MakeTorrent Alternatives

MakeTorrent has been discontinued. Similar apps include hTorrentCreator, which is free and open source. Other options are Online Torrent Creator, torrentfile-cli, mktorrent and py3createtorrent. In total there are nine apps like MakeTorrent for Windows, Linux, Mac and the web.

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MakeTorrent alternatives page was last updated Sep 25, 2025

hTorrentCreator
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An open source torrent creator coded in Visual Basic 2010. It's an easy-to-use torrent creator compatible with Windows XP or newer.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
Windows
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Online Torrent Creator
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Create torrent files directly in your web browser, without downloading any programs.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Online
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torrentfile-cli
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Bittorrent Protocol v1 & v2 metafile creator, checker, editor, builder, reviewer. Assemble .torrent files from the command line.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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mktorrent
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mktorrent is a simple command line utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files. It has been tested on Linux, OSX, MinGW, OpenBSD and SunOS, but should work on many other POSIX compliant operating systems.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
Denmark
EU
Platforms
Linux
Denmark
EU
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py3createtorrent
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py3createtorrent is a comprehensive shell/commandline utility for creating torrents (Linux & Windows). It's a GPL-licensed Python v3.1 script.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Windows
Linux
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qMakeTorrent
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an advanced torrent file creator with batch functionality, powered by libtorrent-rasterbar
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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Torrent Webseed Creator
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Webseeded torrent creator using GitHub Actions.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MPL-2.0)
Platforms
GitHub
Online
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torrenttools
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torrenttools is a modern feature-rich command line tool for creating, inspecting and modifying BitTorrent metafiles.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
Belgium
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Belgium
EU
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dottorrent-gui
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An advanced GUI torrent file creator with batch functionality, powered by PyQt and dottorrent.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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