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 KTorrent 5.1 |
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| developer | Joris Guisson |
| Current version |
5.2.0 ( June 6, 2020 ) |
| operating system | Unix , BSD , macOS ; Linux ; Windows |
| programming language | C ++ ( Qt ) |
| category | Bit torrent client |
| License | GPL ( Free Software ) |
| German speaking | Yes |
| www.kde.org | |
KTorrent is a free, cross-platform BitTorrent client program for KDE , which, in addition to transferring files via the BitTorrent network, offers many additional administration and protocol functions and can come up with a comparatively efficient and economical memory management.
KTorrent is also published as free software in source code under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Typically for KDE, it is written in C ++ and uses the GUI toolkit Qt .
features
It is possible to download individual files from BitTorrent archives, limit the transfer rates and a distribution ratio. Protocol encryption and trackerless torrents (using distributed hash tables ) are also supported.
In addition to the basic functions of the main program, additional modules, which can also be deactivated individually, provide additional functions. Among other things, modules are supplied from the outset for
- Internet search for torrent files via the BitTorrent website or other freely integrable pages,
- automatic editing of torrent files downloaded with other programs,
- Import and resume transfers started with other BitTorrent clients,
- targeted blocking of individual IP addresses,
- Support of both IPv6 and IPv4 networks,
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP),
- Subscribing to torrents through web feeds ,
- Finding remote stations (peers) in the local network using Zeroconf ,
- Use of additional http sources,
- an integrated media player , both for media files that are still in transfer and for completed media files,
- control via a web browser via a web interface ,
- Bandwidth management via a detailed (daily and weekly) schedule
- Use of magnet links (from version 4.0)
history
Version 1.0 was released on July 12, 2005, and version 2 was released on November 30.
From version 2, KTorrent supports trackerless operation and is the first Linux client to support protocol encryption in addition to the Java-based Azureus (now Vuze ).
In version 2.1 the interface was revised, torrents can now be grouped in order to keep track of many transmission processes and the Zeroconf extension was added.
Starting with version 3.0, KTorrent has been converted to the KDE version 4 libraries. From version 3.1 it is also possible to use the software under Windows .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release 5.2.0 . June 6, 2020 (accessed June 16, 2020).
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The KDE Extragear - ktorrent - 1.0 version ( Memento from July 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The KDE Extragear - ktorrent - 2.0 version ( Memento from August 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://torrentfreak.com/ktorrent-supports-encryption/
