Roadmap

What's coming to BitDinghy, roughly in order. These are plans, not promises, and there are no dates: BitDinghy is made by one person, and each feature ships when it's tested and ready.

Now: the first release

BitDinghy 0.1.0 for Windows 10 and 11: magnet links and .torrent files, choosing files, pause and resume, a queue, speed and sharing limits, history, recommended settings, plain-language problems, and the dinghy command line. See What’s new.

Next

• Package managers: install and update with winget or Scoop.
• Small comforts in the window: an “Open folder” button on finished downloads, a folder picker for the download folder, and a folder tree with a filter for downloads with many files.
• A light theme, alongside today’s dark one.
• “Check for updates”: a button that looks at this website only when you press it. BitDinghy will never check by itself.

Later

• Code signing, so Windows stops warning when you first open BitDinghy, through the SignPath Foundation, which signs open-source programs for free.
• Linux: a portable version (AppImage) with the same features, after the Windows version is complete.
• Encrypted connections between peers, as soon as the engine BitDinghy is built on supports them.
• “Only download while my VPN is connected”, as an option.
• Sharing limits per download, in addition to the limits for all downloads.

Not planned

To keep BitDinghy small, private and focused, these are not planned:

• Search, catalogues or recommendations of things to download. BitDinghy is a download tool; you bring your own links.
• Ads, accounts, tracking or a paid version.
• A Mac version, for now.

Ideas welcome

Missing something? Suggest it by email to hello@bitdinghy.com.