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Halite (named after the mineral) is a C++ BitTorrent client based on the excellent libtorrent library from Rasterbar Software. The program also relies heavily on the Boost libraries.

Key Features.

While still at an early state of development Halite is a functional BitTorrent client. So far its list of features is pretty standard but that is because I want to ensure it does the basic stuff well. That said it supports:

* File selection and/or file priority specifications.
* Managed torrent queue system.
* Disk cache support.
* Trackerless torrents (using the Mainline kademlia DHT protocol).
* Supports Magnet URI torrents.
* Super-seeding.
* µTorrent style multi-tracker announcing.
* IP filtering with eMule style ipfilter.dat import.
* Protocol Encryption support.
* Translations of the UI into a number of languages through the help of volunteers.
(if you wish to help with a translation then please do)
* Minimize to tray with transfer rate summary.
* Full Unicode support through UTF-8 and native Windows wide-char strings.
* Login support where tracker requires it.
* Ability to edit trackers specified in the torrent.
* Ability to create torrent files.
* Port randomisation and forwarding (UnPlug and Play or NAT-PMP).
* Transfer rate and connection limits both global and per-torrent.
* Shutdown scheduler.
* Fully compatible with UAC.