Dear Users,

It's been 3 years since Torrent Typhoon first started operation. Back then, BitTorrent was more of an underground revolution, it used to be safe to host torrents and search directories. It seemed like every night a new site would pop up.

Nowadays, it's getting harder to keep a torrent site running unless you explicitly deal with legal material. Torrent Typhoon doesn't host torrents, nor indexes them, but that doesn't mean people won't want to start something. And in fact, in the past I've gotten letters from the MPAA saying to take the site offline. Of course, when I point out how the site works, they usually leave me alone. That said, I would rather not deal with it as it's a pain in the ass.

Since TT is a one-man operation, it doesn't make any more sense to keep it running. The amount of revenue the site generates has gone down significantly, as well as its traffic. Sites like Mininova are getting bigger, since you can find most of what you want. YouTorrent exploded but is since being sold. TorrentSpy shut down US operations. PirateBay is still taking heat as well as ISOHunt. Private sites are growing like crazy, slipping under the radar.

So, that's why Torrent Typhoon is being taken offline. Maybe I will pursue some sort of legal torrent site for demos, videos, books, etc. It's up in the air.

We had a good run, but I think it's about time to retire this beast. I want to thank all of you who made this possible throughout the years. Sure, we never made it big like YouTorrent, but we got the job done. We can pride ourselves on being the actual first BitTorrent real-time meta-search engine.

On a final note to the community, now that most TV shows are offered online at their respective network sites (some even in HD), games becoming easier to download and buy via digital distribution platforms, almost all music becoming DRM free, unlimited streaming movies to your TV, and the growing popularity of open-source software, you really don't have much of an excuse to download illegal material unless you're extremely cheap. I encourage you all to support the developers and producers of all the great entertainment and tools we watch and use everyday.

Thanks everyone!

For Sale?

If you love Torrent Typhoon, or you like its idea, or you think you can do it, you can buy the engine and site. The engine is written in VB.NET and the website is made possible by over 14,000 lines of code. It uses the .NET threading model plus AJAX and automated XML rule files to parse external websites and extract their search results. It includes an error report system and fail-safe so that if any website gives a problem, users will still get their results but the site owner will be notified of errors.

You can buy either the domain or just the source code at a one-time price which will be an appropriate amount for how many hours I put into it. If you're interested, contact me at my company, Intrepid Studios. In addition, you can also take a look at my Resume.

Kamran Ayub
Torrent Typhoon Owner and Developer