Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
aria2 is described as 'Multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility' and is a very popular Torrent Client in the file sharing category. There are more than 100 alternatives to aria2 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best aria2 alternative is qBittorrent, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like aria2 are Transmission, µTorrent, Deluge and Wget.
JSTorrent runs anywhere you have Chrome installed because it runs in pure JavaScript. Can be bought from the Chrome Web Store for a small fee or installed for free from their GitHub repo.


Turbo Torrent an Ad-free & Open Source torrent downloader available for Android with inbuild torrent tracker and IP address checker.




lftp is a command-line file transfer program which besides FTP, also supports FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, HFTP, FISH, and SFTP. A BitTorrent client is also built-in as torrent command.




Download files using curl or wget. This addon generates curl/wget commands that emulate the request as though it's coming from your browser allowing you to download protected files directly to a separate machine (e.g. server).

MDownloader is a tiny application designed for downloading files available at the most popular file hosting servers. The .NET alternative to the java based jDownloader.
wxDownload Fast (also known as wxDFast) is an open source download manager. It is multi-platform and builds on Windows(2k,XP), Linux and Mac OS X(binary still not available). Besides that, it is a multi-threaded download manager.

A minimal BitTorrent client. It wont have all the pretty features that other torrent apps have, but focuses on low memory and cpu usage. Because it was written in C++, you dont get the high memory requirements of Java or high CPU usage of Python.


BitTorrent Client written in Go. It can be run locally or be hosted in Remote Server with good resources to use that Server as SeedBox. It is Single Completely Statically Linked Binary with Zero External Dependencies .




ßTorrent is a fully-featured WebTorrent browser client written in Jade, CoffeeScript and Sass.
