List of BitTorrent clients
A BitTorrent client is an application program that can be used to download and distribute files using the BitTorrent protocol . The first BitTorrent client BitTorrent was developed by Bram Cohen in 2002 . He is also the developer of the protocol.
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| Surname | version | date | operating system | License | programming language | Spyware / Adware | further protocol support | BitTorrent protocol extensions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 3.18 | December 23, 2006 | Windows , Linux (beta) | Open source | python | ||||
| Ares Galaxy | 2.5.4 | January 18, 2020 | Windows | Open source | Delphi | Protocol is similar to FastTrack | |||
| Aria2 | 1.35.0 | October 6, 2019 | Platform independent | GNU General Public License v2 | C ++ | free | HTTP / HTTPS, FTP, SFTP and Metalink | ||
| BitComet | 1.64 | January 15, 2020 | Windows | proprietary | C ++ | Advertising (can be switched off from version 0.89) | HTTP , FTP , eMule | DHT | |
| BitTornado | 0.3.18 | December 23, 2006 | platform independent | Open source | python | ||||
| Bit torrent | 7.9.1 Build30889 | April 19, 2014 | Windows | Closed source | C ++ | Adware | DHT | Since 6.0 µTorrent and closed source | |
| 7.4.1 Build30291 | 1. November 2013 | Mac OS X | |||||||
| Deluge (gTorrent) | 2.0.3 | June 12, 2019 | platform independent ( GTK ) | Open source | python | DHT | |||
| Free download manager | 3.9.3 Build 1360 | October 25, 2013 | Windows | Open source | C ++ | DHT | |||
| FrostWire | 6.8.4.292 | January 31, 2020 | platform independent | Open source ( GPL ) | Java | Adware (can be deselected) | DHT , UDP tracker support, magnet links | ||
| Halite | 0.4.0.4 | 20th December 2015 | Windows | Open Source ( MIT License ) | C ++ | ||||
| K torrent | 5.1.2 | 1st September 2019 | platform independent | Open source ( GPL ) | C ++ | HTTP | DHT , UDP tracker support, magnet links | ||
| Lftp | 4.9.1 | January 15, 2020 | Mac OS X , Linux | Open source ( GPL ) | C ++ | FTP , HTTP , SFTP , FISH | Fast, DHT , PEX, multi-tracker, metadata, magnet links . | ||
| MLDonkey | 3.1.5 | March 22, 2014 | platform independent | Open source ( GPL ) | Objective CAML | eDonkey2000 , Overnet , eMule- Kademlia , FastTrack , FTP , gnutella , Gnutella2 | DHT | ||
| Opera | 11.64 | May 10, 2012 | platform independent | Closed source | C ++ | free | Web browser with integrated BitTorrent client | ||
| qBittorrent | 4.2.1 | 17th December 2019 | Linux , Solaris, Mac OS X , Unix , Windows | Open source ( GPL ) | C ++ | free | DHT , magnet links | Based on the libtorrent library | |
| rTorrent | 0.9.8 | 19th July 2019 | Linux , Unix | GPL | C ++ | free | DHT , UDP tracker support | console | |
| Shareaza | 2.7.10.2 | 18th September 2017 | Windows | Open source ( GPL ) | C ++ | free |
Gnutella2 (G2), gnutella eDonkey2000 (eMule network), HTTP , FTP |
DHT , UDP tracker support, source search via G2 , cross- network swarming, PEX, TEX |
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| TorrentFlux | 2.4 | June 18, 2008 | platform independent | GPL | Python , PHP | Uses MySQL ; web-based | |||
| transmission | 2.94 | 1st May 2018 | platform independent (Cocoa / GTK / Qt) | Open Source ( MIT License / GPL ) | C. | free | DHT ; PEX | A console version is also available (transmissioncli) | |
| Vuze (formerly: Azureus) | 5.3 | February 10, 2014 | platform independent | Open source | Java | Adware / Browser Extensions / Bars | DHT | By plug-ins expandable | |
| µTorrent | 3.5.5.45574 | February 12, 2020 | Windows | proprietary ( freeware ) | C ++ | Adware (can be deselected) | DHT , UDP tracker support | ||
| 1.8.4 Build 30291 | 1. November 2013 | Mac OS X | |||||||
| 3.3 Build 30470 | March 25, 2014 | Linux |