Project Showcase

TorrentEdge

A distributed BitTorrent client built with Node.js, Kafka, and Nginx.

This is a documentation/showcase page for the project — it does not run a live instance of the client (the app depends on Kafka, Nginx, and Dockerized backend services). For the full source and setup instructions, see the GitHub repository.

Overview

TorrentEdge is a scalable, distributed BitTorrent client that combines peer-to-peer torrenting logic with real-time event streaming. Kafka decouples the core torrenting engine from the API and WebSocket layers, while Nginx handles reverse-proxying for static content, API requests, and WebSocket connections.

Key Features

Peer-to-peer torrent download/upload management
Real-time progress updates via WebSocket + Kafka
Event-driven architecture decoupling torrenting logic from the API layer
Nginx reverse proxy for static content, APIs, and WebSocket traffic
Fully Dockerized service composition (Node.js, Kafka, Nginx)
React-based dashboard for torrent status and progress

Tech Stack

Node.js Express Apache Kafka WebSocket (ws) Nginx MongoDB / Mongoose React Docker & Docker Compose

Architecture

bittorrent-client/
├── src/
│   ├── client/        # Core BitTorrent client logic (peer, tracker, piece manager)
│   ├── api/           # REST API + Kafka event monitoring
│   └── server/        # Node.js server (API + WebSocket)
├── kafka/             # Topic config, producer/consumer scripts
├── nginx/             # Reverse proxy config
├── web/               # React dashboard
├── tests/
├── Dockerfile / nginx.Dockerfile / docker-compose.yml

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