If you've ever wondered how to create a torrent, you've come to the right
place. This article will explain how to create a torrent and use it to
upload whatever you want to people all over the world!
1
. Investigate your torrent client.
Most up-to-date clients can make torrents (only a minority may not be
able to). For a free client that can create torrents try
µTorrent for Windows and Mac,
Transmission for Mac,
Deluge for Linux or
JSTorrent for Chrome OS. (Note: JSTorrent cannot make torrents. It is just a torrent client for Chromebooks.)
2. Select the option to make a new torrent file. This is
usually located under the File menu and named "Create New Torrent" or
words to that effect. If it is not in this location try looking under
other menus or the toolbars. If you are still uncertain, check the
official website of your client for more details. Sometimes dragging the
file/folder into the client also works.
3. Select the files you wish to be in the torrent. If
you will have several files consider arranging them all first in a
folder, so you can simply select that folder to use as the torrent
contents. The name of your torrent file will usually be the name of the
file or folder in it. You can easily rename the file afterwards.
4. Enter a tracker. A tracker controls the transfer of
data for your torrent. A tracker looks similar to an ordinary URL. A
list of working public bittorrent trackers is available
here. If you want to index your torrent on a torrent downloads
website then you should use the tracker owned by that website, as not
all indexing sites will allow external trackers. If you are using a
private tracker (you probably aren't), then be sure to tick the box to
mark it as private. Do not tick this box otherwise
5. Add any additional information. You can add a comment
for the torrent if you wish. The piece size should be left at the
automatic setting unless you know what you're doing. Once you have
filled in all the required areas create your torrent. You may be asked
where to save and what to call the .torrent file, or you may have been
asked beforehand.
6. Now that you have your torrent file open it ready for seeding.
Some clients have a seed mode specifically for this. If you do not seed
your torrent it will be useless because nobody can download your files.
7. Share your torrent. If you are making the torrent so
you can send a friend a file, just send them the .torrent file. If you
want it open to the public to download you are best listing it on a
torrent download website. Once on such a site find the link to add or
upload a new torrent and fill in the required information. You will
probably be required to register if you have not already. Once people
start downloading the torrent from this site it will gather more and
more seeders. If you wish you can stop seeding once the torrent is
"stable", or continue to seed.
CHECK DEFINITION OF TERMS ON YOUR TORRENT HERE
