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Comparison of BitTorrent clients
The following is a general comparison of BitTorrent clients, which are computer programs designed for peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol.[1]
The BitTorrent protocol coordinates segmented file transfer among peers connected in a swarm. A BitTorrent client enables a user to exchange data as a peer in one or more swarms. Because BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer communications protocol that does not need a server, the BitTorrent definition of client differs from the conventional meaning expressed in the client–server model.[1]
Bram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol, made the first BitTorrent client, which he also called BitTorrent, and published it in July 2001.[2]
Many BitTorrent programs are open-source software; others are freeware, adware or shareware. Some download managers, such as FlashGet and GetRight, are BitTorrent-ready. Opera 12, a web browser, can also transfer files via BitTorrent.
In 2013 Thunder Networking Technologies publicly revealed that some of their employees surreptitiously distributed a Trojan horse with certain releases of Xunlei, the company's BitTorrent-ready download manager.[3][4] Xunlei is included in the comparison tables.
Applications edit
General edit
| Name | Developer | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Date | |||||
| BitComet | BitComet Development Group | macOS | 2.05[5] | 2023-11-28 | Proprietary, Adware | [a] |
| Windows | 2.05[5] | 2023-11-28 | ||||
| BitLord | House of Life | macOS | 2.4.6-348 | 2019-10-24 | Proprietary, Adware | [b] |
| Windows | 2.4.6-358[6] | 2022-08-26 | ||||
| BitTorrent | BitTorrent | Android | 8.2.1[7] | 2024-03-20 | Proprietary, Adware | |
| macOS | 7.4.3.45549[8] | 2020-05-20 | ||||
| Windows | 7.11.0.46555[9] | 2022-11-22 | ||||
| Deluge | various | BSD | 2.1.1[10] | 2022-07-10 | GPL-3.0-or-later[11] | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Solaris | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| FlashGet | Trend Media | Windows | 3.7.0.1220[12] | 2013-05-17 | Proprietary | [c] |
| Free Download Manager | alervd | Android | 6.19.0.5156[13] | 2023-03-13 | Proprietary | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| FrostWire | The FrostWire Project | Android | 2.6.2(708)[14] | 2022-10-19 | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| Linux | 6.9.10(315)[15] | 2022-10-27 | ||||
| macOS | 6.9.10(315)[15] | 2022-10-27 | ||||
| Windows | 6.9.10(315)[15] | 2022-10-27 | ||||
| KGet | KDE | BSD | 22.12.0[16] | 2022-12-08 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
| Linux | ||||||
| KTorrent | Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić | BSD | 23.08.3[17][18] | 2023-11-09 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Lftp | Alexander V. Lukya | BSD | 4.9.1[19][20] | 2020-01-15 | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| LimeWire | Lime Wire LLC | Linux | 5.5.16 | 2010-10-26 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Miro | Participatory Culture Foundation | Linux | 6.0[21] | 2013-04-05 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| MLDonkey | MLDonkey Project | BSD | 3.1.7[22] | 2020-06-21 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| MorphOS | ||||||
| Solaris | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| μTorrent | BitTorrent | Android | 8.2.2[23] | 2024-03-21 | Proprietary, Adware | [d] |
| macOS | 1.8.7.45548[25] | 2020-01-30 | ||||
| Windows | 3.6.0.47006[26] | 2024-01-11 | ||||
| Opera 12 | Opera Software | FreeBSD | 12.16 | Proprietary | [e] | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Solaris | ||||||
| Windows | 12.17 | |||||
| qBittorrent | Christophe Dumez | BSD | 4.6.4[27] | 2024-03-23 | GPL-2.0-or-later[11] | |
| Linux | ||||||
| Haiku | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| OS/2 | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| rTorrent | Jari Sundell | BSD | 0.9.8[28] | 2019-07-19 | GPL-2.0-or-later[11] | [f] |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Solaris | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Robert | Sponge, co-developer of I2P | BSD | 0.0.40 | 2013 | GPL | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Shareaza | Shareaza Development Team | Windows | 2.7.10.2[29] | 2017-09-18 | GPL-2.0-or-later | [g] |
| Tixati | Kevin Hearn | Linux | Proprietary | [h] | ||
| Windows | ||||||
| Tonido | CodeLathe | BSD | 14.90.0.34030 | 2017-01-13 | Proprietary | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Transmission | various | BSD | 4.0.5[30] | 2023-12-06 | GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only[31][11] MIT[32] | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| OpenWrt | ||||||
| Solaris | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Tribler | The Tribler Team | Android | 7.13.3[33] | 2024-03-13 | GPL-3.0-only | [i] |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Vuze[j] | Vuze | Android | 5.7.6.0[35] | 2017-11-02 | Proprietary (platform) GPL-2.0-or-later (core engine) Adware | [k] |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Xunlei | Thunder Networking Technologies | Android | 7.53.0.8245[36] | 2022-10-11 | Proprietary, Adware | |
| iOS | 1.5.8[37] | 2022-09-29 | ||||
| macOS | 5.0.2.65551[38] | 2022-06-16 | ||||
| Windows | 11.3.16.1974[39] | 2022-10-10 | ||||
| Name | Developer | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
| Version | Date | |||||
Operating system support edit
| BitTorrent client | Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux | BSD | iOS | Android | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BitComet | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| BitLord | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| BitTorrent | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[40] | No |
| Deluge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Solaris |
| FlashGet | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Frostwire | Yes[41] | Yes[41] | Yes[41] | Yes[41] | No[41] | Yes[41] | Unix-like[41] z/OS[42] Solaris OS/2 eComStation ArcaOS[43] |
| KGet | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| KTorrent | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Lftp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| LimeWire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes [specify] |
| Miro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| MLDonkey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Solaris MorphOS |
| μTorrent | Yes | Yes | Web | No | No | Yes[44] | No |
| Opera 12 | Yes[l] | Yes | Yes[l] | Yes[l] | No | Yes[citation needed] | Solaris |
| qBittorrent | Yes[45] | Yes[45] | Yes[45] | Yes[45] | No[45] | No[46] | OS/2[m] FreeBSD Haiku[45] |
| Robert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| rTorrent | Yes[n] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Solaris |
| Shareaza | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Tixati | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Tonido | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Transmission | Yes [l] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[o] | Yes | Solaris |
| Tribler | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Vuze | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[48] | No |
| Xunlei | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes[citation needed] | No |
| Name | Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux | BSD | iOS | Android | Other |
Interface and programming edit
| BitTorrent client | GUI | Remote | CLI | Other | Programming language | Based on | IPv6 | μTP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BitComet | Yes | Yes | Partial[49] | No | C++ | - | Yes | No |
| BitLord | Yes | No | No | No | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | No |
| BitTorrent 5, Mainline | Yes | No | Partial | No | Python | - | No | No |
| Deluge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Daemon | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes[50] |
| FlashGet | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | No |
| Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
| Frostwire | Yes | No | No | No | Java | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | Yes[51] |
| KGet | Yes | Yes | Partial[p] | No | C++ | - | Yes | No |
| KTorrent | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | C++ | - | Yes | Yes[52] |
| LimeWire | Yes | No | No | No | Java | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
| Miro | Yes | No | No | No | C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
| MLDonkey | No | Third Party[53] | Partial | Telnet | OCaml | - | No | No |
| μTorrent | Yes | Yes | No[54] | RESTful Web API[55] | C++[56] | - | Yes[57] | Yes[58] |
| Opera 12 | Yes | No | No | No | C++ | - | Yes | No |
| qBittorrent | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes[59] |
| rTorrent | No | Third Party | Yes | SCGI | C++ | libTorrent (Rakshasa) | Yes[60] | No |
| Shareaza | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | C++ | - | No | No |
| Tixati | Yes | Yes | No | Web interface | C++ | - | Yes | Yes[61] |
| Tonido | No | Yes | No | No | C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
| Transmission | Yes | Yes | Yes | Daemon, JSON-RPC over HTTP remote control API | C++ (rewritten from C), Objective-C | libtransmission | Yes | Yes[62] |
| Tribler | Yes | Partial | Partial | No | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | Yes |
| Vuze[j] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Telnet, XML over HTTP remote control API | Java, SWT | - | Yes | Yes[63] |
| Xunlei | Yes | No | No | remote control over internet[64] | C++ | - | No | No |
| BitTorrent client | GUI | Web | CLI | Other | Programming language | Based on | IPv6 | μTP |
Features I edit
| BitTorrent client | Protocol version | Magnet URI (BEP 9) | Preload Magnet metadata[q] (BEP 9) | Super-seeding (BEP 16) | Embedded tracker | UPnP[65] | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal[66] (BEP 55) | DHT protocol[67] (BEP 5) | Peer exchange(PEX) (BEP 11) | Encryption | UDP tracker (BEP 15) | LPD (BEP 14) | Proxy server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BitComet | 1, 2 | Yes | No | Yes | Separate download | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | HTTP 1.1, SOCKS4-4a-5 |
| BitLord | 1 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HTTP 1.1, SOCKS4-4a-5 |
| BitTorrent 5, Mainline | 1 | No | No | No | Yes[r] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Deluge | 1 | Yes | Partial[s] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HTTP(S), SOCKS4-5 |
| FlashGet | 1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Free Download Manager | 1 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| KTorrent | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | HTTP, SOCKS4-5 |
| LimeWire | 1 | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| MLDonkey | 1 | Yes[68] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| μTorrent | 1 | Yes | Yes[69] | Yes[70] | Yes[71] | Yes[72] | Yes | Yes[73] | Yes[t] | Yes[u] | Yes[74] | Yes | Yes[75] | HTTP(S), SOCKS4-5 |
| Opera 12 | 1 | No | No | No | Yes[76] | No | No | No | No | Yes[77] | No | No | No | No |
| qBittorrent | 1, 2[78] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HTTP(S), SOCKS4-5[v] |
| rTorrent | 1 | Yes[79] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[80] | No |
| Shareaza | 1 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[w] | Yes | No | Yes[x] | No | No |
| Tixati | 1, 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [y] |
| Tonido | 1 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Transmission | 1, 2[81] | Yes | Patch available[82][83][84] | No | No | Yes | Yes | No[85] | Yes | Yes[z] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[86] |
| Tribler | 1 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [aa] |
| Vuze[j] | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[ab] | Yes[ac] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Plugin | HTTP(S)?, SOCKS4-4a-5 |
| Xunlei | 1 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | HTTP, SOCKS5, FTP |
| BitTorrent client | Protocol version | Magnet URI | Preload Magnet metadata | Super-seeding | Embedded tracker | UPnP | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal | DHT | Peer exchange | Encryption | UDP tracker | LPD | Proxy server |
Features II edit
| BitTorrent client | Cache[ad] | Hash Web seeding | HTTP Web seeding[ambiguous] | Broad-catching (RSS) (BEP 36) | Prioritization | Selective downloads (BEP 53) | Sequential downloading | SOCKS | Tracker exchange (BEP 7) | Remote control via web | Search engine (BEP 18) | Auto updates | Reviews and Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BitComet | Yes | No | Yes[87] | Beta | Yes | Yes | Yes[ae] | Yes | No | Yes | Partial[af] | Yes | No |
| BitLord | Yes | No | Partial [ag][ah] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Partial[af] | Yes | No |
| BitTorrent 5, Mainline | No | Yes | Partial [ah] | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Deluge | Yes | Yes | Partial [ag] | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | via PMS | No |
| FlashGet | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Free Download Manager | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Optional | No |
| KTorrent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial[af] | via PMS | No | |
| LimeWire | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| MLDonkey | Yes | No | 3rd party bash script | Yes | No | No | No[88] | No | Yes | Partial[af] | via PMS | No | |
| μTorrent | Yes | Yes[89] | Partial [ah] | Yes[90] | Yes[91] | Yes | Yes[ai] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Opera 12 | No | No | Yes[aj] | No | No | No | No | No | No | Partial[af] | Yes[ak] | No | |
| qBittorrent | Yes | Yes | Partial [ag] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[al] | Yes | Yes | via PMS | No |
| rTorrent | Partial | No | No | 3rd party utility [92] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | via PMS | No |
| Shareaza | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes[am] | in mod client | No | Yes [an][93][ao] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Tixati | Yes | Yes | Partial [ag][ap][ah] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Tonido | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Transmission | Yes | No | Partial [ah][aq] | No | Yes | No[94] | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Tribler | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | Yes (DHT)[95] | Yes | No |
| Vuze[j] | Yes | Yes[96] | Yes | Yes | Yes | in paid version [97] | Yes | No | Plugin[ar] | Yes | Yes | Yes[98] | |
| Xunlei | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
| BitTorrent client | Cache | Hash Web seeding | HTTP Web seeding | Broad-catching (RSS) | Prioritization | Selective downloads | Sequential downloading | SOCKS | Tracker exchange | Remote control via web | Search engine | Auto updates | Reviews and Comments |
Libraries edit
- General
| BitTorrent library | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Date | |||||
| libtorrent (Rasterbar) | 8 September 2005[99] | Linux | 2.0.9,[100] 1.2.19[101] | 2023-05-22; 2023-05-22 | BSD-3-Clause | |
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| MonoTorrent | September 2006 | Linux | 2.0.7[102] | 2022-12-23 | MIT | |
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | 15 July 2004[103] | Linux | 0.13.8[104] | 2019-07-19 | GPL-2.0-or-later[as] | [at] |
| macOS | ||||||
| BitTorrent library | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
| Version | Date | |||||
- Operating system support and programming language
| BitTorrent library | GNU/Linux | Windows | macOS | API | Programming language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C++ |
| MonoTorrent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C# |
| rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | C++ |
| BitTorrent library | Linux | Windows | macOS | API | Programming language |
- Supported features 1
| BitTorrent library | Protocol version | Super-seeding | Tracker | UPnP[au] | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal[av] | DHT[aw] | Peer exchange | Encryption | UDP tracker | LPD | Fast extensions | Magnet URI | μTP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libtorrent (Rasterbar) | 1, 2[105] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[106] | Yes | Yes | Yes[107] |
| MonoTorrent | 1, 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | 1 | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| BitTorrent library | Protocol version | Super-seeding | Tracker | UPnP | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal | DHT | Peer exchange | Encryption | UDP tracker | LPD | Fast extensions | Magnet URI | μTP |
- Supported features 2
| BitTorrent library | Cache[ax] | Web seeding[ay] | WebTorrent | Broadcatching (RSS) | Prioritization | Selective downloads | SOCKS | Remote control via web | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| MonoTorrent | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | Partial | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| BitTorrent library | Cache | Web seeding | WebTorrent | Broadcatching (RSS) | Prioritization | Selective downloads | SOCKS | Remote control via web | Engine |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Portable version available.
- ^ Installs WhenU adware.
- ^ FlashGet (standalone application) is not FlashGot (Firefox Addon).
- ^ The option to disable ads is included in the settings.[24]
- ^ Web browser.
- ^ No built-in disk cache but a delayed sync.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fully distributed keyword search; integrated anti-spam measures.[34]
- ^ a b c d Formerly Azureus.
- ^ The only client to bridge between i2p and the clearnet.
- ^ a b c d x86-32 and x86-64 builds available
- ^ Including eComStation and ArcaOS.
- ^ Through Cygwin.[47]
- ^ Through Cydia.
- ^ Qdbus interface
- ^ For a torrent added from a Magnet link, obtain the list of files (and other metadata) before prompting the user for a download location.
- ^ Tracker included with Linux binaries and with source, but not with Windows binary.
- ^ 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.
- ^ μTorrent's DHT implementation 18 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine is the same as Mainline and BitComet's, but unfortunately this is incompatible with Azureus's implementation.
- ^ Exchanging with BT 6 and μTorrent clients (and now MooPolice).
- ^ v4.6.0 added (experimental) I2P support[59] to provide anonymity.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Since Shareaza v2.5.5.1 r9064.
- ^ Only with out going without DHT if anonymity required.
- ^ Exchanges with μTorrent and Azureus peers.
- ^ Uses P2P onion routing to provide anonymity.
- ^ Since version 2.5.0.2. It's UDP based, an experimental feature and only supported by other Azureus clients.
- ^ Has its own DHT, a mainline-DHT compatible implementation is available as plugin.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Called "preview mode" 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e Built-in Web browser.
- ^ a b c d Does not support HTTP redirection (status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307).
- ^ a b c d e Does not support HTTPS.
- ^ 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
- ^ Opera has a feed aggregator that displays feeds like emails.
- ^ Windows and Mac OS X only; via PMS on Linux.
- ^ Hard-coded as disabled in newer versions.
- ^ Since Shareaza v2.4.0.2 r7924.
- ^ Since Shareaza v2.5.3.1.
- ^ Shareaza also uses G2 to transmit download metadata, such as BitTorrent trackers to other G2 clients.
- ^ Support only base path ("url-list" path) redirection (message: "HTTP redirect does not match file path").
- ^ Adds HTTP referer header in request on HTTP redirection (useful behavior).
- ^ Provides a Java-based and a simple HTML/JS based WebUI.
- ^ With OpenSSL exception.
- ^ No built-in cache-disk cache but a delayed sync.
- ^ Automatically configure port forwarding (requires Router with UPnP support)
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Recently implemented (unofficial) web seeding feature, see HTTP-Based Seeding Specification 28 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
References edit
- ^ a b "Glossary". BitTorrent User Manual. San Francisco: BitTorrent, Inc. from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Cohen, Bram (2 July 2001). . Decentralization · Implications of the end-to-end principle. Yahoo! Groups. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Van Der Sar, Ernesto (14 October 2013). "Google-backed BitTorrent client spread malware to Windows PCs and Android devices". TorrentFreak. from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Gibbs, Samuel (15 October 2013). "Google-Backed File-Sharing Service Spreads Malware". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ a b Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.
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- ^ "BitTorrent- Torrent Downloads". 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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- ^ a b c d With OpenSSL exception.
- ^ . 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015.
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- ^ "Releases 22.12.0 2022-12-08". Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.
- ^ Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.
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