Torrent Clients

TheEmperorArt10 appsUpdated Mar 28, 2023

Personal List of Best to Worse Torrent Clients.

Tree View Selector, Dark Mode, utorrent layout, Modern UI, Proxy, force re-check, update tracker, create a torrent, copy magnet, Stream Player, Windows Notification, Built-in search Total 12

qBittorrent
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Open-source, ad-free torrent client offering a polished user interface, integrated multi-site search, RSS support, remote web control, and cross-platform availability.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Torrent Client
Torrent Search Engine
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
AppImageHub
Snapcraft
Flathub
PortableApps.com
Haiku
Cloudron
+2
TheEmperorArt’s note
Pro: Tree View Selector, Dark Mode, utorrent layout, Modern UI, Proxy, force re-check, update tracker, create a torrent, copy magnet, Windows Notification = 10 Half: Built in search (only if you have Python installed) = 0.5 Con: No Stream Player Total = 10.5/12
BitLord
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BitLord is a BitTorrent client written in C++ for Microsoft Windows.

Features include the below: Automatic optimization for different connections. Automatic optimization of uploads to achieve the maximum possible download rate. Eliminates the wait for disk allocation.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Torrent Client
Torrent Search Engine
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Android
+4
TheEmperorArt’s note
Pro: utorrent layout, Modern UI, Proxy, force re-check, update tracker, create a torrent, copy magnet, Stream Player, Built-in search = 9 Half: Tree View Selector (sometimes doesn’t work) = 0.5 Con: No Windows Notification, no Dark Mode Total = 9.5/12
Tribler
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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 content.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Torrent Client
Torrent Streaming Service
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
TheEmperorArt’s note
Pro: Tree View Selector, Dark Mode, Modern UI, force re-check, copy magnet, create a torrent, Windows Notification, built in search = 8 Half: utorrent layout (very simplistic not a lot of info), Proxy (no icon to see if it’s working or not) = 1 Con: No Stream Player, No update tracker Total = 9/12
FrostWire
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FrostWire is a free, open source P2P BitTorrent file sharing application & cloud file downloader in one. It's a fork of LimeWire .
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Torrent Client
Torrent Search Engine
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
Android Tablet
Kindle Fire
+13
TheEmperorArt’s note
Frostwire Pro: Tree View Selector, utorrent layout, force re-check, update tracker, create a torrent, copy magnet, search torrent, windows notifications = 8 Half: Proxy (no icon to see if it’s working or not), old Mac UI = 1 Con: No Dark Mode, No Stream Player Total = 9/12
Tixati
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Tixati: Fast, Full Ad-free and ethical, lightweight torrent client with DHT/PEX/Magnet support. No ads, no tracking. Features bandwidth control, RSS, IP filtering & encryption. Both Standalone/Portable (no install). Uses minimal RAM/CPU.
Cost / License
Free Personal
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Torrent Client
Torrent Search Engine
Platforms
Windows
Linux
Android
+7
TheEmperorArt’s note
Pro: Tree View Selector, utorrent layout, Proxy, force re-check, update tracker, create a torrent, copy magnet, Windows Notification = 8 Half: Dark Mode (Partially), Basic UI and Win95UI = 1 Cons: No Built-in search, No Stream Player, Total = 9/12
PicoTorrent
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PicoTorrent is a tiny BitTorrent client for Windows with low memory usage, high performance and a native user interface. No ads, carefully selected features, and a native user interface integrating seamlessly with your desktop.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Torrent Client
Platforms
Windows
TheEmperorArt’s note
Pro: Tree View, utorrent layout, Simple Windows UI, Windows Notification, force re-check, update tracker, create a torrent = 7 Half: Proxy (no icon to see if it’s working or not) = 0.5 Con: No Dark Mode, No Stream Player, No copy magnet, no built in search Total = 7.5/12
BitComet
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BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download client with support for modern BitTorrent features, long-term seeding, intelligent disk cache and video preview of downloaded files.
Cost / License
Free Personal
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Torrent Client
Download Manager
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Android
TheEmperorArt’s note
Pro: Tree View Selector, utorrent layout, update tracker, create a torrent, copy magnet, Windows Notification, force re-check, = 7 Half: Old Style UI, = 0.5 Cons: no dark mode, Built-in search, Stream Player, Dark Mode, Total = 7.5/12
BiglyBT
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Source for BiglyBT, a feature filled, open source, ad-free, bittorrent client. BiglyBT is forked from the original project and is being maintained by two of the original developers as well as members of the community.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Torrent Client
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
BSD
+7
TheEmperorArt’s note
Pro: utorrent layout, update tracker, Tree View, force re-check, = 4 Half: Stream Player (only audio plays), Proxy Socks only = 1 Cons: Mac + Xp UI mix, no Dark Mode, no Windows Notification, no Built-in search, create a torrent, copy magnet Total = 5/12
Envy
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P2P Filesharing and BitTorrent client. Polished dev fork of Shareaza supporting Gnutella (LimeWire), G2 (Shareaza), eDonkey2000 (eMule), and more networks. Highly customizable, skinnable, and translatable with 30 languages.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Torrent Client
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Platforms
Windows
TheEmperorArt’s note
Pro: Dark Mode, copy magnet, update tracker, create a torrent = 4 Half: Basic UI/Win7 = 0.5 Cons: No Tree View Selector, No utorrent layout, No windows notifications, No Proxy, No force re-check, No Built-in search, No copy magnet, No Stream Player Total = 4.5/12
Transmission
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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-torrent speed limits, and more.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Torrent Client
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Flathub
PortableApps.com
Haiku
Cloudron
Xfce
Snapcraft
+3
TheEmperorArt’s note
Pro: force re-check, update tracker, copy magnet = 3 Half: Basic UI = 0.5 Cons: No Tree View Selector, No Dark Mode, No utorrent layout, No create a torrent, No Stream Player, No Built-in search, No Windows Notification Total = 3.5/12