---
name: "opentracker"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "opentracker"
version: "0.0~git20210823.110868e-3"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/opentracker/8"
---

# opentracker(8)

Open bittorrent tracker

## NAME

opentracker - Open bittorrent tracker

## SYNOPSIS

**opentracker** \[ -**i** *ip* \] \[ -**p** *port* \] \[ -**P** *port* \] \[ -**r** *redirect* \] \[ -**d** *dir* \] \[ -**u** *user* \] \[ -**A** *ip* \] \[ -**f** *config* \] \[ -**s** *livesyncport* \] \[ -**w** *whitelistfile* \]

## DESCRIPTION

This tracker is open in a sense that everyone announcing a torrent is welcome to do so and will be informed about anyone else announcing the same torrent. Only source IPs are accepted. The tracker implements a minimal set of essential features only but was able respond to far more than 10000 requests per second on a Sun Fire 2200 M2 (that's where we found no more clients able to fire more of our testsuite.sh script).

## OPTIONS

- \-**f** *config*

  include and execute the config file

- \-**i** *ip*

  specify ip to bind to (default: \*, you may specify more than one)

- \-**p** *port*

  specify tcp port to bind to (default: 6969, you may specify more than one)

- \-**P** *port*

  specify udp port to bind to (default: 6969, you may specify more than one)

- \-**r** *redirecturlspecify*

  url where / should be redirected to (default none)

- \-**d** *dir*

  specify directory to try to chroot to (default: ".")

- \-**u** *user*

  specify user under whose privileges opentracker should run (default: "nobody")

- \-**A** *ip*

  bless an ip address as admin address (e.g. to allow syncs from this address)

- \-**w** *file*

  specify whitelist file

  **-h, -?, --help** show a help message and exit

- **-ht, --host** *HOST*

  **host (default: localhost)**

- **-p, --port** *PORT*

  **port (default: 8080)**

- **-mp, --multiprocessor** *PROCESS\_COUNT*

  **define how many processes for the grammar checker**

- **-t, --test\_page**

  **page to test the server on /**

- **-on, --opt-on** \[*OPT*\]...

  *activate options*

- **-off, --opt-off** \[*OPT*\]...

  *deactivate options*