Software Update: PicoTorrent 0.10

Version 0.10 of PicoTorrent has been released. PicoTorrent is a relative new player in the bittorrent market. The program is written in C++ 14 and uses libtorrent like many other clients. PicoTorrent is, in its own words, modern, fast and easy to use. Despite the core being cross-platform, the program is currently only available for Windows. The changelog for version 0.10 shows the following changes and improvements:

release notes

A month in the works, this release of PicoTorrent brings a whole lot to the table. Most notably the WebSocket API which allows developers to write remote clients to monitor PicoTorrent. The API is read-only for now, which means you cannot pause/resume/add/remove torrents, just observe.

Other features includes a cross-platform core, which is always nice to have. This means we get warnings and validation from another compiler, in this case GCC.

To run the portable version of PicoTorrent v0.10, you will need the Visual C++ 2015 runtime.

Features

• PicoTorrentCore now successfully builds on GCC. (#230)
• PicoTorrent now has a permanent peer ID (-PI-). (#234)
• Show warning if a user tries to add a torrent already in the session. (#235)
• All dialogs are now centered horizontally on their parent. (#237)
• Add an overview page to the torrent details dialog. (#239)
• Add a WebSocket API. (#238)
• Add a storage mode option to the add torrent dialog. (#244)
• Add a ratio column to the torrent list view. (#245)

Fixes

• Updated German translation. (#225)
• Center text in progress bar display. (#229)
• Restore OpenSSL to support HTTPS trackers. (#236)
• Refactored how PicoTorrent is initialized with default values ​​and paths. (#247, #251)
• Refactored configuration. (#252)
• Use dynamic linking for all dependencies. (#250)

Languages

• Add Finnish translation. (#241)