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uTorrent (µTorrent)
Free with limited functionality by BitTorrent Inc |
- Mac
- Windows
µTorrent (a.k.a uTorrent or MicroTorrent) is a lightweight BitTorrent client that includes standard features such as bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT. Additionally, µT ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: Portable, p2p, torrent, bittorrent, bittorrent-client, torrent-client +2 more, peer-to-peer, microtorrent

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Transmission
Open Source by Transmission Project |
- Mac
- Linux
Transmission has the features you expect in a BitTorrent client: encryption, a web-based interface, peer exchange, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding, web seed support, watch directories, tracker editing, global and per-to ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: torrent, bittorrent-client, torrent-client

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Miro
Open Source by Participatory Culture Foundation |
Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is a free and open source internet TV application, media library, and video player. Through Miro, you can subscribe to any RSS feed, podcast, or video blog and explore hundreds of free ch ...

Categories: Audio & Music, File Sharing, Video Tags: video, youtube, torrent, youtube-downloader, app-store, podcast, bittorrent +12 more, video-player, music-library, video-downloader, bittorrent-client, media-library, fullscreen, libtorrent, internet-tv, podcast-catcher, android-market, android-sync, amazon-mp3

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Deluge
Open Source by Deluge Team |
Deluge is a full-featured BitTorrent client for Linux, Unix and Windows. It is written in python, uses libtorrent (rasterbar) at its core and GTK for the main user interface along with web and console interfaces for adva ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: Portable, torrent, bittorrent-client, torrent-client, libtorrent +1 more, torrent-create

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Vuze (Azureus)
Free with limited functionality by Vuze Development Team |
Vuze (formerly Azureus) is a free BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to bittorrenting, Vuze allows users to view, publi ...

Categories: File Sharing, Security & Privacy, Video Tags: video-converter, antivirus, torrent, bittorrent, video-player +4 more, bittorrent-client, torrent-client, search-torrent, dvd-burning

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eMule
Open Source by Merkur & eMule-Team |
- Windows
eMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows. Connects to the eDonkey network and the Kad network.

Category: File Sharing Tags: file-sharing, p2p, edonkey, kad

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qBittorrent
Open Source by Christophe Dumez |
qBittorrent is the closest open source equivalent to µTorrent. qBittorrent is based on Qt4 toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar. It offers an Ajax-webinterface, integrated search, supports DHT, Peer Exchange, Magnet-Lin ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: file-sharing, p2p, torrent, bittorrent, bittorrent-client, torrent-client +5 more, peer-to-peer, search-torrent, libtorrent, integrated-search, torrent-download

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FrostWire
Open Source by Frostwire |
FrostWire is a fork of the LimeWire PRO Gnutella/Bittorrent client. The purpose of FrostWire is to keep and maintain the freedoms that LimeWire LLC may be forced to withdraw. Share any type of file on Gnutella and the Bi ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: file-sharing, p2p, gnutella, limewire

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KTorrent
Open Source |
- Windows
- Linux
KTorrent is a bittorrent application for KDE which allows you to download files using the BitTorrent protocol. It enables you to run multiple torrents at the same time and comes with extended features to make it a full-f ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: torrent, bittorrent-client, kde

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aMule
Open Source |
aMule is an opensource alternative to eMule: aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the Kad Network, offering similar features to eMule and adding others such as Geo ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: file-sharing, p2p

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BitTorrent
Free by BitTorrent, Inc. |
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer program developed by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. used for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent was the first client written for the protocol. It is ofte ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: file-sharing, p2p, torrent, bittorrent, bittorrent-client, torrent-client +2 more, peer-to-peer, bit-torrent

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Soulseek
Free by Soulseek |
- Mac
- Windows
Soulseek® is a unique ad-free, spyware free, and just plain free file sharing application. One of the things that makes Soulseek® unique is our community and community-related features. Based on peer-to-peer te ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: file-sharing, community, p2p, peer-to-peer, soulseek, slsk

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rTorrent
Open Source by Jari Sundell |
- Mac
- Linux
rtorrent is a BitTorrent client for ncurses, using the libtorrent library. The client and library is written in C++ with emphasis on speed and efficiency, while delivering equivalent features to those found in GUI based ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: torrent, bittorrent-client, libtorrent

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Shareaza
Open Source by Shareaza Development Team |
- Windows
Shareaza is the most luxurious and sophisticated file sharing system you'll find. It can harness the power of up to four separate peer-to-peer networks, including EDonkey2000, Gnutella, BitTorrent and Shareaza's ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: p2p, torrent, gnutella

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BearShare

Our admins has flagged this application as 'suspicious'. Be careful if you decide to use it.
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Tribler
Open Source by The Tribler Team |
Tribler is an application that enables its users to find, enjoy and share content. With content we mean video, audio, pictures, and much more. Tribler has three goals in helping you, the user: find, consume and share con ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: file-sharing, p2p, torrent, bittorrent-client, torrent-client +4 more, peer-to-peer, torrents, integrated-search, torrent-download

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BitComet
Free for personal use |
- Windows
BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download management software, which is powerful, and easy-to-use. It contains many advanced features that can accelerate your downloading up to 5 - 10 times faster, or even more.

Category: File Sharing Tags: p2p, torrent, bittorrent, bittorrent-client, torrent-client +2 more, download-torrent, bit-comet

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Tixati
Free for personal use by Tixati Software inc. |
- Windows
- Linux
Tixati is a peer-to-peer file sharing program that uses the popular BitTorrent protocol. This protocol allows many peers to form a cooperative swarm and download very large files with great efficiency.Tixati is one of th ...

Category: File Sharing Tags: torrent-client, peer-to-peer, bit-torrent, peer2peer

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Cabos
Open Source by heavy_baby |
- Mac
- Windows
Cabos is a free Gnutella file sharing program. It is based on LimeWire's source code, and has a similar feel in terms of interface. It lacks the chat and library features found in LimeWire.

Category: File Sharing Tags: file-sharing, p2p, gnutella

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Halite
Open Source by Eóin O'Callaghan |
- Windows
Halite (named after the mineral) is a C++ BitTorrent client based on the excellent libtorrent library from Rasterbar Software. The program also relies heavily on the Boost libraries.

Category: File Sharing Tags: torrent, bittorrent-client, libtorrent

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uTorrent (µTorrent)

Transmission

Miro

Deluge

Vuze (Azureus)

eMule

qBittorrent

FrostWire

KTorrent

aMule

BitTorrent

Soulseek

rTorrent

Shareaza

BearShare

Tribler

BitComet

Tixati

Cabos

Halite

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