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