To run a server, copy any files you wish to share into /var/db/libswift, ensure that it is read and writable by the appropriate user, and start the libswift daemon: # service libswift onestart To retrieve a file, use: $ libswift --tracker 127.0.0.1:7777 --hash .... To view the root hashes, use `grep root *.mbinmap` in the share dir once hashing is complete. For large files this may take some time.