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Transmission

Transmission has the features you expect in a BitTorrent client: encryption, a web-based interface... Created by Transmission Project

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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.

Transmission is listed in

ubuntu18.04GUI, Windows 10 selections, Best Personal Media Apps, Mattved's Toolkit, and Lightweight Torrent Client

Apps for Transmission

Transmission is also a platform with 1 apps listed on AlternativeTo. Browse all 1 apps for Transmission.

Links to official Transmission sites

Official Website GitHub

Features

Command Line support File-sync Lightweight Portable Remote desktop Remote Management Add a feature

Categories

Backup & Sync File Sharing Network & Admin

Tags

bittorrent-client file-sharing torrent-client torrent-download

Transmission was added by Stuck in Oct 2008 and the latest update was made in Dec 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Apr 2019. It's possible to update the information on Transmission or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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Transmission Comments

Official version for Windows!

Comment by Danilo_Venom

about Transmission and Transmission-Qt Win · Mar 2016 · Helpful Not helpful 6 Helpful Report as spam

An official version of Transmission for Windows (2.92) is finally available.
It is not on the project website yet, but in their GitHub page

[Edited by Venom88, October 16]

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Comment by Romani

about Transmission · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

Very good as linux daemon - internal WebGui support, goof speed, No resource hogging. Gui, maybe, too simple, but OK

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