---
name: "mktorrent"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mktorrent"
version: "1.1-3+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mktorrent"
---

# mktorrent(1)

simple BitTorrent metainfo file creator

## NAME

mktorrent - simple BitTorrent metainfo file creator

## SYNOPSIS

**mktorrent** \[*OPTIONS*\] *\<target directory or filename\>*

## DESCRIPTION

mktorrent is a command line utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files used by trackers and torrent clients. It can create metainfo files for single files or complete directories in a fast way.

## OPTIONS

- **-a**, **--announce=**\<url\>\[,\<url\>...\]

  Specify the full announce URLs. Additional **-a** adds backup trackers.

- **-c**, **--comment=**\<comment\>

  Add a comment to the metainfo.

- **-d**, **--no-date**

  Don't write the creation date.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show this help screen.

- **-l**, **--piece-length=**\<n\>

  Set the piece length to 2^n bytes. Default is 18, that is 2^18 = 256kB.

- **-n**, **--name=**\<name\>

  Set the name of the torrent. Default is the basename of the target.

- **-o**, **--output=**\<filename\>

  Set the path and filename of the created file. Default is \<name\>.torrent.

- **-p**, **--private**

  Set the private flag.

- **-s**, **--source=**\<source\>

  Add source string embedded in infohash.

- **-t**, **--threads=**\<n\>

  Use \<n\> threads for calculating hashes. Default is the number of CPU cores.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Be verbose.

- **-w**, **--web-seed=**\<url\>\[,\<url\>...\]

  Add web seed URLs. Additional **-w** adds more URLs.

## AUTHORS

Originally written by Emil Renner Berthing \<esmil@mailme.dk\>.

This manpage was written for the Debian mktorrent package by Paride Legovini \<paride@debian.org\> and Nico Golde \<nion@debian.org\>.

## REPORTING BUGS

Please use the GitHub issue tracker \<https://github.com/pobrn/mktorrent/issues\>.

## COPYRIGHT

This program is Free Software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

## SEE ALSO

More documentation at: \<https://github.com/pobrn/mktorrent/wiki\>.