Applications

General

Operating system support

Interface and programming

Features I

Features II

Libraries

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

References

1. "Glossary". BitTorrent User Manual. San Francisco: BitTorrent, Inc. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013. http://www.bittorrent.com/help/manual/glossary#client ↩

2. "Glossary". BitTorrent User Manual. San Francisco: BitTorrent, Inc. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013. http://www.bittorrent.com/help/manual/glossary#client ↩

3. Cohen, Bram (2 July 2001). "BitTorrent – a new P2P app". Decentralization · Implications of the end-to-end principle. Yahoo! Groups. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20080129085545/http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/decentralization/message/3160 ↩

4. Van Der Sar, Ernesto (14 October 2013). "Google-backed BitTorrent client spread malware to Windows PCs and Android devices". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013. http://torrentfreak.com/google-backed-file-sharing-spreads-malware-131014/ ↩

5. Gibbs, Samuel (15 October 2013). "Google-Backed File-Sharing Service Spreads Malware". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/15/google-bittorrent-malware-windows-android-xunlei-china ↩

6. "Release 3.7.0.0". 30 September 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024. https://github.com/BiglySoftware/BiglyBT/releases/tag/v3.7.0.0 ↩

7. "Release v1.3.3". 22 September 2023. https://github.com/BiglySoftware/BiglyBT-Android/releases/tag/v1.3.3 ↩

8. https://www.bitcomet.com/en/changelog. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.bitcomet.com/en/changelog ↩

9. Portable version available. ↩

10. https://www.bitcomet.com/en/changelog. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.bitcomet.com/en/changelog ↩

11. Installs WhenU adware. ↩

12. https://www.bitlord.com/previous-releases/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.bitlord.com/previous-releases/ ↩

13. Error: Unable to display the reference from Wikidata properly. Technical details: Reason for the failure of {{Cite web}}: The output template call would miss the mandatory parameter url. Reason for the failure of {{Cite Q}}: The output template call would miss the mandatory parameter 1. See the documentation for further details. /wiki/Template:Cite_web ↩

14. "BitTorrent- Torrent Downloads". 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024. https://apktea.com/bittorrent-torrent-downloads-1269.html ↩

15. https://www.bittorrent.com/de/downloads/mac/. Retrieved 7 August 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.bittorrent.com/de/downloads/mac/ ↩

16. https://www.bittorrent.com/blog/releases/windows/. Retrieved 14 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.bittorrent.com/blog/releases/windows/ ↩

17. "deluge-2.1.1". https://git.deluge-torrent.org/deluge/tag/?h=deluge-2.1.1 ↩

18. With OpenSSL exception. ↩

19. "FlashGet 3.7.0.1220 International, revised version released". 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150511040745/http://bbs.flashget.com/en/forumdisplay.php?fid=6 ↩

20. FlashGet (standalone application) is not FlashGot (Firefox Addon). /wiki/FlashGet ↩

21. "FDM 6". 13 March 2023. https://www.freedownloadmanager.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17900 ↩

22. "frostwire-android-2.9.4-build-746 Latest". 26 December 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2025. https://github.com/frostwire/frostwire/releases ↩

23. "frostwire-desktop-6.13.4-build-324". 16 October 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2025. https://github.com/frostwire/frostwire/releases/tag/frostwire-desktop-6.13.4-build-324 ↩

24. "frostwire-desktop-6.13.4-build-324". 16 October 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2025. https://github.com/frostwire/frostwire/releases/tag/frostwire-desktop-6.13.4-build-324 ↩

25. "frostwire-desktop-6.13.4-build-324". 16 October 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2025. https://github.com/frostwire/frostwire/releases/tag/frostwire-desktop-6.13.4-build-324 ↩

26. "KGet - KDE Applications". Retrieved 29 March 2025. https://apps.kde.org/kget/ ↩

27. https://invent.kde.org/network/ktorrent/-/tags/v23.08.3. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://invent.kde.org/network/ktorrent/-/tags/v23.08.3 ↩

28. https://kde.org/announcements/gear/23.08.3/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://kde.org/announcements/gear/23.08.3/ ↩

29. "Release 4.9.3". 8 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024. https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/releases/tag/v4.9.3 ↩

30. "Release 6.0". 5 April 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2018. https://github.com/pculture/miro/releases/tag/v6.0 ↩

31. "Release 3.2.1". 20 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024. https://github.com/ygrek/mldonkey/releases/tag/release-3-2-1 ↩

32. "uTorrent Pro - Torrent App 8.2.2". 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024. https://apktea.com/utorrent-pro-torrent-app-1263.html ↩

33. The option to disable ads is included in the settings.[26] ↩

34. "µTorrent Downloads for Mac". µTorrent. Retrieved 11 September 2023. Stable 1.8.7 Build 45548 https://www.utorrent.com/downloads/mac/ ↩

35. "uTorrent 3.6.0 For Windows (build 46590)". µTorrent blog. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023. https://blog.utorrent.com/release-notes/utorrent-3-6-0-for-windows-build-46590/ ↩

36. Web browser. ↩

37. "release-5.0.5". 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025. https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/releases/tag/release-5.0.5 ↩

38. With OpenSSL exception. ↩

39. With OpenSSL exception. ↩

40. No built-in disk cache but a delayed sync. ↩

41. "Shareaza-2.7.10.2". 18 September 2017. https://sourceforge.net/projects/shareaza/files/Shareaza/Shareaza-2.7.10.2/ ↩

42. Maximum active torrent number depends on respective user settings and is limited to 31. ↩

43. "Tixati.com - News". Retrieved 10 January 2025. https://www.tixati.com/news/ ↩

44. 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. ↩

45. "4.0.6". 30 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024. https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases/tag/4.0.6 ↩

46. GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only or any future license endorsed by Mnemosyne LLC. ↩

47. With OpenSSL exception. ↩

48. "COPYING in trunk – Transmission". trac.transmissionbt.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2021. https://trac.transmissionbt.com/browser/trunk/COPYING ↩

49. https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/v8.0.7. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/v8.0.7 ↩

50. Fully distributed keyword search; integrated anti-spam measures.[36] ↩

51. Formerly Azureus. ↩

52. http://wiki.vuze.com/w/ChangeLog. Retrieved 23 March 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) http://wiki.vuze.com/w/ChangeLog ↩

53. The only client to bridge between i2p and the clearnet. ↩

54. https://app.mi.com/details?id=com.xunlei.downloadprovider. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://app.mi.com/details?id=com.xunlei.downloadprovider ↩

55. https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/%E8%BF%85%E9%9B%B7-%E4%B8%93%E4%BA%AB%E7%A7%81%E5%AF%86%E4%BA%91%E7%9B%98/id1503466530. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/%E8%BF%85%E9%9B%B7-%E4%B8%93%E4%BA%AB%E7%A7%81%E5%AF%86%E4%BA%91%E7%9B%98/id1503466530 ↩

56. http://yangtai.xunlei.com/?p=11648. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) http://yangtai.xunlei.com/?p=11648 ↩

57. "Download - BitTorrent® - Android torrent app". BitTorrent (software). Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017. https://www.bittorrent.com/downloads/android ↩

58. "Download FrostWire". frostwire.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018. http://www.frostwire.com/downloads ↩

59. "Download FrostWire". frostwire.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018. http://www.frostwire.com/downloads ↩

60. "Download FrostWire". frostwire.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018. http://www.frostwire.com/downloads ↩

61. "Download FrostWire". frostwire.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018. http://www.frostwire.com/downloads ↩

62. "Download FrostWire". frostwire.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018. http://www.frostwire.com/downloads ↩

63. "Download FrostWire". frostwire.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018. http://www.frostwire.com/downloads ↩

64. "Download FrostWire". frostwire.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018. http://www.frostwire.com/downloads ↩

65. "IBM 64-bit SDK for z/OS, Java Technology Edition, Version 8". ibm.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150218005854/http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/tools/java/products/sdk8_64.html ↩

66. "Java 6 (OpenJDK) Released for OS/2, eComStation – OSnews". www.osnews.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022. https://www.osnews.com/story/24903/java-6-openjdk-released-for-os2-ecomstation/ ↩

67. "Android Downloads". μTorrent® (uTorrent) - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017. https://www.utorrent.com/downloads/android ↩

68. x86-32 and x86-64 builds available /wiki/IA-32 ↩

69. x86-32 and x86-64 builds available /wiki/IA-32 ↩

70. x86-32 and x86-64 builds available /wiki/IA-32 ↩

71. "qBittorrent Official Website". qBittorrent Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016. https://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php ↩

72. "qBittorrent Official Website". qBittorrent Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016. https://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php ↩

73. "qBittorrent Official Website". qBittorrent Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016. https://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php ↩

74. "qBittorrent Official Website". qBittorrent Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016. https://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php ↩

75. "qBittorrent Official Website". qBittorrent Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016. https://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php ↩

76. "Android client (not remote/controller) · Issue #4027 · qbittorrent/qBittorrent". GitHub. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2017. https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/4027#issuecomment-152734893 ↩

77. Including eComStation and ArcaOS. /wiki/EComStation ↩

78. "qBittorrent Official Website". qBittorrent Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016. https://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php ↩

79. Through Cygwin.[48] /wiki/Cygwin ↩

80. x86-32 and x86-64 builds available /wiki/IA-32 ↩

81. Through Cydia. /wiki/Cydia ↩

82. "Vuze Torrent Downloader application for Android". Vuze. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017. https://www.vuze.com/products/vuze-android/ ↩

83. Only has options for launching the GUI[50] ↩

84. Formerly Azureus. ↩

85. BitComet command line interface see BitComet Command Line – BitComet Wiki Archived 8 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine http://wiki.bitcomet.com/BitComet_Command_Line ↩

86. Kaba, Martin (27 February 2013). "Deluge BitTorrent client gets uTP support". Kabatology. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016. http://www.kabatology.com/02/27/deluge-bittorrent-client-gets-utp-support/ ↩

87. "FrostWire 5.7.2". 11 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015. https://frostwire.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/new-frostwire-5-7-2-with-utp-support/ ↩

88. Qdbus interface /w/index.php?title=Qdbus&action=edit&redlink=1 ↩

89. "KTorrent 4.0". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090740/http://ktorrent.pwsp.net/?q=node%2F42 ↩

90. "Gui - MLDonkey". Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017. http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/Gui ↩

91. "uTorrent command line options – Forums - μTorrent – The Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client". Forum.utorrent.com. 15 February 2009. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009. https://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=53988 ↩

92. "Web API". www.utorrent.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013. http://www.utorrent.com/community/developers/webapi ↩

93. "General – FAQ - μTorrent – a (very) tiny BitTorrent client". www.utorrent.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090318175258/http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#How_can_.C2.B5Torrent_be_so_small_and_so_fast.3F ↩

94. "μTorrent 1.8 released". Forum.utorrent.com. 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 20 November 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009. https://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=44003 ↩

95. "µTorrent 1.9 alpha 15380". µTorrent Community Forums. 26 November 2008. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015. https://forum.utorrent.com/topic/42439-%C2%B5torrent-19-alpha-15380/ ↩

96. "News Releases". www.qbittorrent.org. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2023. https://www.qbittorrent.org/news.php ↩

97. "#507 Ipv6". GitHub. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020. https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/pull/507 ↩

98. "Tixati.com - News". tixati.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022. https://tixati.com/news/ ↩

99. "Transmission 2.30". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20150524013026/https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.30 ↩

100. Formerly Azureus. ↩

101. "Vuze 4.6.0.0". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015. https://wiki.vuze.com/w/Version_4400_4702_Changelog ↩

102. "迅雷远程下载". xlyc.client.xunlei.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016. http://xlyc.client.xunlei.com/ ↩

103. For a torrent added from a Magnet link, obtain the list of files (and other metadata) before prompting the user for a download location. ↩

104. Automatically configure port forwarding (requires Router with UPnP support) /wiki/Router_(computing) ↩

105. 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. ↩

106. 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. ↩

107. Tracker included with Linux binaries and with source, but not with Windows binary. ↩

108. 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. ↩

109. "MLDonkey 3.1.3 release notes". Forum mldonkey.sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013. http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=32169 ↩

110. "μTorrent 3.13 Apk For Android". apk20.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015. http://www.apk20.com/apk/5903/ ↩

111. "μTorrent 1.6 released". Forum.utorrent.com. July 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009. https://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=11463 ↩

112. "uTorrent: Make Your Own BitTorrent Tracker". Filesharefreak.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009. http://filesharefreak.com/tutorials/utorrent-make-your-own-bittorrent-tracker/ ↩

113. "Setting up μTorrent for your internet connection". www.utorrent.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090315005429/http://www.utorrent.com/setup_guide.php ↩

114. "µTorrent 2.0 beta 17539 - Announcements - µTorrent Community Forums". 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010. https://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=60602 ↩

115. 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. https://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#What_is_DHT.3F ↩

116. Exchanging with BT 6 and μTorrent clients (and now MooPolice). ↩

117. "How To Encrypt BitTorrent Traffic". Torrentfreak.com. 16 April 2006. Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009. http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-encrypt-bittorrent-traffic/ ↩

118. "Announcements » μTorrent 1.7 Release Candidate 6". 28 June 2007. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2009. https://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=25655 ↩

119. "Weekly – Desktop Team – by Opera Desktop Team". My.opera.com. 27 February 2007. Archived from the original on 18 June 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2009. http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/show.dml/251672 ↩

120. "Opera 9.5 Beta 1 for Windows Changelog". Opera.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2009. http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/950b1/ ↩

121. "Bittorrent client qBittorrent 4.4.0 released with v2 torrent support". ghacks.net. 8 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022. https://www.ghacks.net/2022/01/08/bittorrent-client-qbittorrent-4-4-0/ ↩

122. v4.6.0 added (experimental) I2P support[61] to provide anonymity. /wiki/I2P ↩

123. Aided with a shell script documented in "That magnet uri ticket thing reincarnated". libtorrent.rakshasa.no. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927222544/http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ticket/2100 ↩

124. "local peer discovery". libtorrent.rakshasa.no. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100413231237/http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ticket/1188 ↩

125. 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. /wiki/Gnutella2 ↩

126. Since Shareaza v2.5.5.1 r9064. /wiki/Shareaza ↩

127. Only with out going without DHT if anonymity required. ↩

128. "Support for Bittorrent v2 (bep 0052) · Issue #458 · transmission/transmission". GitHub. Retrieved 8 February 2025. https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/458 ↩

129. unofficial build transmission daemon cygwin "Magnet Links - choose what files to download". Sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016. https://sourceforge.net/p/transmissiondaemon/discussion/general/thread/6929551a/ ↩

130. unofficial build Transmission-Qt "Transmission-Qt". Sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20120825050551/http://sourceforge.net/projects/trqtw/ ↩

131. unofficial build cfpp2p GitHub transmission "magnet download not verified for existing data". github.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2016. https://github.com/cfpp2p/transmission/commit/c81be4700920ead21771f2fb2f6e2f099896a02d ↩

132. "transmission/libtransmission/peer-msgs.c". github.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2020. https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/20119f006ca0f3a13245b379c74254c92f372910/libtransmission/peer-msgs.c#L2454 ↩

133. Exchanges with μTorrent and Azureus peers. ↩

134. Proxy support was removed in version 2.12: "Ticket #3688". trac.transmissionbt.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011. https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/3688 ↩

135. Uses P2P onion routing to provide anonymity. /wiki/Peer-to-peer ↩

136. Formerly Azureus. ↩

137. Since version 2.5.0.2. It's UDP based, an experimental feature and only supported by other Azureus clients. ↩

138. Has its own DHT, a mainline-DHT compatible implementation is available as plugin. ↩

139. 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. ↩

140. 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) http://www.getright.com/seedtorrent.html ↩

141. Called "preview mode" Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine http://wiki.bitcomet.com/preview_while_downloading ↩

142. Built-in Web browser. ↩

143. Does not support HTTP redirection (status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307). /wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#3xx_redirection ↩

144. Does not support HTTPS. /wiki/HTTPS ↩

145. Built-in Web browser. ↩

146. Does not support HTTPS. /wiki/HTTPS ↩

147. Does not support HTTP redirection (status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307). /wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#3xx_redirection ↩

148. Built-in Web browser. ↩

149. See task #4401 SOCKS proxy Archived 18 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine; however, http proxy is supported. http://savannah.nongnu.org/task/?func=detailitem&item_id=4401 ↩

150. Built-in Web browser. ↩

151. "uTorrent 1.7 Stable Finally Released". TorrentFreak. 13 July 2007. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2009. http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-17-stable-finally-released/ ↩

152. Does not support HTTPS. /wiki/HTTPS ↩

153. "How to use RSS & BitTorrent to download TV shows". TorrentFreak. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009. http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-use-rss-bittorrent-to-download-tv-shows/ ↩

154. "uTorrent – Free software downloads and software reviews – CNET" (in Persian). Download.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009. http://www.download.com/uTorrent/3000-2196_4-10528327.html ↩

155. 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 ↩

156. Opera has a feed aggregator that displays feeds like emails. ↩

157. Built-in Web browser. ↩

158. Windows and Mac OS X only; via PMS on Linux. /wiki/Package_management_system ↩

159. Does not support HTTP redirection (status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307). /wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#3xx_redirection ↩

160. Hard-coded as disabled in newer versions. /wiki/Hard_coding ↩

161. 3rd party utility RSSDler Archived 18 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine https://code.google.com/p/rssdler/ ↩

162. Since Shareaza v2.4.0.2 r7924. /wiki/Shareaza ↩

163. Since Shareaza v2.5.3.1. /wiki/Shareaza ↩

164. "Shareaza". sourceforge.net. 19 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. https://archive.today/20120714233402/http://shareaza.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/shareaza?view=revision&revision=8803 ↩

165. Shareaza also uses G2 to transmit download metadata, such as BitTorrent trackers to other G2 clients. /wiki/Gnutella2 ↩

166. "Tixati News". Tixati. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20220831203601/https://tixati.com/news/ ↩

167. Does not support HTTPS. /wiki/HTTPS ↩

168. Adds HTTP referer header in request on HTTP redirection (useful behavior). /wiki/HTTP_referer ↩

169. "BEP 53 select-only magnet URI · Issue #5582 · transmission/Transmission". GitHub. https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/5582#issuecomment-1576516400 ↩

170. "Tribler". Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017. https://www.tribler.org/faq.html ↩

171. Formerly Azureus. ↩

172. Supports the Getright Webseeding spec Archived 28 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine in addition to the Bittornado spec "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) http://www.getright.com/seedtorrent.html ↩

173. "Stream Torrents - Vuze Bittorrent Client". www.vuze.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014. http://www.vuze.com/features/playnow ↩

174. Provides a Java-based and a simple HTML/JS based WebUI. /wiki/Java_(programming_language) ↩

175. "Additional Vuze Features - VuzeWiki". wiki.vuze.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015. http://wiki.vuze.com/w/Additional_Vuze_Features ↩

176. "libtorrent – Browse Files at". Sourceforge.net. 21 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012. http://sourceforge.net/projects/libtorrent/files/ ↩

177. "release 2.0.9". 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023. https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/releases/tag/v2.0.9 ↩

178. "Release 1.2.19". 22 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023. https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/releases/tag/v1.2.19 ↩

179. https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/releases/tag/v2.0.11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/releases/tag/v2.0.11 ↩

180. "Release 3.0.2". 4 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024. https://github.com/alanmcgovern/monotorrent/releases/tag/release-v3.0.2 ↩

181. "Timeline – The libTorrent and rTorrent Project". Libtorrent.rakshasa.no. 15 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131104110338/http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/timeline ↩

182. "Release 0.15.1". 1 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025. https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent/releases/tag/v0.15.1 ↩

183. With OpenSSL exception. ↩

184. No built-in cache-disk cache but a delayed sync. ↩

185. Automatically configure port forwarding (requires Router with UPnP support) /wiki/Router_(computing) ↩

186. 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. ↩

187. 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. ↩

188. "Libtorrent Adds Support for BitTorrent v2, a Potential Game-Changer". TorrentFreak. 12 September 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022. https://torrentfreak.com/libtorrent-adds-support-for-bittorrent-v2-a-potential-game-changer-200912/ ↩

189. "libtorrent manual: features". Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2009. http://www.rasterbar.com/products/libtorrent/features.html ↩

190. "Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting". code.google.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022. https://code.google.com/archive/p/libtorrent/downloads ↩

191. 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. ↩

192. Recently implemented (unofficial) web seeding feature, see HTTP-Based Seeding Specification Archived 28 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine http://www.bittornado.com/docs/webseed-spec.txt ↩