Transmission (BitTorrent client)
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| File:Transmission 0.6.png Screenshot of Transmission Mac OS X | |
| Developer(s) | Eric 'titer' Petit |
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| Operating system | Mac OS X, Unix-like, BeOS |
| Type | BitTorrent |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | transmission.m0k.org |
Transmission is a free, lightweight BitTorrent client. It features a simple, intuitive interface on top on an efficient, cross-platform back-end.
Transmission is open source (MIT License) and runs on Mac OS X (Cocoa interface), Linux/NetBSD/FreeBSD/OpenBSD (GTK+ interface) and BeOS/ZETA (native interface).
Transmission also uses a smaller amount of system resources than many other BitTorrent clients (such as Azureus).
Features
- Single listening port for all torrents
- Auto-seeding options
- Global upload/download caps
- Auto-banning of peers who send bad data
- Dock badging of completed downloads, and transfer rates
- Customizable toolbar
- Growl support
- Automatic updates using Sparkle
- Universal binary
Criticism
Currently, Transmission does not strictly adhere to the complete BitTorrent specification. Its behaviour has lead to the client being banned from some private trackers. There has been a heated discussion regarding the matter on the Transmission forum about whether or not it is really a problem. [1]
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