Comparison of BitTorrent clients
Lua error in Module:Redirect at line 61: could not parse redirect on page "BitTorrent client". The following is a general comparison of BitTorrent clients, which are computer programs designed for peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol.[1]
The BitTorrent protocol coordinates segmented file transfer among peers connected in a swarm. A BitTorrent client enables a user to exchange data as a peer in one or more swarms. Because BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer communications protocol that does not need a server, the BitTorrent definition of client differs from the conventional meaning expressed in the client–server model.[1]
Bram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol, made the first BitTorrent client, which he also called BitTorrent, and published it in July 2001.[2]
Many BitTorrent programs are open-source software; others are freeware, adware or shareware. Some download managers, such as FlashGet and GetRight, are BitTorrent-ready. Opera 12, a web browser, can also transfer files via BitTorrent.
In 2013 Thunder Networking Technologies publicly revealed that some of their employees surreptitiously distributed a Trojan horse with certain releases of Xunlei, the company's BitTorrent-ready download manager.[3][4] Xunlei is included in the comparison tables.
Contents
Applications
General
Name | Developer | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
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Version | Date | |||||
BitComet | BitComet Development Group | macOS | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Proprietary, Adware | [lower-alpha 1] |
Windows | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
BitLord | House of Life | macOS | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Proprietary, Adware | [lower-alpha 2] |
Windows | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
BitTorrent | BitTorrent | Android | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Proprietary, Adware | |
macOS | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
Windows | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
Deluge | various | BSD | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-3.0-or-later[5] | |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Solaris | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
FlashGet | Trend Media | Windows | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Proprietary | [lower-alpha 3] |
Free Download Manager | alervd | Android | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Proprietary | |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
FrostWire | The FrostWire Project | Android | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
Linux | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
macOS | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
Windows | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
KGet | KDE | BSD | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
Linux | ||||||
KTorrent | Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić | BSD | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Lftp | Alexander V. Lukya | BSD | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
LimeWire | Lime Wire LLC | Linux | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Miro | Participatory Culture Foundation | Linux | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
MLDonkey | MLDonkey Project | BSD | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
MorphOS | ||||||
Solaris | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
μTorrent | BitTorrent | Android | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Proprietary, Adware | [lower-alpha 4] |
macOS | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
Windows | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
Opera 12 | Opera Software | FreeBSD | 12.16 | Proprietary | [lower-alpha 5] | |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Solaris | ||||||
Windows | 12.17 | |||||
qBittorrent | Christophe Dumez | BSD | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-2.0-or-later[5] | |
Linux | ||||||
Haiku | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
OS/2 | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
rTorrent | Jari Sundell | BSD | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-2.0-or-later[5] | [lower-alpha 6] |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Solaris | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Robert | Sponge, co-developer of I2P | BSD | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL | |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Shareaza | Shareaza Development Team | Windows | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-2.0-or-later | [lower-alpha 7] |
Tixati | Kevin Hearn | Linux | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Proprietary | [lower-alpha 8] |
Windows | ||||||
Tonido | CodeLathe | BSD | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Proprietary | |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Transmission | various | BSD | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only[7][5] MIT[8] |
|
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
OpenWrt | ||||||
Solaris | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Tribler | The Tribler Team | Android | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-3.0-only | [lower-alpha 9] |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Vuze[lower-alpha 10] | Vuze | Android | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Proprietary (platform) GPL-2.0-or-later (core engine) Adware |
[lower-alpha 11] |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Xunlei | Thunder Networking Technologies | Android | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Proprietary, Adware | |
iOS | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
macOS | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
Windows | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||||
Name | Developer | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
Version | Date |
Operating system support
BitTorrent client | Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux | BSD | iOS | Android | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
BitLord | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
BitTorrent | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[10] | No |
Deluge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Solaris |
FlashGet | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Frostwire | Yes[11] | Yes[11] | Yes[11] | Yes[11] | No[11] | Yes[11] | Unix-like[11] z/OS[12] Solaris OS/2 eComStation ArcaOS[13] |
KGet | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
KTorrent | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Lftp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
LimeWire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[specify] |
Miro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
MLDonkey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Solaris MorphOS |
μTorrent | Yes | Yes | Web | No | No | Yes[14] | No |
Opera 12 | Yes[lower-alpha 12] | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 12] | Yes[lower-alpha 12] | No | Yes[citation needed] | Solaris |
qBittorrent | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | No[15] | No[16] | OS/2[lower-alpha 13] FreeBSD Haiku[15] |
Robert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
rTorrent | Yes[lower-alpha 14] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Solaris |
Shareaza | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Tixati | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Tonido | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Transmission | Yes [lower-alpha 12] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 15] | Yes | Solaris |
Tribler | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Vuze | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[18] | No |
Xunlei | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes[citation needed] | No |
Name | Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux | BSD | iOS | Android | Other |
Interface and programming
BitTorrent client | GUI | Remote | CLI | Other | Programming language | Based on | IPv6 | μTP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | Yes | Yes | Partial[19] | No | C++ | - | Yes | No |
BitLord | Yes | No | No | No | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | No |
BitTorrent 5, Mainline | Yes | No | Partial | No | Python | - | No | No |
Deluge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Daemon | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes[20] |
FlashGet | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | No |
Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
Frostwire | Yes | No | No | No | Java | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | Yes[21] |
KGet | Yes | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 16] | No | C++ | - | Yes | No |
KTorrent | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | C++ | - | Yes | Yes[22] |
LimeWire | Yes | No | No | No | Java | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
Miro | Yes | No | No | No | C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
MLDonkey | No | Third Party[23] | Partial | Telnet | OCaml | - | No | No |
μTorrent | Yes | Yes | No[24] | RESTful Web API[25] | C++[26] | - | Yes[27] | Yes[28] |
Opera 12 | Yes | No | No | No | C++ | - | Yes | No |
qBittorrent | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes[29] |
rTorrent | No | Third Party | Yes | SCGI | C++ | libTorrent (Rakshasa) | Yes[30] | No |
Shareaza | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | C++ | - | No | No |
Tixati | Yes | Yes | No | Web interface | C++ | - | Yes | Yes[31] |
Tonido | No | Yes | No | No | C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
Transmission | Yes | Yes | Yes | Daemon, JSON-RPC over HTTP remote control API | C++ (rewritten from C), Objective-C | libtransmission | Yes | Yes[32] |
Tribler | Yes | Partial | Partial | No | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | Yes |
Vuze[lower-alpha 10] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Telnet, XML over HTTP remote control API | Java, SWT | - | Yes | Yes[33] |
Xunlei | Yes | No | No | remote control over internet[34] | C++ | - | No | No |
BitTorrent client | GUI | Web | CLI | Other | Programming language | Based on | IPv6 | μTP |
Features I
BitTorrent client | Protocol version | Magnet URI (BEP 9) |
Preload Magnet metadata[lower-alpha 17] (BEP 9) |
Super-seeding (BEP 16) |
Embedded tracker | UPnP[35] | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal[36] (BEP 55) |
DHT protocol[37] (BEP 5) |
Peer exchange(PEX) (BEP 11) |
Encryption | UDP tracker (BEP 15) |
LPD (BEP 14) |
Proxy server |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | 1, 2 | Yes | No | Yes | Separate download | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | HTTP 1.1, SOCKS4-4a-5 |
BitLord | 1 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HTTP 1.1, SOCKS4-4a-5 |
BitTorrent 5, Mainline | 1 | No | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 18] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Deluge | 1 | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 19] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HTTP(S), SOCKS4-5 |
FlashGet | 1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Free Download Manager | 1 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
KTorrent | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | HTTP, SOCKS4-5 |
LimeWire | 1 | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
MLDonkey | 1 | Yes[38] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
μTorrent | 1 | Yes | Yes[39] | Yes[40] | Yes[41] | Yes[42] | Yes | Yes[43] | Yes[lower-alpha 20] | Yes[lower-alpha 21] | Yes[44] | Yes | Yes[45] | HTTP(S), SOCKS4-5 |
Opera 12 | 1 | No | No | No | Yes[46] | No | No | No | No | Yes[47] | No | No | No | No |
qBittorrent | 1, 2[48] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HTTP(S), SOCKS4-5[lower-alpha 22] |
rTorrent | 1 | Yes[49] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[50] | No |
Shareaza | 1 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[lower-alpha 23] | Yes | No | Yes[lower-alpha 24] | No | No |
Tixati | 1, 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [lower-alpha 25] |
Tonido | 1 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Transmission | 1, 2[51] | Yes | Patch available[52][53][54] | No | No | Yes | Yes | No[55] | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 26] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[56] |
Tribler | 1 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [lower-alpha 27] |
Vuze[lower-alpha 10] | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 28] | Yes[lower-alpha 29] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Plugin | HTTP(S)?, SOCKS4-4a-5 |
Xunlei | 1 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | HTTP, SOCKS5, FTP |
BitTorrent client | Protocol version | Magnet URI | Preload Magnet metadata | Super-seeding | Embedded tracker | UPnP | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal | DHT | Peer exchange | Encryption | UDP tracker | LPD | Proxy server |
Features II
BitTorrent client | Cache[lower-alpha 30] | Hash Web seeding | HTTP Web seeding[ambiguous] | Broad-catching (RSS) (BEP 36) |
Prioritization | Selective downloads (BEP 53) |
Sequential downloading | SOCKS | Tracker exchange (BEP 7) |
Remote control via web | Search engine (BEP 18) |
Auto updates | Reviews and Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | Yes | No | Yes[57] | Beta | Yes | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 31] | Yes | No | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 32] | Yes | No |
BitLord | Yes | No | Partial [lower-alpha 33][lower-alpha 34] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Partial[lower-alpha 32] | Yes | No |
BitTorrent 5, Mainline | No | Yes | Partial [lower-alpha 34] | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Deluge | Yes | Yes | Partial [lower-alpha 33] | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | via PMS | No |
FlashGet | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Free Download Manager | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Optional | No |
KTorrent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 32] | via PMS | No | |
LimeWire | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
MLDonkey | Yes | No | 3rd party bash script | Yes | No | No | No[58] | No | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 32] | via PMS | No | |
μTorrent | Yes | Yes[59] | Partial [lower-alpha 34] | Yes[60] | Yes[61] | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 35] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Opera 12 | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 36] | No | No | No | No | No | No | Partial[lower-alpha 32] | Yes[lower-alpha 37] | No | |
qBittorrent | Yes | Yes | Partial [lower-alpha 33] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 38] | Yes | Yes | via PMS | No |
rTorrent | Partial | No | No | 3rd party utility [62] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | via PMS | No |
Shareaza | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 39] | in mod client | No | Yes [lower-alpha 40][63][lower-alpha 41] |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Tixati | Yes | Yes | Partial [lower-alpha 33][lower-alpha 42][lower-alpha 34] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Tonido | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
Transmission | Yes | No | Partial [lower-alpha 34][lower-alpha 43] | No | Yes | No[64] | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Tribler | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | Yes (DHT)[65] | Yes | No |
Vuze[lower-alpha 10] | Yes | Yes[66] | Yes | Yes | Yes | in paid version [67] | Yes | No | Plugin[lower-alpha 44] | Yes | Yes | Yes[68] | |
Xunlei | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
BitTorrent client | Cache | Hash Web seeding | HTTP Web seeding | Broad-catching (RSS) | Prioritization | Selective downloads | Sequential downloading | SOCKS | Tracker exchange | Remote control via web | Search engine | Auto updates | Reviews and Comments |
Libraries
- General
BitTorrent library | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Version | Date | |||||
libtorrent (Rasterbar) | 8 September 2005[69] | Linux | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | BSD-3-Clause | |
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
MonoTorrent | September 2006 | Linux | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | MIT | |
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | 15 July 2004[70] | Linux | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | GPL-2.0-or-later[lower-alpha 45] | [lower-alpha 46] |
macOS | ||||||
BitTorrent library | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
Version | Date |
- Operating system support and programming language
BitTorrent library | GNU/Linux | Windows | macOS | API | Programming language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C++ |
MonoTorrent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C# |
rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | C++ |
BitTorrent library | Linux | Windows | macOS | API | Programming language |
- Supported features 1
BitTorrent library | Protocol version | Super-seeding | Tracker | UPnP[lower-alpha 47] | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal[lower-alpha 48] | DHT[lower-alpha 49] | Peer exchange | Encryption | UDP tracker | LPD | Fast extensions | Magnet URI | μTP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
libtorrent (Rasterbar) | 1, 2[71] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[72] | Yes | Yes | Yes[73] |
MonoTorrent | 1, 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | 1 | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
BitTorrent library | Protocol version | Super-seeding | Tracker | UPnP | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal | DHT | Peer exchange | Encryption | UDP tracker | LPD | Fast extensions | Magnet URI | μTP |
- Supported features 2
BitTorrent library | Cache[lower-alpha 50] | Web seeding[lower-alpha 51] | WebTorrent | Broadcatching (RSS) | Prioritization | Selective downloads | SOCKS | Remote control via web | Engine |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
MonoTorrent | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | Partial | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
BitTorrent library | Cache | Web seeding | WebTorrent | Broadcatching (RSS) | Prioritization | Selective downloads | SOCKS | Remote control via web | Engine |
See also
- Anonymous P2P
- BitTorrent tracker
- Comparison of BitTorrent sites
- Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software
- Comparison of file sharing applications
- File sharing
- Open Music Model
- Timeline of file sharing
Notes
- ↑ Portable version available.
- ↑ Installs WhenU adware.
- ↑ FlashGet (standalone application) is not FlashGot (Firefox Addon).
- ↑ The option to disable ads is included in the settings.[6]
- ↑ Web browser.
- ↑ No built-in disk cache but a delayed sync.
- ↑ Lightweight client, Portable version available, option to keep all peers unchoked available. Integral encrypted chatrooms that allow streaming audio and video, link sharing and searching.
- ↑ Fully distributed keyword search; integrated anti-spam measures.[9]
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Formerly Azureus.
- ↑ The only client to bridge between i2p and the clearnet.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 x86-32 and x86-64 builds available
- ↑ Including eComStation and ArcaOS.
- ↑ Through Cygwin.[17]
- ↑ Through Cydia.
- ↑ Qdbus interface
- ↑ For a torrent added from a Magnet link, obtain the list of files (and other metadata) before prompting the user for a download location.
- ↑ Tracker included with Linux binaries and with source, but not with Windows binary.
- ↑ This is done manually. Right click an item and select "Force Re-Check". This will trigger preload. Note, if deluge is restarted before preload finishes, it will continue downloading torrent content.
- ↑ μTorrent's DHT implementation Archived 18 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine is the same as Mainline and BitComet's, but unfortunately this is incompatible with Azureus's implementation.
- ↑ Exchanging with BT 6 and μTorrent clients (and now MooPolice).
- ↑ v4.6.0 added (experimental) I2P support[29] to provide anonymity.
- ↑ Since Shareaza v2.6.0.0, Shareaza includes Mainline DHT support. Also, Shareaza can use the Gnutella2 network to find other Gnutella2 clients sharing the same torrent. This also includes clients who do not actively seed the torrent in question anymore, as long as file hashes (such as sha1 for example) are known.
- ↑ Since Shareaza v2.5.5.1 r9064.
- ↑ Only with out going without DHT if anonymity required.
- ↑ Exchanges with μTorrent and Azureus peers.
- ↑ Uses P2P onion routing to provide anonymity.
- ↑ Since version 2.5.0.2. It's UDP based, an experimental feature and only supported by other Azureus clients.
- ↑ Has its own DHT, a mainline-DHT compatible implementation is available as plugin.
- ↑ Reduces disk usage, file fragmentation (in case it is not preallocated) and latencies via larger written blocks and cached data for hash checking finished pieces.
- ↑ Called "preview mode" Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 Built-in Web browser.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Does not support HTTP redirection (status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307).
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 Does not support HTTPS.
- ↑ Only available in Pro and web version.From version 3.0 this feature is called "Streaming mode". The number of pieces to download sequentially is configurable
- ↑ Opera has a feed aggregator that displays feeds like emails.
- ↑ Windows and Mac OS X only; via PMS on Linux.
- ↑ Hard-coded as disabled in newer versions.
- ↑ Since Shareaza v2.4.0.2 r7924.
- ↑ Since Shareaza v2.5.3.1.
- ↑ Shareaza also uses G2 to transmit download metadata, such as BitTorrent trackers to other G2 clients.
- ↑ Support only base path ("url-list" path) redirection (message: "HTTP redirect does not match file path").
- ↑ Adds HTTP referer header in request on HTTP redirection (useful behavior).
- ↑ Provides a Java-based and a simple HTML/JS based WebUI.
- ↑ With OpenSSL exception.
- ↑ No built-in cache-disk cache but a delayed sync.
- ↑ Automatically configure port forwarding (requires Router with UPnP support)
- ↑ Many clients claim to support this, but just UPnP calls for opening a TCP port is not effective and disabled by factory default in most new hardware. "UDP NAT Traversal" is the proper working solution, supported by just a few.
- ↑ DHT permits use of trackerless torrents (with supporting clients) to resume normal torrents when their tracker is down. However, some trackers that register their users for keeping tabs on fair usage (such as a ratio of bytes downloaded to uploaded) may not reliably measure and update usage for users employing DHT.
- ↑ Reduces disk usage, file fragmentation (in case it is not preallocated) and latencies due to larger written blocks and cached data for hash checking finished pieces.
- ↑ Recently implemented (unofficial) web seeding feature, see HTTP-Based Seeding Specification Archived 28 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 With OpenSSL exception.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only or any future license endorsed by Mnemosyne LLC.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ BitComet command line interface see BitComet Command Line – BitComet Wiki Archived 8 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Automatically configure port forwarding (requires Router with UPnP support)
- ↑ Many clients claim to support this, but just UPnP calls for opening a TCP port is not effective and disabled by factory default in most new hardware. "UDP NAT Traversal" is the proper working solution, supported by just a few.
- ↑ DHT permits use of trackerless torrents (with supporting clients) to resume normal torrents when their tracker is down. However, some trackers that register their users for keeping tabs on fair usage (such as a ratio of bytes downloaded to uploaded) may not reliably measure and update usage for users employing DHT.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Aided with a shell script documented in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ unofficial build transmission daemon cygwin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ unofficial build Transmission-Qt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ unofficial build cfpp2p GitHub transmission Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Proxy support was removed in version 2.12: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Supports the Getright Webseeding spec HTTP/FTP WebSeeding Method for BitTorrent at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 December 2009) since v1.14, see BitComet Wiki making_torrents_with_bitcomet at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 June 2009)
- ↑ See task #4401 SOCKS proxy Archived 18 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine; however, http proxy is supported.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3rd party utility RSSDler Archived 18 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Supports the Getright Webseeding spec Archived 28 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine in addition to the Bittornado spec Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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