Transmission Alternatives

Apps similar to Transmission include qBittorrent, which is free and open source. Other options are µTorrent, Deluge, aria2 and Free Download Manager. There's no shortage of Torrent Clients like Transmission, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and the web.

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  1. BitComet icon

    BitComet

     32 likes

    BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download client with support for modern BitTorrent features, long-term seeding, intelligent disk cache and video preview of downloaded files.

    76 BitComet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning
    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    Main UI
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  2. rqbit icon

    rqbit

     1 like

    rqbit is a bittorrent client written entirely in Rust. Has HTTP API and Web UI, and can be used as a library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Self-Hosted
    • Windows
    rqbit screenshot 1
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  4. BitLord icon

    BitLord

     25 likes

    BitLord is a BitTorrent client written in C++ for Microsoft Windows.

    Features include the below: Automatic optimization for different connections. Automatic optimization of uploads to achieve the maximum possible download rate. Eliminates the wait for disk allocation.

    61 BitLord alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • NO flagNorway
    BitLord screenshot 1
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  5. CuteTorrent icon

    CuteTorrent

     14 likes

    CuteTorrent is a lightweight BitTorrent client with a simple, intuitive interface designed to quickly download and share torrent files. At the heart of its core resides the powerful libtorrent BitTorrent library.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main view
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  6. BitSpirit icon

    BitSpirit

     10 likes

    BitSpirit is a very powerful and easy-to-use BitTorrent client that provides not only full BitTorrent protocol implementation but also many personalization features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • US flagUnited States
    Main UI
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  8. Shareaza icon

    Shareaza

     35 likes

    Shareaza is the most luxurious and sophisticated file sharing system you'll find. It can harness the power of up to four separate peer-to-peer networks, including EDonkey2000, Gnutella, BitTorrent and Shareaza's native network, Gnutella2.

    71 Shareaza alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
    Shareaza screenshot 1
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  9. T

    Torrentor!

     1 like

    Torrentor is a torrent client for the haiku operating system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Haiku
    Torrentor! screenshot 1
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  10. iTorrent (XITRIX) icon

    iTorrent (XITRIX)

     3 likes

    Torrent client for iOS 16+.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. TrguiNG icon

    TrguiNG

     2 likes

    TrguiNG is an alternative UI for controlling transmission torrent daemon running on the same machine or any other host that has exposed transmission rpc endpoint.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Windows
    • Mac
    TrguiNG screenshot 1
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  12. LIII BitTorrent Client icon

    LIII BitTorrent Client

     7 likes

    Download LIII BitTorrent Client latest version 0.1.0.10 : LIII is a BitTorrent Client with small resource footprint and incredibly easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    LIII BitTorrent Client screenshot 1
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  13. E

    exatorrent

     1 like

    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 .

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    exatorrent screenshot 1
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  14. Orion - BitTorrent Client and Streamer icon

    Orion - BitTorrent Client and Streamer

     1 like

    Orion is a powerful, lightweight, fast bittorrent client, with beautiful user experience and fastest video and audio streaming capabilities.

    39 Orion - BitTorrent Client and Streamer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • IN flagIndia
    Private Torrent Search engine plugin for Orion.
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