Deluge
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 advanced client/server...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- libtorrent
- Flathub
- Python
- FreeBSD
- Flatpak
- MacPorts
- Docker
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
- Configurable
Features
- Ad-free
- Windows Compatible
- Built-in Torrent client
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Web client
- IP Address Blacklist
- Portable
Tags
- Thin client
- torrent-create
- Xfce
- libtorrent
Deluge News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- POX added Deluge as alternative to Go Torrent Client
- braky updated Deluge
- u7741339 liked Deluge
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What is Deluge?
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 advanced client/server facility.
Deluge features a rich plugin collection; in fact, most of Deluge's functionality is available in the form of plugins.
Deluge was created with the intention of being lightweight and unobtrusive. It is our belief that downloading shouldn't be the primary task on your computer and therefore shouldn't monopolize system resources.
Deluge will work just fine across many desktop environments such as GNOME, KDE, XFCE and others.
Deluge information
Developed by
Deluge Team Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Rating
Average rating of 3.6Alternatives
71 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
One of the oldest clients and completely free, no annoying ads or anything. Works fast, easy to set up.
I've used and advocated Deluge for over a decade. As time has gone on, the quality of the software has significantly dropped, with massive catastrophic errors all over the place due to poor QA.
Where everything used to "just work" together with minimal config, now Deluge is a mess of non-specific errors. This means that not only is the software unreliable & unstable, but it won't tell you what's wrong with it, making troubleshooting impossible.
I cannot recommend anyone start using this now, as many major features (such as connecting to a daemon with a thin client) are broken beyond use with no fix in sight and no way to troubleshoot. I myself am looking for a replacement now since I can't take the appalling dev failures in recent years any more.
Thanks to Deluge, I now know Windows 11 @ some point, decided to block off access to my torrent program. If it stops working, it might be Microsoft's fault, not yours. Downloaded Python, tried to download Plugins and ended up with a new torrent program. As for quality, it's not the pretty girl in the class, but it works. That's what matters.
Lightweight, no bugs and open source.
it's simple, maintained, runs on mac, without ads. however I cannot use it as Deluge seems unable to browse my files/folders... and fails with Operation not permitted on every attempt to load a file.
BitTorrent protocol is overrated for games, programs and anything with updates.
This is not a review of the software in itself, but instead a criticism of bittorrent per se. As such, this does not belong as a comment on this software. Please take your meaningless gripes elsewhere.
it is 1 million times more customizeable than others; it has its limits and is sometimes a bit bogged-down, but for what you can do w/ it, it's the best.