How is I2PSNARK 2.8 performing in comparison to BiglyBT or qBitTorrent?

[butterfly]

How is I2PSNARK 2.8 performing in comparison to BiglyBT or qBitTorrent?

Just saw that a new version 2.8+ has been released here but not on I2P+ website.

I was wondering how is the performance? Is it better than 2.7?

What are the significant and visible changes that you have experienced?

Is it faster than before?

does it make more connections and proper connections than before?

does it use less RAM resources than before?

does it work properly when we close Firefox tab? or does it needs the firefox browser to be opened at all times?

[cumlord]

There aren't any major under the hood changes that i know of, most of what's changed has to do with ui enhancements. The latest has a small change that might help with i2pd when its idle

lots of UI enhancements and general usability upgrades. it's looking pretty nice. I know there's some changes to the way the stats are displayed at the bottom, improvements to be less resource intensive on the browser, also inline text viewer which is useful. Probably lots of stuff i'm missing

also in the embedded version in i2p+ it displays the number of tunnels it's actually using, instead of just the max tunnels you allow it. from what i understand it'd be some work to do this in the standalone version

snark does ok speed-wise vs bigly and qbit, it doesn't have the kind of logic built in as those two clients so it's not as efficient. For seeding bigly and qbit are just more efficient clients with a lot more time put in them, bigly especially has a lot of advanced features for i2p. but for downloading i think snark does fine against them.

other qs
- performance-wise probably no difference
- for interacting with the gui in the browser it does use less resources. seems faster
- it works independently of a browser in the background, runs fine headless

[lgillis]

Our good Lord C has already answered your catalogue of questions. In addition, the so-called plus version (I2P+) and various extended versions are provided by third parties. Their manufacturers are your contacts if, as you say, there are problems with their websites. I have not seen the vendors in this forum yet.

I2PSnark is a BitTorrent client that works in the background, a rugged and powerful workhorse. A web browser is only needed if you want to make changes manually. I2PSnark can be used with utilities like screen, tmux or dtach. This allows the user to log off from the system without interrupting the file transfer.

RAM requirements increase with the number of active torrents. In general, all Java programs use more memory because Java has to provide a complete runtime environment to be platform independent.

The changes between 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 are minor. The performance is therefore better. You can check them in the logbook.

[butterfly]

For seeding bigly and qbit are just more efficient clients with a lot more time put in them, bigly especially has a lot of advanced features for i2p. but for downloading i think snark does fine against them.

other qs
- performance-wise probably no difference
- for interacting with the gui in the browser it does use less resources. seems faster
- it works independently of a browser in the background, runs fine headless

So, this means it is better to stick with qBittorrent & BiglyBT rather than Snark for the moment at least. Will do that.

[COMiX]

In my opinion, we need to use all three, creating redundancy. And don't try to super-seed 1,500 files from a single client; you can create 10 clients sharing 150 files, which is better for your anonymity. And don't forget that qBitTorrent can't resume its SAM tunnels when the router is restarted, so you have to keep an eye on it.

[cumlord]

yeah i agree, a mix is better. what you consider better is relative. qbit still has some pitfalls with its i2p implementation, though it's a great client overall. snark has no risk of leaks and makes it easy to use many clients for more tunnels/upload capacity. bigly has all the bells and whistles but is heavy

[COMiX]

bigly is a bit dangerous though, because if you select I2P mode only, without authorizing any other network, and launch iftop on the machine where it's installed, you'll be surprised (and not in a good way). I'll have to take the time to do a tutorial, but to be good, you'll have to remove almost all the plugins.

[anikey]

bigly is a bit dangerous though, because if you select I2P mode only, without authorizing any other network, and launch iftop on the machine where it's installed, you'll be surprised (and not in a good way). I'll have to take the time to do a tutorial, but to be good, you'll have to remove almost all the plugins.

I haven't used it, but from what you said, it seems like it still connects to clearnet, or listens to clearnet addresses.

By the way, you can isolate any program you want using linux namespaces technology (with programs like bubblewrap): close off the internet by creating a separate network namespace and "pass through" I2P SAM (or I2CP) using a unix socket and something like socat. That probably works.

[COMiX]

Yes, that's exactly it, it connects to the clearnet while you have selected 'I2P network only'.
There are of course many techniques to prohibit the software from communicating with the clearnet (in the software itself, or directly in the system, or higher in the architecture of your internal network). My remark is more oriented to someone who would like to use this software occasionally, without taking many technical steps that require a great knowledge, to download a file on Postman with a torrent client who promises anonymity by selecting "I2P". An important point is that I use an external I2P router. Maybe when using the built-in router we don't have the same behavior.
It was just a remark in case or if parg is still alive and it goes through it, if he was kind enough to make sure that when you select 'I2P' with an external router, it automatically disables all the other network options you don't need (uPnP, for example)

Of course if I don't want the software to communicate on the outside, it won't communicate. But I was thinking about people who are more interested in the file it downloads than the software technique that is used to download

[Chig]

Yes, that's exactly it, it connects to the clearnet while you have selected 'I2P network only'.

NO it does not.

ABSOLUTE LIES and SLANDER.

I have been using BiglyBT inbuilt I2P, since past 3 years and have never heard or faced this issue.

Until and unless -

1] a user specifically chooses a torrent to be Mixed Mode OR
2] you are use torrent search or some other shit like swarm discovery or some shit.

BiglyBT never connects to public network while torrenting over I2P.


Just shut off every other thing and only set I2P network everywhere [ network settings] and do not use torrent search engine or swarm discoveries. You can not only easily torrent over I2P but upload/download far faster with huge customization available [which is not available in I2PSnark]