| Developer(s) | Alan McGovern |
|---|---|
| Initial release | April 25, 2007 |
| Stable release | 2.0.7 (December 23, 2022) [±] |
| Preview release | v3.0.0 beta 159 (February 1, 2023) [±] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C# |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | BitTorrent library |
| License | MIT |
| Website | github.com/mono/monotorrent |
MonoTorrent is a cross-platform .NET Standard 2.0 compatible library which implements the BitTorrent protocol. As a result, MonoTorrent can be compiled and executed on every major operating system, including smart phones, IoT or other mobile devices.
The aim of this library is not to provide a rich graphical interface for users to interact with, but rather to provide a rich programming API to allow a developer to create a GUI using the library without having to worry about reinventing the wheel by implementing the BitTorrent specification themselves.
As a result, this should allow developers to embed the library into a wide variety of applications with ease.
The library was initially developed under the 2006 Google Summer of Code. It now resides in the public Git repository for Mono.