diff --git a/aquatic_common/src/cpu_pinning.rs b/aquatic_common/src/cpu_pinning.rs
index 57335f0..1358a1c 100644
--- a/aquatic_common/src/cpu_pinning.rs
+++ b/aquatic_common/src/cpu_pinning.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pub mod mod_name {
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub enum WorkerIndex {
     SocketWorker(usize),
-    RequestWorker(usize),
+    SwarmWorker(usize),
     Util,
 }
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl WorkerIndex {
     ) -> usize {
         let ascending_index = match self {
             Self::SocketWorker(index) => config.core_offset() + index,
-            Self::RequestWorker(index) => config.core_offset() + socket_workers + index,
+            Self::SwarmWorker(index) => config.core_offset() + socket_workers + index,
             Self::Util => config.core_offset() + socket_workers + request_workers,
         };
 
diff --git a/aquatic_http/src/lib.rs b/aquatic_http/src/lib.rs
index 83f81dd..1faba55 100644
--- a/aquatic_http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http/src/lib.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
             &config.cpu_pinning,
             config.socket_workers,
             config.request_workers,
-            WorkerIndex::RequestWorker(i),
+            WorkerIndex::SwarmWorker(i),
         )?;
         let builder = LocalExecutorBuilder::new(placement).name("request");
 
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/common.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/common.rs
index 0bd6f11..8880dfe 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/common.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/common.rs
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ pub enum ConnectedResponse {
 pub struct SocketWorkerIndex(pub usize);
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Debug)]
-pub struct RequestWorkerIndex(pub usize);
+pub struct SwarmWorkerIndex(pub usize);
 
-impl RequestWorkerIndex {
+impl SwarmWorkerIndex {
     pub fn from_info_hash(config: &Config, info_hash: InfoHash) -> Self {
-        Self(info_hash.0[0] as usize % config.request_workers)
+        Self(info_hash.0[0] as usize % config.swarm_workers)
     }
 }
 
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ impl ConnectedRequestSender {
 
     pub fn try_send_to(
         &self,
-        index: RequestWorkerIndex,
+        index: SwarmWorkerIndex,
         request: ConnectedRequest,
         addr: CanonicalSocketAddr,
     ) {
         match self.senders[index.0].try_send((self.index, request, addr)) {
             Ok(()) => {}
             Err(TrySendError::Full(_)) => {
-                ::log::error!("Request channel {} is full, dropping request. Try increasing number of request workers or raising config.worker_channel_size.", index.0)
+                ::log::error!("Request channel {} is full, dropping request. Try increasing number of swarm workers or raising config.worker_channel_size.", index.0)
             }
             Err(TrySendError::Disconnected(_)) => {
                 panic!("Request channel {} is disconnected", index.0);
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ pub struct Statistics {
 }
 
 impl Statistics {
-    pub fn new(num_request_workers: usize) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(num_swarm_workers: usize) -> Self {
         Self {
             requests_received: Default::default(),
             responses_sent_connect: Default::default(),
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ impl Statistics {
             responses_sent_error: Default::default(),
             bytes_received: Default::default(),
             bytes_sent: Default::default(),
-            torrents: Self::create_atomic_usize_vec(num_request_workers),
-            peers: Self::create_atomic_usize_vec(num_request_workers),
+            torrents: Self::create_atomic_usize_vec(num_swarm_workers),
+            peers: Self::create_atomic_usize_vec(num_swarm_workers),
         }
     }
 
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ pub struct State {
 }
 
 impl State {
-    pub fn new(num_request_workers: usize) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(num_swarm_workers: usize) -> Self {
         Self {
             access_list: Arc::new(AccessListArcSwap::default()),
-            statistics_ipv4: Arc::new(Statistics::new(num_request_workers)),
-            statistics_ipv6: Arc::new(Statistics::new(num_request_workers)),
+            statistics_ipv4: Arc::new(Statistics::new(num_swarm_workers)),
+            statistics_ipv6: Arc::new(Statistics::new(num_swarm_workers)),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/config.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/config.rs
index 858a70a..eadcf5d 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/config.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/config.rs
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ use aquatic_toml_config::TomlConfig;
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct Config {
     /// Socket workers receive requests from the socket, parse them and send
-    /// them on to the request workers. They then receive responses from the
-    /// request workers, encode them and send them back over the socket.
+    /// them on to the swarm workers. They then receive responses from the
+    /// swarm workers, encode them and send them back over the socket.
     pub socket_workers: usize,
-    /// Request workers receive a number of requests from socket workers,
+    /// Swarm workers receive a number of requests from socket workers,
     /// generate responses and send them back to the socket workers.
-    pub request_workers: usize,
+    pub swarm_workers: usize,
     pub log_level: LogLevel,
     /// Maximum number of items in each channel passing requests/responses
     /// between workers. A value of zero means that the channel will be of
     /// unbounded size.
     pub worker_channel_size: usize,
-    /// How long to block waiting for requests in request workers. Higher
+    /// How long to block waiting for requests in swarm workers. Higher
     /// values means that with zero traffic, the worker will not unnecessarily
     /// cause the CPU to wake up as often. However, high values (something like
     /// larger than 1000) combined with very low traffic can cause delays
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             socket_workers: 1,
-            request_workers: 1,
+            swarm_workers: 1,
             log_level: LogLevel::Error,
             worker_channel_size: 0,
             request_channel_recv_timeout_ms: 100,
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib.rs
index aa66e11..815d69a 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use aquatic_common::privileges::PrivilegeDropper;
 use aquatic_common::PanicSentinelWatcher;
 
 use common::{
-    ConnectedRequestSender, ConnectedResponseSender, RequestWorkerIndex, SocketWorkerIndex, State,
+    ConnectedRequestSender, ConnectedResponseSender, SocketWorkerIndex, State, SwarmWorkerIndex,
 };
 use config::Config;
 use workers::socket::validator::ConnectionValidator;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub const APP_VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut signals = Signals::new([SIGUSR1, SIGTERM])?;
 
-    let state = State::new(config.request_workers);
+    let state = State::new(config.swarm_workers);
     let connection_validator = ConnectionValidator::new(&config)?;
     let (sentinel_watcher, sentinel) = PanicSentinelWatcher::create_with_sentinel();
     let priv_dropper = PrivilegeDropper::new(config.privileges.clone(), config.socket_workers);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut response_senders = Vec::new();
     let mut response_receivers = BTreeMap::new();
 
-    for i in 0..config.request_workers {
+    for i in 0..config.swarm_workers {
         let (request_sender, request_receiver) = if config.worker_channel_size == 0 {
             unbounded()
         } else {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
         response_receivers.insert(i, response_receiver);
     }
 
-    for i in 0..config.request_workers {
+    for i in 0..config.swarm_workers {
         let sentinel = sentinel.clone();
         let config = config.clone();
         let state = state.clone();
@@ -71,26 +71,26 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
         let response_sender = ConnectedResponseSender::new(response_senders.clone());
 
         Builder::new()
-            .name(format!("request-{:02}", i + 1))
+            .name(format!("swarm-{:02}", i + 1))
             .spawn(move || {
                 #[cfg(feature = "cpu-pinning")]
                 pin_current_if_configured_to(
                     &config.cpu_pinning,
                     config.socket_workers,
-                    config.request_workers,
-                    WorkerIndex::RequestWorker(i),
+                    config.swarm_workers,
+                    WorkerIndex::SwarmWorker(i),
                 );
 
-                workers::request::run_request_worker(
+                workers::swarm::run_swarm_worker(
                     sentinel,
                     config,
                     state,
                     request_receiver,
                     response_sender,
-                    RequestWorkerIndex(i),
+                    SwarmWorkerIndex(i),
                 )
             })
-            .with_context(|| "spawn request worker")?;
+            .with_context(|| "spawn swarm worker")?;
     }
 
     for i in 0..config.socket_workers {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
                 pin_current_if_configured_to(
                     &config.cpu_pinning,
                     config.socket_workers,
-                    config.request_workers,
+                    config.swarm_workers,
                     WorkerIndex::SocketWorker(i),
                 );
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
                 pin_current_if_configured_to(
                     &config.cpu_pinning,
                     config.socket_workers,
-                    config.request_workers,
+                    config.swarm_workers,
                     WorkerIndex::Util,
                 );
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
     pin_current_if_configured_to(
         &config.cpu_pinning,
         config.socket_workers,
-        config.request_workers,
+        config.swarm_workers,
         WorkerIndex::Util,
     );
 
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/mod.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/mod.rs
index 668fd84..5446a1f 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/mod.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-pub mod request;
 pub mod socket;
 pub mod statistics;
+pub mod swarm;
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/requests.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/requests.rs
index 779f080..eb995bd 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/requests.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/requests.rs
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ fn handle_request(
                     .load()
                     .allows(access_list_mode, &request.info_hash.0)
                 {
-                    let worker_index =
-                        RequestWorkerIndex::from_info_hash(config, request.info_hash);
+                    let worker_index = SwarmWorkerIndex::from_info_hash(config, request.info_hash);
 
                     request_sender.try_send_to(
                         worker_index,
@@ -153,9 +152,9 @@ fn handle_request(
                     pending_scrape_valid_until,
                 );
 
-                for (request_worker_index, request) in split_requests {
+                for (swarm_worker_index, request) in split_requests {
                     request_sender.try_send_to(
-                        request_worker_index,
+                        swarm_worker_index,
                         ConnectedRequest::Scrape(request),
                         src,
                     );
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/storage.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/storage.rs
index 4717daf..ee5ec54 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/storage.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/storage.rs
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ impl PendingScrapeResponseSlab {
         config: &Config,
         request: ScrapeRequest,
         valid_until: ValidUntil,
-    ) -> impl IntoIterator<Item = (RequestWorkerIndex, PendingScrapeRequest)> {
-        let capacity = config.request_workers.min(request.info_hashes.len());
-        let mut split_requests: HashMap<RequestWorkerIndex, PendingScrapeRequest> =
+    ) -> impl IntoIterator<Item = (SwarmWorkerIndex, PendingScrapeRequest)> {
+        let capacity = config.swarm_workers.min(request.info_hashes.len());
+        let mut split_requests: HashMap<SwarmWorkerIndex, PendingScrapeRequest> =
             HashMap::with_capacity(capacity);
 
         if request.info_hashes.is_empty() {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl PendingScrapeResponseSlab {
 
         for (i, info_hash) in request.info_hashes.into_iter().enumerate() {
             let split_request = split_requests
-                .entry(RequestWorkerIndex::from_info_hash(&config, info_hash))
+                .entry(SwarmWorkerIndex::from_info_hash(&config, info_hash))
                 .or_insert_with(|| PendingScrapeRequest {
                     slab_key,
                     info_hashes: BTreeMap::new(),
@@ -128,15 +128,15 @@ mod tests {
     #[quickcheck]
     fn test_pending_scrape_response_slab(
         request_data: Vec<(i32, i64, u8)>,
-        request_workers: u8,
+        swarm_workers: u8,
     ) -> TestResult {
-        if request_workers == 0 {
+        if swarm_workers == 0 {
             return TestResult::discard();
         }
 
         let mut config = Config::default();
 
-        config.request_workers = request_workers as usize;
+        config.swarm_workers = swarm_workers as usize;
 
         let valid_until = ValidUntil::new(1);
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ mod tests {
             all_split_requests.push(
                 split_requests
                     .into_iter()
-                    .collect::<Vec<(RequestWorkerIndex, PendingScrapeRequest)>>(),
+                    .collect::<Vec<(SwarmWorkerIndex, PendingScrapeRequest)>>(),
             );
         }
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         for split_requests in all_split_requests {
             for (worker_index, split_request) in split_requests {
-                assert!(worker_index.0 < request_workers as usize);
+                assert!(worker_index.0 < swarm_workers as usize);
 
                 let torrent_stats = split_request
                     .info_hashes
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/request/mod.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/swarm/mod.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from aquatic_udp/src/workers/request/mod.rs
rename to aquatic_udp/src/workers/swarm/mod.rs
index 1b8335a..b2cc7ed 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/request/mod.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/swarm/mod.rs
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ use crate::config::Config;
 
 use storage::{Peer, TorrentMap, TorrentMaps};
 
-pub fn run_request_worker(
+pub fn run_swarm_worker(
     _sentinel: PanicSentinel,
     config: Config,
     state: State,
     request_receiver: Receiver<(SocketWorkerIndex, ConnectedRequest, CanonicalSocketAddr)>,
     response_sender: ConnectedResponseSender,
-    worker_index: RequestWorkerIndex,
+    worker_index: SwarmWorkerIndex,
 ) {
     let mut torrents = TorrentMaps::default();
     let mut rng = SmallRng::from_entropy();
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/request/storage.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/swarm/storage.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from aquatic_udp/src/workers/request/storage.rs
rename to aquatic_udp/src/workers/swarm/storage.rs
diff --git a/aquatic_udp_bench/src/main.rs b/aquatic_udp_bench/src/main.rs
index 89ca6da..3a7c256 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp_bench/src/main.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp_bench/src/main.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //! ```
 
 use aquatic_common::PanicSentinelWatcher;
-use aquatic_udp::workers::request::run_request_worker;
+use aquatic_udp::workers::swarm::run_swarm_worker;
 use crossbeam_channel::unbounded;
 use num_format::{Locale, ToFormattedString};
 use rand::{rngs::SmallRng, thread_rng, Rng, SeedableRng};
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ pub fn run(bench_config: BenchConfig) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     {
         let config = aquatic_config.clone();
-        let state = State::new(config.request_workers);
+        let state = State::new(config.swarm_workers);
 
         ::std::thread::spawn(move || {
-            run_request_worker(
+            run_swarm_worker(
                 sentinel,
                 config,
                 state,
                 request_receiver,
                 response_sender,
-                RequestWorkerIndex(0),
+                SwarmWorkerIndex(0),
             )
         });
     }
diff --git a/aquatic_ws/src/lib.rs b/aquatic_ws/src/lib.rs
index b6ffc22..e08b5c5 100644
--- a/aquatic_ws/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aquatic_ws/src/lib.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
             &config.cpu_pinning,
             config.socket_workers,
             config.request_workers,
-            WorkerIndex::RequestWorker(i),
+            WorkerIndex::SwarmWorker(i),
         )?;
         let builder = LocalExecutorBuilder::new(placement).name("request");