The original post: /r/trackers by /u/AntonioKarot on 2025-02-21 14:58:28.

I always wondered what was the most expensive when running a torrent site/tracker. Is it the site ? the tracker ? the proxies ?

Also, it seems like most sites are built with php, which is a relatively slow language. Would having a site built with rust (or something of similar speed), reduce the costs ?

About the trackers themselves, the 2 that come to my mind are ocelot and xbt, which are both built in C++. But I don’t know how optimized the code is on those project, is there room for a lot of improvement ?

That’s a lot of questions, I know. But I was thinking about starting a new project in rust. I know that writing a whole tracker/site from scratch is no easy task, but there’s no hurry ! Plus, I think that there is room for a site with an organization similar to Gazelle’s, with a more modern code base and easier setup, as well as more flexible to fit more types of content, alongside with some organization additions and improvements.

As it becomes easier and easier to run such sites, I believe that it would be great to provide a good foundation in terms of organization and performance for all those new sites appearing.

Note: I’m not talking about running a site/tracker, just developing it.