Hadouken documentation¶
Overview¶
Hadouken is a cross-platform headless BitTorrent client. It runs as a Linux daemon/Windows Service and provides a JSONRPC API over HTTP to control it. In addition to running headless, Hadouken also has a powerful extension system that gives developers freedom to extend it in various ways.
Hadouken runs on the following operating systems,
- Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10
- Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2
- Debian 7.8
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Furthermore, it also runs on the following devices,
- Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
Note
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Features¶
- A powerful embedded web interface.
- Highly configurable, a single JSON text file to configure all aspects of Hadouken.
- Low memory footprint making it ideal for low-powered devices such as the Raspberry Pi.
- JSONRPC API over HTTP giving third-party developers complete freedom to integrate Hadouken with any kind of system.
- Automatically monitor directories for torrent files and add them based on regular expression matching, giving powerful abilities for sorting and tagging torrents.
- Advanced RSS feed monitoring capabilities making subscribing to various feeds a breeze.
- Move completed torrents matching specific regular expressions or having the correct set of tags.
- Send push notifications to your devices via Pushbullet or Pushover.
- Launch executables on various events, such as when a torrent finishes.
- A powerful JavaScript API making it easy to customize and extend Hadouken with plugins.
- Unattended installations to give domain administrators the ability to set up Hadouken clusters with ease.
Downloads¶
Hadouken can be downloaded from the release feed. Binaries are provided for Windows. For other platforms you need to build it yourself.
Installation¶
Installation instructions will vary depending on your platform. See the documentation for your specific platform.
