BitTorrent Alternatives

BitTorrent is described as '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' and is a very popular Torrent Client in the file sharing category. There are more than 50 alternatives to BitTorrent for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best BitTorrent alternative is qBittorrent, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BitTorrent are Transmission, µTorrent, Deluge and Free Download Manager.

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BitTorrent alternatives page was last updated Sep 13, 2021
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  1. Arctic Torrent icon

    Arctic Torrent

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Arctic Torrent screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The last version (1.2.3) is from 2005.

    Arctic Torrent VS BitTorrent

     
  2. Gigatribe icon

    Gigatribe

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    Gigatribe allows you to share all your documents, movies, pictures, directly from your hard drive with your friends over the Internet.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Gigatribe screenshot 1

    Gigatribe Features

    1.  Peer-To-Peer

    Gigatribe VS BitTorrent

     
  4. Hadouken icon

    Hadouken

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    Hadouken is an open source BitTorrent client for Windows. It runs as a Windows Service and has a built-in web interface.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    List of torrents.
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer developed. Last version, 5.2, released in August 2015, can be still downloaded from GitHub.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Web-Based
    3.  Headless

    Hadouken VS BitTorrent

     
  5. Torrential icon

    Torrential

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    A speedy, no-frills torrent client. Comes with a sane set of default options and none of the overwhelming information you don't need.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • elementary OS
    Torrential screenshot 1

    Torrential Features

    1.  Gtk

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  6. Calypso icon

    Calypso

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    Calypso, formerly Kommute, is a cross platfrom file sharing client using the anonymous network MUTE. Developped using C++ and Qt. For windows and linux, portable to other environments. You can try it by following the installation instructions below.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    File search
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.24, released in May 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    Calypso Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Peer-To-Peer
    3.  Resume interrupted downloads
    4.  Multiple languages
    5.  Integrated Search
    6.  Tabbed interface

    Calypso VS BitTorrent

     

  7. Rapidbay

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    Rapid bay is a self hosted video service/torrent client that makes playing videos from torrents dead simple.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Rapidbay Features

    1.  Streaming

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    • Rapidbay is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to BitTorrent.

    • Rapidbay is Free and Open SourceBitTorrent is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. Quazaa icon

    Quazaa

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    Quazaa is a cross platform multi-network peer-to-peer file-sharing client based on Shareaza which will support Gnutella2, Ares, eDonkey2000, HTTP, FTP, and BitTorrent.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Quazaa screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, released in October 2013, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    Quazaa Features

    1.  Peer-To-Peer

    Quazaa VS BitTorrent

     
  10. aDownloader icon

    aDownloader

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    aDownloader is a native bit torrent (bittorrent/P2P) downloader for Android devices.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    aDownloader screenshot 1

    aDownloader VS BitTorrent

     
  11. Torrent Tornado icon

    Torrent Tornado

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    Torrent Tornado is a BitTorrent client for Firefox and SeaMonkey that allows users to download Torrents directly from their browser without any additional software.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • SeaMonkey
    • Firefox
    Torrent Tornado screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Unfortunately, WebExtensions does not have the functionality for the correct operation of this addon, so it will no longer work with the release of Firefox 57 in November 2017. The extension still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like Waterfox icon Waterfox and Pale Moon icon Pale Moon

    Torrent Tornado Features

    1.  Built-in Torrent client
    2.  Browser-based
    3.  Legacy Firefox Addon
    4.  Peer-To-Peer

    Torrent Tornado VS BitTorrent

     
  12. btpd icon

    btpd

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    Suckless BitTorrent Protocol Daemon.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Not updated since Apr 7, 2020

    btpd Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for Multitracker
    3.  Support for IPv6

    btpd VS BitTorrent

     
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