shared library exposing a C ABI (extern "C") over libtorrent. Built via CMake + vcpkg. Windows x64 + arm64 in the first pass; Linux and macOS follow.

LibtorrentSharp wraps the existing C++ libtorrent — it is not a C# reimplementation of the BitTorrent protocol.

Goals

  • Full-fidelity coverage of libtorrent's public client-facing surface (session, torrent_handle, alerts, status/peer/tracker structs, add_torrent_params, hash types, magnet parsing).
  • Zero consumer-project coupling. The binding has no dependency on any specific client.
  • NativeAOT-friendly. P/Invoke boundary chosen over C++/CLI for this reason.

Non-goals

  • Plugin API (session_plugin, torrent_plugin) — C++ extension points don't translate cleanly to managed code.
  • Raw bencode/bdecode — use BencodeNET instead.
  • Cross-platform in v0.1. Windows x64 + arm64 first.

License

Apache-2.0. Derived from csdl by Albie Spriddell. See NOTICE for attribution.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
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0.1.0-alpha 79 5/1/2026