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1 +++ 2 title = "Mabel" 3 date = 2022-09-29 4 weight = 0 5 +++ 6 7 [**Mabel**] is a fancy BitTorrent client for the terminal. Programmed in 8 performant and memory-safe [Go], the TUI is the torrenting 9 state-of-the-art on macOS and Linux (and anywhere UNIX-y). 10 11 <!-- more --> 12 13 ![Mabel downloading several Linux distros] 14 15 Keyboard-centric, terminal-based workflows provide developers with a 16 sense of focus and control unparalleled by the GUI. In my personal use 17 of such programs (like [NeoVim], [Amfora], and many others), I noticed a 18 distinct lack of functional torrent clients: existing options were 19 dated, spewed logs to `stdout`, and proved generally disappointing. 20 Mabel modernizes torrenting from the command line. 21 22 ![Mabel inspecting the details of an active download] 23 24 Mabel builds on the excellent work of many others in the open-source 25 community, like [Charm] and [anacrolix]. It's the second public release 26 of [SMMR Software], a collaboration between [FIGBERT] and [Jacob 27 Neplokh]. 28 29 Mabel is available through a package manager near you. For more, explore 30 the source code [on GitHub][**Mabel**]. 31 32 [**Mabel**]: https://github.com/smmr-software/mabel 33 [Go]: https://go.dev 34 [Mabel downloading several linux distros]: default.png 35 [NeoVim]: https://neovim.io 36 [Amfora]: https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/amfora 37 [Mabel inspecting the details of an active download]: desert.png 38 [Charm]: https://charm.sh 39 [anacrolix]: https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent 40 [SMMR Software]: https://smmr.software/ 41 [FIGBERT]: @/_index.md 42 [Jacob Neplokh]: https://jacobneplokh.com/