Comparison of BitTorrent clients

From Seo Wiki - Search Engine Optimization and Programming Languages
Jump to navigationJump to search

Template:Redir Template:Listdisp

This article needs additional citations for verification.
Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2009)

A BitTorrent client is a computer program that manages downloads and uploads using the BitTorrent protocol.

The first client, known as BitTorrent, was created by Bram Cohen, in October 2002.

Many subsequent clients have been at least partially based on it. Not all clients were originally built for BitTorrent, having added support for the protocol later on. There have been attempts to package malware as BitTorrent clients, probably due to the availability of many legitimate clients and users' willingness to try new ones.

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of applications supporting the BitTorrent protocol. They are not all-inclusive nor necessarily up to date.

Applications

Note: Clients in purple are no longer in development.

General

BitTorrent client First public release date Latest stable FOSS
 Software license Cost
(USD) 		Spyware, Adware, Malware-free [1] Usage[2]
Template:Rh2 | ABC August 19, 2003; 21 year(s) ago[3] Template:Latest stable software release/ABC Yes Python Software Foundation License Free Yes Template:Nts%
Acquisition ? Template:Latest stable software release/Acquisition Partial Template:Proprietary
Shareware 		$25 Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Anatomic P2P [4] ? 0.1 RC1
(October 25, 2005; 19 year(s) ago) 		Yes GPL Free ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Arctic Torrent ? Template:Latest stable software release/Arctic Torrent Yes MIT License Free Yes Template:Nts%
Aria2 [5] ? 1.8.0
(December 27, 2009; 14 year(s) ago[6]) 		Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
BitComet August 6, 2003; 21 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/BitComet No Template:Proprietary Free Ad-supported: Optionally sets your browser homepage to google.atcomet.com[7] Template:Nts%
Bitflu [8] ? Template:Latest stable software release/Bitflu Yes Artistic License Free Yes Template:Nts%
BitLet ? ? No Template:Proprietary Free ? Template:Nts%
Template:Rh2 | BitLord ? Template:Latest stable software release/BitLord No Template:Proprietary
Adware 		Free Adware: WhenU SaveNow ?
Template:Rh2 | Bits on Wheels ? Template:Latest stable software release/Bits on Wheels No Template:Proprietary
Freeware 		Free Yes Template:Nts%
BitSpirit [9] November 15, 2003; 21 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/BitSpirit No Template:Proprietary Free Yes Template:Nts%
BitThief ? Template:Latest stable software release/BitThief No Template:Proprietary
Freeware 		Free Spyware[10] ?
Template:Rh2 | BitTornado ? Template:Latest stable software release/BitTornado Yes MIT License Free Yes Template:Nts%
Template:Rh2 | BitTorrent 5 / Mainline November 15, 2001; 23 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/BitTorrent client Yes BitTorrent Open Source License, GPL Free ? Template:Nts%
BitTorrent 6 September 18, 2007; 17 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/BitTorrent client No Template:Proprietary Free Adware [11] Template:Nts%
Template:Rh2 | BitTyrant January 2, 2007; 17 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/BitTyrant Yes GPL Free ? Template:Nts%
Template:Rh2 | Blog Torrent ? Template:Latest stable software release/Blog Torrent Yes GPL Free ? ?
BTG [12] ? 0.9.9 Yes GPL Free ? Template:Nts%
Template:Rh2 | Burst! ? ? Yes MIT License Free Yes Template:Nts%
Template:Rh2 | CTorrent ? Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
Deluge September 25, 2006; 18 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/Deluge Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
FlashGet ? Template:Latest stable software release/FlashGet No Template:Proprietary Free Adware [13] Template:Nts%
Flush January 1, 2009; 15 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/Flush Yes GPL Free Yes ?
Folx November 15, 2009; 15 year(s) ago 0.9 No Template:Proprietary Free ? ?
Free Download Manager November 15, 2004; 20 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/Free Download Manager Yes GPL Free Yes ?
Freeloader ? ? Yes GPL Free ? ?
Template:Rh2 | G3 Torrent ? Template:Latest stable software release/G3 Torrent Yes MIT License Free Yes Template:Nts%
Global Downloader November 15, 2005; 19 year(s) ago No Template:Proprietary $24.95 Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Gnome BitTorrent ? ? Yes Python Software Foundation License Free ? ?
Halite ? Template:Latest stable software release/Halite Yes Boost Software License Free Yes Template:Nts%
KGet ? Yes GPL Free Yes ?
KTorrent ? Template:Latest stable software release/KTorrent Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
LimeWire October 30, 2006; 18 year(s) ago[14][15] Template:Latest stable software release/LimeWire Yes GPL Free-main
$35-Pro 		Yes Template:Nts%
Template:Rh2 | Localhost ? ? Yes GPL Free Yes ?
Miro 0.8.0-rc4
February 21, 2006; 18 year(s) ago[16] 		Template:Latest stable software release/Miro Yes GPL Free Adware; v2.5.3: Optional Ask.com toolbar[17][18] Template:Nts%
MP3 Rocket December 15, 2005; 18 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/MP3 Rocket Yes GPL Free Adware[19] ?
MLDonkey December 15, 2001; 22 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/MLDonkey Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
OneSwarm November 15, 2008; 16 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/OneSwarm Yes GPL Free Yes ?
Opera June 20, 2006; 18 year(s) ago[20] Template:Latest stable software release/Opera No Template:Proprietary Free Yes Template:Nts%
QTorrent ? 0.9.5 Yes MIT License Free Yes ?
qBittorrent March 22, 2006; 18 year(s) ago[21] Template:Latest stable software release/qBittorrent Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
rTorrent July 15, 2004; 20 year(s) ago[22] Template:Latest stable software release/rTorrent Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
Template:Rh2 | Rufus ? Template:Latest stable software release/Rufus Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
Shareaza July 1, 2002; 22 year(s) ago[citation needed] Template:Latest stable software release/Shareaza Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
SymTorrent ? 1.41
(November 26, 2008; 15 year(s) ago[23]) 		Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
Tixati [24] November 15, 2009; 15 year(s) ago 1.29
(January 24, 2010; 14 year(s) ago) 		No Template:Proprietary Free Yes Template:Nts%
Tomato Torrent ? Template:Latest stable software release/Tomato Torrent Yes BitTorrent open source License Free Yes ?
Torium November 15, 2008; 16 year(s) ago 0.4.2
(April 18, 2009; 15 year(s) ago) 		Yes ISCL Free ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Torrent Swapper July 27, 2006; 18 year(s) ago[25] Template:Latest stable software release/Torrent Swapper Yes MIT License Free Yes ?
TorrentFlux November 12, 2004; 20 year(s) ago[26] Template:Latest stable software release/TorrentFlux Yes GPL Free Yes ?
TorrentVolve ? 1.4
(January 5, 2007; 17 year(s) ago) 		Yes GPL Free Yes ?
Transmission September 15, 2005; 19 year(s) ago[27] Template:Latest stable software release/Transmission Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
Tribler February 26, 2006; 18 year(s) ago[citation needed] Template:Latest stable software release/Tribler Yes LGPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
μTorrent September 19, 2005; 19 year(s) ago[28] Template:Latest stable software release/µTorrent No[29] Template:Proprietary Freeware Free Adware; Optional Ask.com toolbar[17][18] Template:Nts%
Vuze (formerly Azureus) June 24, 2003; 21 year(s) ago[30] Template:Latest stable software release/Vuze Partial Template:Proprietary (platform)/
GPL (core engine) 		Free-main
$10-mobile 		Adware; Optional Vuze Toolbar:
powered by Ask.com[31][32] 		Template:Nts%
Wyzo ? 3.0.3
(May 11, 2009; 15 year(s) ago) 		No Template:Proprietary Free ? ?
Xunlei ? 5.9.15.1274
(January 18, 2010; 14 year(s) ago[33]) 		No Template:Proprietary Free Adware Template:Nts%
Template:Rh2 | ZipTorrent ? Template:Latest stable software release/ZipTorrent No ? ? Yes Template:Nts%
BitTorrent client First public release date Latest stable FOSS Software license Cost (USD) Spyware, Adware, Malware-free [1] Usage[2]

Operating system support

Applications run with Wine under Linux and other operating systems are marked as No. Mostly these are noted, but there may be other applications running under emulation which are not marked.

BitTorrent client Linux/Unix Windows Mac OS X Other
Template:Rh2 | ABC Obsolete Yes No No
Acquisition No No Yes No
Template:Rh2 | Anatomic P2P Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh2 | Arctic Torrent No Yes No No
Aria2 Yes Yes Yes No
BitComet No Yes No No
Bitflu Yes No Yes No
BitLet Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh2 | BitLord No Yes No No
BitSpirit No Yes No No
BitThief Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh2 | BitTornado Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh2 | BitTorrent 5 / Mainline Template:Terminated (5.3) Template:Terminated (5.2.2) Obsolete (4.27.2) No
BitTorrent 6 No Yes No No
Template:Rh2 | Bits on Wheels No No Yes No
BitTyrant Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh2 | Blog Torrent No Yes Yes No
BTG Yes No Yes No
Template:Rh2 | Burst! No Yes No No
Template:Rh2 | CTorrent Yes No No FreeBSD
Deluge Yes Yes Source only[34] FreeBSD, Solaris
FlashGet No Yes No No
Template:Rh2 | Flush Yes No No No
Folx No No Yes No
Free Download Manager No Yes No No
Freeloader Yes No No No
Template:Rh2 | G3 Torrent No Yes No No
Template:Rh2 | Gnome BitTorrent Yes No No No
Halite No Yes No No
KGet Yes Yes Yes FreeBSD
KTorrent Yes Yes Yes FreeBSD
LimeWire Yes Yes Yes Any OS that supports Java
Template:Rh2 | Localhost Yes Yes No No
Miro Yes Yes Yes No
MP3 Rocket No Yes No No
MLDonkey Yes Yes Yes No
OneSwarm Yes Yes Yes No
Opera Yes Yes Yes FreeBSD, Solaris
QTorrent Yes No No No
qBittorrent Yes No Yes No
rTorrent Yes No Yes FreeBSD, Solaris
Template:Rh2 | Rufus Yes Yes No No
Shareaza No Yes No No
SymTorrent No No No Symbian OS
Tixati Yes Yes No No
Tomato Torrent No No Yes No
Torium Yes Partial No No
Template:Rh2 | Torrent Swapper Yes Yes Yes No
TorrentFlux Yes Yes Yes No
TorrentVolve Yes Yes Yes No
Transmission Yes No Yes FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris
Tribler Yes Yes Yes No
μTorrent No Yes Beta[35] No
Vuze (formerly Azureus) Yes Yes yes (on x86) FreeBSD
Wyzo No Yes Yes No
Template:Rh2 | ZipTorrent No Yes No No
BitTorrent client Linux/Unix Windows Mac OS X Other

Interface and programming

BitTorrent client GUI web CLI other Programming language Based on IPv6[36]
Template:Rh2 | ABC Yes Yes No No Python BitTornado buggy[37]
Acquisition Yes No No No Objective-C and Cocoa Limewire ?
Template:Rh2 | Anatomic P2P Yes No old No Python BitTornado No
Template:Rh2 | Arctic Torrent Yes No No No C++ libtorrent (Rasterbar) No
Aria2 obsolete [38] No Partial Daemon C++ - ?
BitComet Yes Yes Partial [39] No C++ - No
Bitflu No Yes Yes Telnet Perl - Yes
BitLet No Yes No No Java and JavaScript - ?
Template:Rh2 | BitLord Yes No No No C++ BitComet No
BitSpirit Yes No No No C++ - Yes
BitThief Yes No No No Java ? ?
Template:Rh2 | BitTornado Yes No Partial No Python BitTorrent Yes
Template:Rh2 | BitTorrent 5 / Mainline Yes No Partial No Python - No
BitTorrent 6 Yes Yes Partial No C++ µTorrent Yes
Template:Rh2 | Bits on Wheels Yes No No No Objective-C and Cocoa - Yes
BitTyrant Yes Yes Partial Telnet, XML over HTTP remote control API Java and SWT Azureus Yes
Template:Rh2 | Blog Torrent Yes No No No ? ? ?
BTG Yes Yes Partial No C++ libtorrent (Rasterbar) Partial
Template:Rh2 | Burst! Yes No No No Python ? ?
Template:Rh2 | CTorrent No No Partial No C++ ? No
Deluge Yes Yes Partial Daemon Python and C++ libtorrent (Rasterbar) Yes [40]
FlashGet Yes No No No ? ? No
Template:Rh2 | Flush Yes No ? ? C++ libtorrent (Rasterbar) ?
Folx Yes No No No ? ? No
Free Download Manager Yes Yes Partial No C++ libtorrent (Rasterbar) ?
Freeloader Yes No No No Python ? ?
Template:Rh2 | G3 Torrent Yes Yes No No Python BitTorrent ?
Template:Rh2 | Gnome BitTorrent Yes No No No Python ? ?
Halite Yes No No No C++ libtorrent (Rasterbar) ?
KGet Yes Yes Partial[41] Web Interface C++ - Yes
KTorrent Yes Yes Partial Web Interface C++ - Yes
LimeWire Yes No No No Java libtorrent (Rasterbar) No
Template:Rh2 | Localhost No Yes No No Java and SWT Azureus ?
Miro Yes No No No C++ libtorrent (Rasterbar) ?
MP3 Rocket Yes No No No Java - No
MLDonkey Network GUI Yes Partial Telnet Ocaml - No
OneSwarm Yes Yes ? Classic Ui and Web Interface Java Azureus Yes
Opera Yes No No No C++ - Yes
QTorrent Qt (toolkit) No No No C++/PyQt BitTornado ?
qBittorrent Qt (toolkit) Yes Partial No C++ libtorrent (Rasterbar) Yes
rTorrent No No Yes SCGI C++ libtorrent (Rakshasa) No[42]
Template:Rh2 | Rufus Yes Yes No No Python G3 Torrent No
Shareaza Yes Yes Partial No C++ - No
SymTorrent Yes No No No ? ? ?
Tixati Yes No No No C++ - Yes
Tomato Torrent Yes No No No Cocoa BitTorrent No
Torium gtkmm No No directory monitoring (ssh,sftp) C++ libtorrent (Rasterbar) Partial
Template:Rh2 | Torrent Swapper Yes Yes No No Python BitTorrent buggy[37]
TorrentFlux No Yes No No PHP BitTornado Yes
TorrentVolve No Yes No No PHP Azureus Partial [43]
Transmission Yes Yes Yes Daemon C and Cocoa - Yes
Tribler Yes No Partial No Python ABC Yes
µTorrent Yes Yes No[44] No C++[45] - Yes[46]
Vuze (formerly Azureus) Yes Yes Partial Telnet, XML over HTTP remote control API Java and SWT - Yes
Template:Rh2 | ZipTorrent Yes No No No C++ libtorrent (Rasterbar) ?
BitTorrent client GUI web CLI other Programming language Based on IPv6[36]

Features I

BitTorrent client Magnet URI Super-seeding Tracker UPnP[47] NAT Port Mapping Protocol NAT traversal DHT[48] Peer exchange Encryption UDP tracker LPD
Template:Rh2 | ABC No No Yes Yes ? No No No No ? ?
Acquisition No No No No Yes No No ? No ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Anatomic P2P No Yes Separate download Yes ? ? ? ? No ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Arctic Torrent No No No No ? No No Yes No ? ?
Aria2 ? No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
BitComet Yes Yes Separate download Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Bitflu Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
BitLet No No No Yes No No No No No ? ?
Template:Rh2 | BitLord No No No Yes ? Yes No Yes No Yes ?
BitSpirit [49] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
BitThief No No No No ? ? No ? No ? ?
Template:Rh2 | BitTornado No Yes Yes[50] Yes ? No No No Yes ? ?
Template:Rh2 | BitTorrent 5 / Mainline No No Yes[50] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
BitTorrent 6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[51] Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Bits on Wheels No No No No No No No No No ? ?
BitTyrant ? Yes[citation needed] Yes Yes Yes Yes[52] Yes[53] Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Blog Torrent No ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BTG No ? No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Burst! No Yes No ? ? ? ? ? No ? ?
Template:Rh2 | CTorrent No ? No ? ? ? No No No ? ?
Deluge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FlashGet No No No ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ?
Flush No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Folx No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Free Download Manager No No No ? ? ? Yes ? No ? ?
Freeloader No ? No ? ? ? ? ? No ? ?
Template:Rh2 | G3 Torrent No No No No ? No No ? No ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Gnome BitTorrent No ? No No ? ? No No No ? ?
Halite No No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No[54] No
KTorrent ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial
LimeWire ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Localhost ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes [55] ? No ? ?
MLDonkey No No Yes No ? No No ? No ? ?
OneSwarm ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Opera No No Yes[56] ? ? No No Yes[57] No ? ?
QTorrent No No No No ? No No No No ? ?
qBittorrent Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
rTorrent ? Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh2 | Rufus No No No No No No No ? No No ?
Shareaza Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes[58] Yes No No ?
Snark No ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SymTorrent No No No ? ? ? No No No ? ?
Tixati [59] Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial
Tomato Torrent No No Yes ? ? ? Yes ? No ? ?
Torium ? No No Yes ? ? Yes ? No ? ?
Template:Rh2 | Torrent Swapper ? Yes Yes[50] Yes ? No No Yes No ? ?
TorrentFlux No Yes No Yes ? No No No Yes ? ?
TorrentVolve No Partial [43] No Partial [43] Partial [43] Partial [43] Partial [43] Partial [43] Partial [43] ? ?
Transmission Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[60] Yes No No
Tribler ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ?
µTorrent Yes Yes[61] Yes[62] Yes[63] Yes Yes[64] Yes[65] Yes[51] Yes[66] Yes Yes[67]
Vuze (formerly Azureus) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[68] Yes[53] Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh2 | ZipTorrent ? ? No Yes ? No ? ? No ? ?
BitTorrent client Magnet URI Super-seeding Tracker UPnP[47] NAT Port Mapping Protocol NAT traversal DHT[48] Peer exchange Encryption UDP tracker LPD

Features II

BitTorrent client Cache[69] Web seeding[70] Broadcatching (RSS) Prioritization Selective downloads SOCKS Remote control via web Search Engine Auto updates Notes
Template:Rh2 | ABC ? Yes No Yes No ? Yes Separate download ?
Acquisition ? No No No No No No No ? 3 torrents max, infinity when registered
Anatomic P2P ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Tracker exists as a separate download
Template:Rh2 | Arctic Torrent ? No No No No No No No ?
Aria2 ? No No No Yes Yes No No ?
BitComet Yes Yes [71] Beta Yes Yes Yes Yes Built-in Web browser Yes Tracker exists as a separate download
Bitflu Partial No No No Yes No Yes No No No built-in Cache-Disk cache but a Delayed commit
BitLet No No No No No No No No Yes
Template:Rh2 | BitLord Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Built-in Web browser Yes
BitSpirit [72] Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
BitThief ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Designed to abuse the BitTorrent protocol. Never uploads real data, only downloads
Template:Rh2 | BitTornado Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No via package management system
Template:Rh2 | BitTorrent 5 / Mainline ? Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
BitTorrent 6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | Bits on Wheels ? ? ? ? No ? No ? ?
BitTyrant Yes Yes [73] Plugin Yes Yes Yes Plugin[74] 3rd party plugins Yes Upload priority optimized according to a series of research papers.
Template:Rh2 | Blog Torrent ? No No No No ? No No ?
BTG Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh2 | Burst! ? ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? 20 torrents max
Template:Rh2 | CTorrent ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? No
Deluge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Notification ,and update via package management system
FlashGet ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Flush ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Folx ? Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Free Download Manager ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Template:Optional
Freeloader ? ? No ? ? ? No No ?
Template:Rh2 | G3 Torrent ? No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No ?
Template:Rh2 | Gnome BitTorrent ? No No ? No ? No No ?
Halite No No No Yes Yes No No No No Have a stand-alone version
KTorrent Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Built-in Web browser via package management system
LimeWire Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Template:Rh2 | Localhost Yes No Plugin Yes Yes Yes Plugin[74] Yes ? DHT are required by Localhost
MLDonkey Yes No 3rd party bash script Yes No No[75] Yes Built-into Web browser No
OneSwarm Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Based on Azureus, has all BitTyrant features
Opera ? ? YesTemplate:Refun No No No No Built-into Web browser Yes, on Windows and Mac OS X only. (via package management system on Linux)
QTorrent ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
qBittorrent Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[76] via package management system
rTorrent Partial No 3rd party utility [77] Yes Yes No Yes No No No built-in Cache-Disk cache but a Delayed sync
Template:Rh2 | Rufus ? No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No ?
Shareaza Yes Yes No Yes Yes[78] No Yes Yes Yes [79]
SymTorrent ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Tixati [80] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Tomato Torrent ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Torium Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes No
Template:Rh2 | Torrent Swapper Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Built-in Web browser Yes
TorrentFlux Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ?
TorrentVolve [43] No No Yes Yes No Yes No [43]
Transmission Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Tribler ? ? Yes Yes ? No ? No No
µTorrent Yes Yes[81] Yes[82] Yes[83] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vuze (formerly Azureus) Yes Yes [73] Yes Yes Yes Yes Plugin[74] Yes Yes
Template:Rh2 | ZipTorrent ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
BitTorrent client Cache[69] Web seeding[70] Broadcatching (RSS) Prioritization Selective downloads SOCKS Remote control via web Search Engine Auto updates Notes
  • ^  Opera is a feed aggregator that displays the feed like mails.

Libraries

Note: Libraries in purple are no longer in development.

General
BitTorrent Library First public release date Latest stable FOSS
 Software license Cost (USD) Spyware, Adware, Malware -free Usage[2]
Template:Rh2 | BTSharp November 15, 2004; 20 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable software release/BTSharp (.NET Library) No Template:Proprietary Non-free Yes ?
Libtorrent (Rakshasa) July 15, 2004; 20 year(s) ago[22] Template:Latest stable software release/rTorrent Yes GPL Free Yes Template:Nts%
Libtorrent (Rasterbar) September 8, 2005; 19 year(s) ago[84] Template:Latest stable software release/libtorrent Yes BSD Free Yes Template:Nts%
MonoTorrent September 15, 2006; 18 year(s) ago Template:Latest stable release/MonoTorrent Yes MIT/X11 Free Yes Template:Nts%
BitTorrent Library First public release date Latest stable FOSS Software license Cost (USD) Spyware, Adware, Malware -free Usage[2]
OS support
BitTorrent Library Linux/Unix Windows Mac OS X
Template:Rh2 | BTSharp No Yes No
Libtorrent (Rakshasa) Yes No Yes
Libtorrent (Rasterbar) Yes Yes Yes
MonoTorrent Yes Yes Yes
BitTorrent Library Linux/Unix Windows Mac OS X
Programming
BitTorrent Library API Programming language
Template:Rh2 | BTSharp Yes C#
Libtorrent (Rakshasa) Yes C++
Libtorrent (Rasterbar) Yes C++
MonoTorrent Yes C#
BitTorrent Library API Programming language
Supported Features I
BitTorrent Library Super-seeding Tracker UPnP[47] NAT Port Mapping Protocol NAT traversal DHT[48] Peer exchange Encryption UDP tracker LPD
Template:Rh2 | BTSharp No Yes Yes No No No No No ? ?
Libtorrent (Rakshasa) Yes Yes No ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Libtorrent (Rasterbar) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[85]
MonoTorrent Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
BitTorrent Library Super-seeding Tracker UPnP[47] NAT Port Mapping Protocol NAT traversal DHT[48] Peer exchange Encryption UDP tracker LPD
Supported Features II
BitTorrent Library Cache[69] Web seeding[70] Broadcatching (RSS) Prioritization Selective downloads SOCKS Remote control via web Engine Notes
Template:Rh2 | BTSharp Yes No No No No No No No
Libtorrent (Rakshasa) Partial No No Yes Yes No Yes No No built-in Cache-Disk cache but a Delayed sync
Libtorrent (Rasterbar) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
MonoTorrent Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
BitTorrent Library Cache[69] Web seeding[70] Broadcatching (RSS) Prioritization Selective downloads SOCKS Remote control via web Engine Notes

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Unless otherwise noted, programs marked "Yes" without other inline citations have been tested 100% Free or 100% Clean by Softpedia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 http://ezrss.it/stats/all/index.html (December 4, 2009; 14 year(s) ago) Unique peer_id statistics from Combined (Pure Unique) over a 1 week period. Retrieved January 18, 2010; 14 year(s) ago.
  3. ↑ "ABC (Yet Another Bittorrent Client) at SourceForge.net". ABC.SourceForge.net. 2003-08-19. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pingpong-abc/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  4. ↑ "Anatomic P2P". Zeropaid.com. http://www.zeropaid.com/anatomicp2p/. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  5. ↑ "Aria2 project". SourceForge. http://aria2.sourceforge.net/. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  6. ↑ "Aria2 - CLI Metalink/BitTorrent client at SourceForge.net". Aria2.SourceForge.net. 2009-12-27. http://sourceforge.net/projects/aria2/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  7. ↑ "BitComet Latest Beta / Latest Final". softpedia. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/File-Sharing/BitComet.shtml. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  8. ↑ "Bitflu". Bitflu.workaround.ch. http://bitflu.workaround.ch/. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  9. ↑ http://www.bitspirit.cc/en/
  10. ↑ Ernesto (2007-01-16). "BitThief Spies on their Users". TorrentFreak. http://torrentfreak.com/bitthief-spies-on-their-users/. Retrieved 2009-02-16. 
  11. ↑ "BitTorrent Latest". Softpedia. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/File-Sharing/BitTorrent.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  12. ↑ "BTG". Btg.berlios.de. 2009-11-08. http://btg.berlios.de/. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  13. ↑ "FlashGet Latest Beta / Latest Stable". Softpedia. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Download-Managers/FlashGet.shtml. Retrieved 2009-02-16. 
  14. ↑ http://wiki.limewire.org/index.php?title=Changelog
  15. ↑ Announcement at TorrentFreak of Limewire's support of BitTorrent protocol as of version 4.13 (2006-10-30), retrieved 2009-12-04
  16. ↑ "ftp.osuosl.org :: Oregon State University Open Source Lab". Participatory Culture Foundation. 2006-02-21. http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/Miro/osx/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "µTorrent Latest Alpha / Latest Beta / Latest Stable". Softpedia. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/File-Sharing/uTorrent.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Browser search toolbars - Forums - µTorrent - The Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client". Forum.utorrent.com. http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=56428. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  19. ↑ "MP3 Rocket 5.1.9". Softpedia. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/File-Sharing/MP3-Rocket.shtml. Retrieved 2009-02-16. 
  20. ↑ "Opera version history". Opera Software. http://www.opera.com/docs/history/index.dml. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  21. ↑ "qBittorrent at SourceForge.net". qBittorrent.SourceForge.net. 2006-03-22. http://sourceforge.net/projects/qbittorrent/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/timeline
  23. ↑ "SymTorrent - AMORG". Applied Mobile Research Group. 2008-11-26. http://amorg.aut.bme.hu/projects/symtorrent. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  24. ↑ http://www.tixati.com/
  25. ↑ "Torrent Swapper at SourceForge.net". bit-torrent.SourceForge.net. 2006-08-10. http://sourceforge.net/projects/bit-torrent/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  26. ↑ "TorrentFlux - PHP Torrent Client at SourceForge.net". TorrentFlux.SourceForge.net. 2004-11-12. http://sourceforge.net/projects/torrentflux/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  27. ↑ http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes
  28. ↑ "µTorrent 1.1 BETA (build 88) - Forums - µTorrent - The Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client". Forum.utorrent.com. 2005-09-19. http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=11. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  29. ↑ "General - FAQ - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client". Utorrent.com. http://utorrent.com/faq.php#faq2. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  30. ↑ "Azureus / Vuze at SourceForge.net". Azureus.SourceForge.net. 2003-06-24. http://sourceforge.net/projects/azureus/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  31. ↑ "Download Vuze (formerly Azureus) Latest Beta / Latest Stable". Softpedia. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/File-Sharing/Azureus.shtml. Retrieved 2009-02-16. 
  32. ↑ "Vuze FAQ / Toolbar". Faq.vuze.com. http://faq.vuze.com/?CategoryID=30. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  33. ↑ http://www.xunlei.com/
  34. ↑ Official packages for ports are no longer available.
  35. ↑ "Download - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client". Mac.utorrent.com. http://mac.utorrent.com/. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Clients that have been seen in the real world to actually work with IPv6, see IPv6 BitTorrent Clients
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Announcements to the tracker are made via IPv6 if possible, but the client doesn't listen on the respective port.
  38. ↑ The original Aria project was discontinued, the new rewrite of Aria by a new development team no longer supports a GUI.
  39. ↑ BitComet command line interface see BitComet Wiki
  40. ↑ "#335 (can not connect to ipv6 only tracker) – Deluge". Dev.deluge-torrent.org. http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/ticket/335. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  41. ↑ Qdbus interface
  42. ↑ "#1111 (Support for IPv6?) – The libTorrent and rTorrent Project". Libtorrent.rakshasa.no. 2009-07-20. http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ticket/1111. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.5 43.6 43.7 43.8 43.9 When Azureus module is used
  44. ↑ "uTorrent command line options - Forums - µTorrent - The Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client". Forum.utorrent.com. http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=53988. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  45. ↑ "General - FAQ - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client". Utorrent.com. http://utorrent.com/faq.php#How_can_.C2.B5Torrent_be_so_small_and_so_fast.3F. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  46. ↑ "µTorrent 1.8 released". Forum.utorrent.com. http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=44003. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 Automatically configure port forwarding (requires Router with UPnP support)
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 48.3 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.
  49. ↑ http://www.bitspirit.cc/en/
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 Tracker included with Linux binaries and with source, but not with Windows binary
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 Exchanging with BT 6 and µTorrent clients (and now MooPolice)
  52. ↑ It's UDP based, an experimental feature and only supported by other Azureus based clients
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 Has its own DHT, a mainline-DHT compatible implementation is available as plugin
  54. ↑ [1], list of features not yet added.
  55. ↑ Localhost uses a DHT protocol called Kademlia to connect to peers that are running Localhost. Each peer has an index of directories and files that it shares with peers that it is connected to. No one peer is responsible for storing the entire directory structure, it is distributed among everyone. It is collaboratively maintained, edited and built upon by all users in a popularity based system.
  56. ↑ "Weekly - Desktop Team - by Opera Desktop Team". My.opera.com. 2007-02-27. http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/show.dml/251672. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  57. ↑ "Opera 9.5 Beta 1 for Windows Changelog". Opera.com. http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/950b1/. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  58. ↑ It's not a DHT network, but Shareaza uses Gnutella2 to find other Shareaza clients.
  59. ↑ http://www.tixati.com/
  60. ↑ Exchanges with µTorrent and Azureus peers.
  61. ↑ "µTorrent 1.6 released". Forum.utorrent.com. http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=11463. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  62. ↑ "uTorrent: Make Your Own BitTorrent Tracker". Filesharefreak.com. http://filesharefreak.com/tutorials/utorrent-make-your-own-bittorrent-tracker/. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  63. ↑ "Setting up µTorrent for your internet connection". Utorrent.com. http://www.utorrent.com/setup_guide.php. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  64. ↑ [2] µTorrent 2.0 beta
  65. ↑ µTorrent's [3] DHT implementation is the same as Mainline and BitComet's, but unfortunately this is incompatible with Azureus's implementation.
  66. ↑ "How To Encrypt BitTorrent Traffic". Torrentfreak.com. 2006-04-16. http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-encrypt-bittorrent-traffic/. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  67. ↑ "Announcements » µTorrent 1.7 Release Candidate 6". 2007-06-28. http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=25655. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
  68. ↑ Since version 2.5.0.2. It's UDP based, an experimental feature and only supported by other Azureus clients
  69. ↑ 69.0 69.1 69.2 69.3 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.
  70. ↑ 70.0 70.1 70.2 70.3 Recently implemented (unofficial) web seeding feature, see HTTP-Based Seeding Specification
  71. ↑ Supports the Getright Webseeding spec since v1.14, see BitComet Wiki
  72. ↑ http://www.bitspirit.cc/en/
  73. ↑ 73.0 73.1 Supports the Getright Webseeding spec in addition to the Bittornado spec[4]
  74. ↑ 74.0 74.1 74.2 Provides a Java-based and a simple HTML/JS based WebUI
  75. ↑ See task #4401 Socks Proxy; however, http proxy is supported.
  76. ↑ Integrated
  77. ↑ 3rd party utility RSSDler
  78. ↑ Since Shareaza v2.4.0.2 r7924
  79. ↑ Max active torrents number depends on respective user settings and is limited to 31.
  80. ↑ http://www.tixati.com/
  81. ↑ "uTorrent 1.7 Stable Finally Released". TorrentFreak. 2007-07-13. http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-17-stable-finally-released/. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  82. ↑ "How to use RSS & BitTorrent to download TV shows". TorrentFreak. 2006-10-14. http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-use-rss-bittorrent-to-download-tv-shows/. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  83. ↑ "uTorrent - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET" (in (Persian)). Download.com. http://www.download.com/uTorrent/3000-2196_4-10528327.html. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  84. ↑ http://sourceforge.net/projects/libtorrent/files/
  85. ↑ "libtorrent manual: features". http://www.rasterbar.com/products/libtorrent/features.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 

See also

External links

v • d • e
BitTorrent
Companies
People
Technology
Clients
(comparison, usage share)
BitTorrent (original client) · BitComet · BitTornado · Deluge · KTorrent · LimeWire · MLDonkey · Shareaza · Transmission · µTorrent · Vuze (formerly Azureus)
Trackers
(comparison)
Search engines
Defunct websites
Related topics

da:Sammenligning af torrent-software de:Liste von BitTorrent-Clients es:Anexo:Clientes BitTorrent fr:Liste de clients BitTorrent it:BitTorrent#Client ms:Pelanggan BitTorrent pt:Comparação dos clientes de BitTorrent ru:Сравнение BitTorrent-программ simple:List of BitTorrent clients vi:So sánh các phần mềm BitTorrent zh:BitTorrent客户端

If you like SEOmastering Site, you can support it by - BTC: bc1qppjcl3c2cyjazy6lepmrv3fh6ke9mxs7zpfky0 , TRC20 and more...

→

Retrieved from "https://www.seomastering.com:443/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients&oldid=9405"