Intermodal

Intermodal is a user-friendly and featureful command-line BitTorrent metainfo utility. The binary is called imdl and runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS.

Usage

Create torrent file:

imdl torrent create [OPTIONS] <FILES>

Option	Description
-F, --follow-symlinks	Follow symlinks in torrent input (default: no)
-f, --force	Overwrite destination .torrent file if it exists
--ignore	Skip files listed in .gitignore, .ignore, .git/info/exclude, and git config --get core.excludesFile
-h, --include-hidden	Include hidden files that would otherwise be skipped
-j, --include-junk	Include junk files that would otherwise be skipped
-M, --md5	Include MD5 checksum of each file in the torrent ( warning: MD5 is broken)
--no-created-by	Do not populate created by key with imdl version information
--no-creation-date	Do not populate creation date key with current time
-O, --open	Open .torrent file after creation (uses platform-specific opener)
--link	Print created torrent magnet: URL to standard output
-P, --private	Set private flag, restricting peer discovery
-S, --show	Display information about the created torrent file
-V, --version	Print version number
-A, --allow <LINT>	Allow specific lint (e.g., small-piece-length, private-trackerless)
-a, --announce <URL>	Use primary tracker announce URL for the torrent
-t, --announce-tier <URL-LIST>	Add tiered tracker announce URLs to the torrent metadata, separate their announce URLs with commas.
-c, --comment <TEXT>	Set comment text in the generated .torrent file
--node <NODE>	Add DHT bootstrap node to the torrent for peer discovery
-g, --glob <GLOB>	Include or exclude files matching specific glob patterns
-i, --input <INPUT>	Read contents from input source (file, dir, or standard input)
-N, --name <TEXT>	Set name of the encoded magnet link to specific text
-o, --output <TARGET>	Save .torrent file to specified target or print to output
--peer <PEER>	Add peer specification to the generated magnet link
-p, --piece-length <BYTES>	Set piece length for encoding torrent metadata
--sort-by <SPEC>	Determine order of files within the encoded torrent (path, size, or both)
-s, --source <TEXT>	Set source field in encoded torrent metadata to specific text
--update-url <URL>	Set URL where revised version of metainfo can be downloaded

Show torrent information

imdl torrent show <torrent>

You can output the information as JSON using --json.

Verify torrent

imdl torrent verify <torrent>
imdl torrent verify --input torr.torrent --content file

Magnet Links

# Get magnet link from torrent file
imdl torrent link [-s, --select-only <INDICES>...] <torrent>
# Select files to download. Values are indices into the `info.files` list, e.g. `--select-only 1,2,3`.
 
# Get torrent file from magnet link
imdl torrent from-link [-o, --output <OUT>] <INPUT>
 
# Announce a torrent
imdl torrent announce <INPUT>