Best Torrent Tracker Scripts To Start Your Own Torrent Site & Earn from It

Best Torrent Tracker Scripts To Start Your Own Torrent Site & Earn from It

In this article i’ve shared with you some of the best Bittorrent Tracker Scripts in PHP and my experience with each of them in very short so that it helps you in starting your own Torrent Site. This article only concerns private torrent tracker scripts and not the scripts which indexes torrents such as mininova. [...]

In this article i’ve shared with you some of the best Bittorrent Tracker Scripts in PHP and my experience with each of them in very short so that it helps you in starting your own Torrent Site. This article only concerns private torrent tracker scripts and not the scripts which indexes torrents such as mininova. My highest advice will be if you are starting something with some fresh ideas and and confidence in the venture i recommend spending money and creating your own tracker from ground using something like opentracker which piratebay uses.

How to Earn from Torrent Site

Before you start  your torrent site, you may like to plan for future expenses, as running a torrent site is costly and from my personal experience donations don’t suffice for the costs, and specially in new sites people doesn’t even donate even when you give then free uploads or ratio fixes. Most people hit and run on new sites. So those who are wondering how to make money from torrent sites you are in right place. There are several whys you can make money from torrent sites, some of them are listed below:

Content locker : Content Blocker or Locker locks the content and hence disables people from downloading unless they finish some pay per action PPA. The best company offering PPA in market is Adscend Media. Payment on per action varies from 50 cent to $15 based on its conversion rule. I don’t suggest using content blocker for main site, instead it should be used in screenshot or snapshot pages, also they can be done for all download pages.

Affiliate Marketing – This is my favorite method, for affiliate marketing you need some knowledge in SEO and marketing itself, but this is the highest paying method you can even use this method even if you dont have a website by cleverly integrating it, My friend who have a torrent site earns around $800-900 from affiliate marketing every-month without doing anything. If you want to jump in affiliate marketing i’d suggest investing some money and getting to know about the market by reading Commission Domination by Anik Singal & Andrew X, 2 Hottest affiliate marketers.

Bad Ideas – Some of the bad ideas to earn from torrent sites are using pay per download model, CPC ads (never converts), hefty membership charges (specially for new websites), and other n00bish ideas.


Xbtit

Xbtit is developed by Btiteam. It is released under Free BSD license. It is a highly recommended tracker and can certainly be regarded as one of the best available tracker. It even has option of integrating xbtt C++ tracker which is highly efficient. It uses SMF as its forum and the project is actively supported by a large group on members. Its definately the best choice if you want the best free tracker.

xbtit

Download |   Demo

Main Features :

  • Choice Of Tracker (PHP or C++)
  • Template System
  • Choice Of Forum
  • External Mail Server Support
  • Easy Modification Installs
  • Ajax Shoutbox and Poll
  • Cache System
  • Extensive Admin Panel
  • External Tracker Support

Some Live Sites Using Xbtit :


Torrent Strike

It is one of the modded version of original TBDev Script. Torrent Strike has many flavors such as officially supported Nzb, Fullymodded etc, or even some unofficial ones. The script is lightweight good for a starting new site which doesn’t want many hassels. I really don’t like the admin panel and settings are pretty odd. Its recommended to those who want to run a very simple lightweight script.

torrentstrike

Download |   Demo

Main Features :

  • Template System
  • Poll and Shoutbox
  • Games
  • Embedded phpBB forum
  • Fast Tracker

Some Live Sites Using Torrent Strike :


Template Shares

This script is developed by xam and comes at a premium, its originally based on TBdev, but it has been modded beyond recognition, the script is encoded and released so that it cannot be copied. I have used the script on one of my friends site and also asked what are his views about the script,

I was originally using torrent strike and i mainly transferred to this script as it looks good and supports external scrape, integrated imdb easy plugin system and many other features. Truly saying at first i was very happy with the script but later i realised its pretty security freak script banning every ip, without support of multiple downloads for same user which really was a drawback to me as i sometimes release torrents in public sites. More over this script uses encoding and has many excess stuffs which are not needed but takes up my whole system ram and processor, its very system heavy. I will not recommend this if you have low budget and can’t get yourself a great server, or if you want a script which you can mod it to suit your needs. I will also not recommend who wants to release torrents in public. Moreover i find the script admin and moderator panel highly complicated. This script is only for sites who wants to have very secure site and lots of restrictions in site, or want to have ssl layer. For a general regular site this isn’t worth investing.

templateshares

Download |   Demo

Main Features :

  • SSl and External Scrape Support
  • Silver, Double And Free Leech Torrent
  • IMDB Support
  • Cronjob
  • Plugins Support
  • Very Secure Admin, Moderator Panel
  • Subtitle Support
  • Easy Paypal Integration
  • Ajax Themation

Some Live Sites Using Template Shares :


PHP MyBittorrent

Main feature of this script is active support or other networks other than bittorrent. This is a recommended script for those who wants their site to have different protocol supported or wants to create public tracker. This is the only script having massive torrent upload and PHPBB3 forum integrated.

phpmybittorrent

Download |   Demo

Main Features :

  • Supports all  latest BitTorrent Protocol Extensions, including Compact Announce, MultiScrape, DHT, Peer Count, Tracker ID, Unique Peer ID, Backup Tracker
  • There are many ways other than BitTorrent to share files. GNutella, Direct Connect, eDonkey are some of them.
  • Massive Torrent Upload
  • Low Requirements
  • Theme System
  • Easy to Mod
  • phpBB3 Forum Integrated

Some Live Sites Using Php My Bittorrent :


Torrent Trader

This is a classic script, does’nt really have anything special. So i can’t really say for whom the script is, maybe its for those who don’t like the above 4 scripts mentions and liked the settings and system of torrent trader. You need to try it to know.

torrent-trader

Download

Main Features :

  • Fully Themable
  • 14 Languages
  • Peerguardian Import Facility
  • IRC Integration
  • RSS Feeds
  • Additional Hacks

Some Live Sites Using Torrent Trader :


Summary

There is no summary to this i can’t pin point and say that “this script is for you”, its better you try the script yourselves and check which suits your needs and also your knowledge and you are better off to go with that. But as for general conclusion, i think you should obviously try Xbtit. and if you have money to spare you can go for Templateshares, though i dont think you should opt for that considering its encoded and you can’t suit your needs, but its all about your wishes, maybe you’ll find templateshares better than others. The other script mentiones are also worth trying and lastly it all depends on your needs and your pocket (not only on script but also on the server). There are many other script i haven’t included practically because either they are still in Beta or are ols and are not being developed. Some of them are Yana Scaturi, Gazelle, YAFTC etc.

What you can do next is visit BVList, and check out all options throughly and get recommendations from other users using such scripts.

P.S – Many Links given in this article host illegal files in their tracker, i do not approve them, i have only added them for demo purposes, Please don’t infringe any copyright by hosting illegal stuff in your tracker. Thanks!!

        


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User Comments


  1. Yassin
    Apr 17th

    Very Nice Scripts For Torrent Site !! i Test It
    Thx !!

    Reply


  2. Yuna Scatari
    Jul 27th

    Yana Scaturi -> Yuna Scatari

    RTFM!

    Reply


  3. Joeroberts
    Aug 2nd

    :s

    Reply


  4. Joeroberts
    Aug 23rd

    Beta testers needed for phpMyBitTorrent version 2.0.4 beta1
    http://www.jungle-pirates.com/phpMyBitTorrentV2.0.4_beta1.rar

    Reply


  5. tony
    Aug 29th

    thanks for the write up about torrentstrike and im glad to see our project is being used and there is a new version of torrentstrike going to be released soon which will run quicker and also come as a xbt option soon after :)

    Reply


  6. rapid0
    Aug 30th

    Another example and Family Safe version of the Template Shares tracker by xam

    http://rapidtreggy.com

    :)

    Reply


  7. Joeroberts
    Aug 30th

    We are still seaking Beta testers for
    phpMyBitTorrent 2.0.4
    some features added:

    NEW cache system to lighten database load
    This includes

    1. configs
    2. Shout configs

    New shout box settings from admin panel
    Settings Include

    1. Open/Close ShoutBox
    2. announcement on top of shouts [BBcode is used]
    3. Number of shouts to show
    4. How long to keep shouts
    5. Refresh Rate
    6. Idle Time
    7. Allow System to shout new users
    8. Allow Shout new torrents
    9. Allow Porn Torrents to be shouted [not finished]

    New level control system
    Allows you to

    1. Create New level
    2. Edit what each level can do
    3. Edit level color
    4. Delete level

    New Help desk system
    New User Pruning system
    New By pass email confirmation
    New give upload credit on sign up
    New layout in admin panel
    New Youtube video
    Lots of code fixes from past bug reports

    Reply


  8. Joeroberts
    Sep 17th

    phpMyBitTorrentV2.0.4 is moving to RC1 files can be found at bvlist or phpMyBitTorrent web sites

    Reply


  9. Joeroberts
    Sep 28th

    phpMyBitTorrent2.0.4 is now Gold release https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmybittorrent/

    Reply


  10. Dobby2007
    Nov 29th

    Link to Desifilmz not working!!!

    Reply


  11. John Stroman
    Feb 13th

    I find I can’t use other peoples’ scripts. They are always buggy, man. I just wrote everything custom for cinematorrents

    It can be good to at least review what else is out there and analyze what’s been done.
    .-= John Stroman´s last blog ..Big Fish 2003 720p BluRay x264 CMCT =-.

    Reply


  12. Frank
    Jun 1st

    Xbtit dosen’t even come with the very basics to run a tracker that has members, no rules, no faq’s not even a disclaimer, not to mention the lack of support they offer even when you sign up for their so called premium support which you wont get any of even though you have paid for it.xbtit is for thoses if you have time, money and patience, and be prepered for the mods not to work.

    PhPmybittorrent has all the basics and more but is a very clumsy script and i had a lot of errors before i even got to the home page.

    Torrent trader seems ok but looks very “old” visually but comes with the basics and is easy to add mods to which is a plus in my book.

    Reply


  13. nadz
    Jun 10th

    Do you know that http://www.sumotorrent.com, it’s fast and reliable, established since 2007 and still growing? Check out now the full access to Verified Files.

    Reply


  14. ArabicGT
    Sep 18th

    Watch This HD Video. A Quick Tour On Xbtit.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE96cK4_qBE

    Reply


  15. chaotec
    Oct 17th

    hey guyes what about What about those Scripts؟

    torentz.com or /thepiratebay.org/

    How do I get one of these

    Reply


  16. chaotec
    Oct 18th

    can any one a link for x10 media torrent Search Engine encoded

    Reply


  17. Phatpicks
    Oct 24th

    I am looking 2 start my own Torrent download, like Demonoid or xbit,
    I want 2 be able 2 implement feeds like blogs,streaming,widgets etc.
    pls email me.

    Reply


  18. india information
    Nov 14th

    thanx 4 sharing …..

    i really need it.

    Reply


  19. joeroberts
    Nov 21st

    the Linked demo for phpMyBitTorrent is for the Next release of 2.0.5
    witch is not out yet.

    Reply


  20. Z3r0
    Feb 16th

    i’m using xbtt tracker on http://www.PoTorrent.com , but it’s unreliable
    thinking of creating my own custom tracker

    Reply


  21. buznagn
    Mar 11th

    i know this post is old but people still probably look at it so i would like to say the site Diva Design using the torrent trader source is no longer around. the actual site was not a tracker but did use the source just to show people that torrent tracker sources are not limited to just running a tracker and can be used to run any kind of site you want.

    Reply


  22. sitebitch
    Mar 17th

    we use Template Shares 7.1 good litle scrip just no help from maker xam.

    Reply


  23. Dentoo
    Apr 19th

    Seedboxes and tracker hosting will be nneded.

    Hosts that are recommended and accept torrent trackers and seedboxes are:

    http://dentoo.info

    and http://admin-hosting.com

    They will give you best advices too with their experience.

    Reply


  24. SupamaN
    May 18th

    Where I find hosting?

    Reply


  25. web hosting
    Jun 14th

    This article only concerns private torrent tracker scripts and not the scripts which indexes torrents such as mininova

    Reply


    • joeroberts
      Jun 23rd

      phpMyBitTorrent can index torrents like mininova

      Reply


  26. testa
    Oct 11th

    i think theres a java applet backdoor in phpMyBitTorrent CHAT

    Reply


    • joeroberts
      Nov 6th

      kinda hard for that to happen due to the fact no message or query’s are executed threw the IRC chat
      that is all done on another server.
      Now If you Host a IRC server this could be true But that has nothing to do with phpMyBitTorrent

      Reply


  27. Anon
    Oct 20th

    There is a new source code on the block called. U-232.com

    Here is a promo code for a site using this source base so you can take alook. Bear in mind, this site has been modded quite a bit compared to the original u-232 code base.

    https://digitalabyss.me/promo.php?do=signup&link=30af27118e66a280e7f0f56bfe960127

    Reply


  28. tbdev gazelle
    Dec 24th

    what about gazelle, tbdev?

    just because some of this scripts are fully modded … that doesn’t make them better then tbdev

    as 90% of the best private tracers are using tbdev code … + xbtt

    look here
    http://www.tbdev.net/topic/24714-tbdev09-xbt/

    Reply

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