| Torrents make for one of the most popular and best ways to share large files. Moreover, you can't just share them with friends, you share them with the entire world. There are a plethora of pretty neat torrent clients for Linux out there. So which ones deserve your attention? |  |
We have compiled a list of 10 top Torrent Clients for Linux:
1. Deluge
-Written in: Python and C++
-Library: libtorrent (Rasterbar version)
-Interface: GUI (GTK), Web, CLI, Daemon
-Encryption: Yes
-Mainline DHT: Yes
-Magnet link: Yes
-Peer Exchange: Yes
-UPnP: Yes
-NAT: Yes
-Runs on headless machines, user-interfaces can connect remotely from any platform.
2. KTorrent
-Written in: C++
-Library: libktorrent
-Interface: GUI(Qt),Web,CLI (poor)
-Encryption: Yes
-Mainline DHT: Yes
-Magnet link: Yes
-Peer Exchange: Yes
-UPnP: Yes
-NAT: Yes
-Considered the most powerful BitTorrent client for KDE.
3. Transmission
-Written in: C++
-Interface: GUI (GTK,Qt,Mac),CLI,Web
-Encryption: Yes
-Mainline DHT: Yes
-Magnet link: Yes
-Peer Exchange: Yes
-UPnP: Yes
-NAT: Yes
-Has the lowest memory footprint of any major BitTorrent client out there.
4. Vuze
-Written in: Java
-Interface: GUI(Java), CLI(poor), web
-Encryption: Yes
-Mainline DHT: Yes
-Magnet link: Yes
-Peer Exchange: Yes
-UPnP: Yes
-NAT: Yes
-Considered the most future rich torrent client for Linux.
5. QBitTorrent
-Written in: C++
-Based on: libtorrent (Rasterbar)
-Interface: GUI(Qt), CLI(poor), Web
-Encryption: Yes
-Mainline DHT: Yes
-Magnet link: Yes
-Peer Exchange: Yes
-UPnP: Yes
-NAT: Yes
-Free Software alternative to µtorrent.
6. BitStormLite
-Written in: C++
-Interface: GUI(GTK)
-Encryption: No
-Mainline DHT: No
-Magnet link: No
-Peer Exchange: No
-UPnP: No
-NAT: No
-Alternative to the classical bittorrent client for GNOME.
7. rtorrent
-Written in: C++
-Library: libtorrent(Rakshasa)
-Interface: CLI
-Encryption: Yes
-Mainline DHT: Yes
-Magnet link: Yes
-Peer Exchange: Yes
-UPnP: No
-NAT: No
-Seeds at 3 times the speed of the official client on high-bandwidth connections.
8. ctorrent
-Written in: C++
-Interface: CLI
-Encryption: Yes
-Magnet link:Yes
-UPnP:No
-NAT: No
-Lightweight and quick.
9. aria2
-Written in: C++
-Interface: CLI, Web
-Encryption: Yes
-Mainline DHT: Yes
-Magnet link: Yes
-Peer Exchange: Yes
-UPnP: No
-NAT: No
-No need to wait for the current download queue to finish one file at a time, it utilises your maximum download bandwidth and downloads files quickly.
10. torrentflux
-Written in: C++
-Library: BitTornado
-Interface: Web
-Encryption: Yes
-Mainline DHT: No
-Magnet link: No
-Peer Exchange: No
-UPnP: Yes
-NAT: No
-Open source package developed for Linux, Unix and BSD platforms on the LAMP stack.
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