torrentplayer
Stream any torrent, video or audio, and skip to any moment in about a second. Free, open-source desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. No servers, no accounts, no telemetry.
Runssource: GitHubRustApache-2.0commit 75b7bcaf9ba3
Rust, Apache-2.0 licensed. The project labels itself: audio player, bittorrent, cross platform, desktop app, media player, p2p, rust and streaming.
torrentplayer runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 12 minutes and hit 1 error and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
All Rust library crates (stream, media, library, settings, prioritize, course, player, search, bench, net, swarm, torrent) build and pass their tests. The Svelte frontend builds with Vite and passes all tests and type-checking. The Tauri desktop GUI wrapper could not be built because the container lacks system WebKitGTK development headers (no root access).
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 60 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page. Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- Tauri GUI (src-tauri) build fails: missing system GTK/WebKitGTK -dev packages (libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev, libgtk-3-dev, libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev, libcairo2-dev, libpango1.0-dev, libsoup-3.0-dev, zlib1g-dev, libharfbuzz-dev, libfreetype, libpng, X11 libs, etc.) cannot be installed without root8 minutes
- Install time
- 12 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 16 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 1 hit, 1 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- cargo test on 12 lib crates: 574 passed (0 failed); npm test on frontend: 256 passed (26 files); svelte-check: 0 errors
- Model tokens used
- 328,278
- Exact commit tested
- 75b7bcaf9ba3
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
- **Node.js 22.23.4** installed in user space (replaced system Node 18)
- **npm ci** completed, **UI build** succeeded
- **574 Rust library crate tests** passed, 0 failed (12 crates)
- **256 frontend tests** passed (26 files)
- **Svelte check** passed (0 errors, 0 warnings)
- **Tauri GUI app** (`src-tauri`) **cannot build** — requires system-level WebKitGTK dev packages (…
exec
/bin/sh -lc "echo '{\"install_succeeded\": true, \"launch_succeeded\": true, \"install_minutes\": 1…
succeeded in 0ms:
{"install_succeeded": true, "launch_succeeded": true, "install_minutes": 12, "errors": [{"msg": "Ta…
tokens used
328,278Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 12 minutes.
- Recovered from all 1 error without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed Apache-2.0, as reported by its host.
- Measured 2 times, so the result is not a one-off.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
| tested by | attempt | outcome | score | cost USD | when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusic Runner | 2/3 | Runs | 100.00 | 0.20 | |
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Did not run | 20.00 | 0.14 |
Topics (from GitHub)
audio-playerbittorrentcross-platformdesktop-appmedia-playerp2pruststreamingsveltetauritorrentvideo-player
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[](https://argusic.com/subject/torrentplayer)Questions
- Does torrentplayer run?
- Yes. torrentplayer runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 12 minutes, hitting 1 error on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test torrentplayer?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 75b7bcaf9ba3. 2 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test torrentplayer?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.20: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does torrentplayer take to install?
- 12 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does torrentplayer need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing torrentplayer?
- 1 thing broke in the recorded run, and 1 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- Where is the evidence for torrentplayer?
- All 2 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.