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The following is a general comparison of [[Glossary of BitTorrent terms#Client|BitTorrent clients]], which are [[Computer program|computer program]]s designed for [[Peer-to-peer file sharing|peer-to-peer file sharing]] using the [[Software:BitTorrent|BitTorrent protocol]].<ref name="btclient">{{cite book |author=<!-- no byline --> |title=BitTorrent User Manual |chapter=Glossary |chapter-url=http://www.bittorrent.com/help/manual/glossary#client |access-date=2 July 2013 |publisher=[[Software:BitTorrent|BitTorrent, Inc.]] |location=San Francisco |archive-date=28 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628015036/http://www.bittorrent.com/help/manual/glossary#client |url-status=live }}</ref> | The following is a general comparison of [[Glossary of BitTorrent terms#Client|BitTorrent clients]], which are [[Computer program|computer program]]s designed for [[Peer-to-peer file sharing|peer-to-peer file sharing]] using the [[Software:BitTorrent|BitTorrent protocol]].<ref name="btclient">{{cite book |author=<!-- no byline --> |title=BitTorrent User Manual |chapter=Glossary |chapter-url=http://www.bittorrent.com/help/manual/glossary#client |access-date=2 July 2013 |publisher=[[Software:BitTorrent|BitTorrent, Inc.]] |location=San Francisco |archive-date=28 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628015036/http://www.bittorrent.com/help/manual/glossary#client |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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The following is a general comparison of BitTorrent clients, which are computer programs designed for peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol.[1]
The BitTorrent protocol coordinates segmented file transfer among peers connected in a swarm. A BitTorrent client enables a user to exchange data as a peer in one or more swarms. Because BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer communications protocol that does not need a server, the BitTorrent definition of client differs from the conventional meaning expressed in the client–server model.[1]
Bram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol, made the first BitTorrent client, which he also called BitTorrent, and published it in July 2001.[2]
Many BitTorrent programs are open-source software; others are freeware, adware or shareware. Some download managers, such as FlashGet and GetRight, are BitTorrent-ready. Opera 12, a web browser, can also transfer files via BitTorrent.
In 2013 Thunder Networking Technologies publicly revealed that some of their employees surreptitiously distributed a Trojan horse with certain releases of Xunlei, the company's BitTorrent-ready download manager.[3][4] Xunlei is included in the comparison tables.
Applications
General
Name | Developer | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Version | Date | |||||
BitComet | BitComet Development Group | macOS | Proprietary, Adware | [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Windows | ||||||
BitLord | House of Life | macOS | Proprietary, Adware | [lower-alpha 2] | ||
Windows | ||||||
BitTorrent | BitTorrent | Android | Proprietary, Adware | |||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Deluge | various | BSD | GPL-3.0-or-later[5] | |||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Solaris | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
FlashGet | Trend Media | Windows | Proprietary | [lower-alpha 3] | ||
Free Download Manager | alervd | Android | Proprietary | |||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
FrostWire | The FrostWire Project | Android | GPL-3.0-or-later | |||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
KGet | KDE | BSD | GPL-2.0-or-later | |||
Linux | ||||||
KTorrent | Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić | BSD | GPL-2.0-or-later | |||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Lftp | Alexander V. Lukya | BSD | GPL-3.0-or-later | |||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
LimeWire | Lime Wire LLC | Linux | GPL-2.0-or-later | |||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Miro | Participatory Culture Foundation | Linux | GPL-2.0-or-later | |||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
MLDonkey | MLDonkey Project | BSD | GPL-2.0-or-later | |||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
MorphOS | ||||||
Solaris | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
μTorrent | BitTorrent | Android | Proprietary, Adware | [lower-alpha 4] | ||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Opera 12 | Opera Software | FreeBSD | 12.16 | Proprietary | [lower-alpha 5] | |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Solaris | ||||||
Windows | 12.17 | |||||
qBittorrent | Christophe Dumez | BSD | GPL-2.0-or-later[5] | |||
Linux | ||||||
Haiku | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
OS/2 | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
rTorrent | Jari Sundell | BSD | GPL-2.0-or-later[5] | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Solaris | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Robert | Sponge, co-developer of I2P | BSD | GPL | |||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Shareaza | Shareaza Development Team | Windows | GPL-2.0-or-later | [lower-alpha 7] | ||
Tixati | Kevin Hearn | Linux | Proprietary | [lower-alpha 8] | ||
Windows | ||||||
Tonido | CodeLathe | BSD | Proprietary | |||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Transmission | various | BSD | GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only[7][5] MIT[8] |
|||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
OpenWrt | ||||||
Solaris | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Tribler | The Tribler Team | Android | GPL-3.0-only | [lower-alpha 9] | ||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Vuze[lower-alpha 10] | Vuze | Android | Proprietary (platform) GPL-2.0-or-later (core engine) Adware |
[lower-alpha 11] | ||
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Xunlei | Thunder Networking Technologies | Android | Proprietary, Adware | |||
iOS | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Name | Developer | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
Version | Date |
Operating system support
BitTorrent client | Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux | BSD | iOS | Android | Other | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ||||||||
BitLord | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ||||||||
BitTorrent | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[10] | No | ||||||||
Deluge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Solaris | ||||||||
FlashGet | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||||||||
Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ||||||||
Frostwire | Yes[11] | Yes[11] | Yes[11] | Yes[11] | No[11] | Yes[11] | Unix-like[11] z/OS[12] Solaris OS/2 eComStation ArcaOS[13] | ||||||||
KGet | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||||
KTorrent | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||||
Lftp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||||
LimeWire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |- | Miro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
MLDonkey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Solaris MorphOS | ||||||||
μTorrent | Yes | Yes | Web | No | No | Yes[14] | No | ||||||||
Opera 12 | Yes[lower-alpha 12] | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 12] | Yes[lower-alpha 12] | No | Yes | style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Solaris | |||||||||
qBittorrent | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | No[15] | No[16] | OS/2[lower-alpha 13] FreeBSD Haiku[15] | ||||||||
Robert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||||
rTorrent | Yes[lower-alpha 14] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Solaris | ||||||||
Shareaza | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||||||||
Tixati | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||||||||
Tonido | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||||
Transmission | Yes [lower-alpha 12] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 15] | Yes | Solaris | ||||||||
Tribler | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||||
Vuze | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[18] | No | ||||||||
Xunlei | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No | |||||||||
Name | Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux | BSD | iOS | Android | Other |
Interface and programming
BitTorrent client | GUI | Remote | CLI | Other | Programming language | Based on | IPv6 | μTP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | Yes | Yes | Partial[19] | No | C++ | - | Yes | No |
BitLord | Yes | No | No | No | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | No |
BitTorrent 5, Mainline | Yes | No | Partial | No | Python | - | No | No |
Deluge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Daemon | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes[20] |
FlashGet | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | No |
Free Download Manager | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
Frostwire | Yes | No | No | No | Java | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | Yes[21] |
KGet | Yes | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 16] | No | C++ | - | Yes | No |
KTorrent | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | C++ | - | Yes | Yes[22] |
LimeWire | Yes | No | No | No | Java | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
Miro | Yes | No | No | No | C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
MLDonkey | No | Third Party[23] | Partial | Telnet | OCaml | - | No | No |
μTorrent | Yes | Yes | No[24] | RESTful Web API[25] | C++[26] | - | Yes[27] | Yes[28] |
Opera 12 | Yes | No | No | No | C++ | - | Yes | No |
qBittorrent | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes[29] |
rTorrent | No | Third Party | Yes | SCGI | C++ | libTorrent (Rakshasa) | Yes[30] | No |
Shareaza | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | C++ | - | No | No |
Tixati | Yes | Yes | No | Web interface | C++ | - | Yes | Yes[31] |
Tonido | No | Yes | No | No | C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | No |
Transmission | Yes | Yes | Yes | Daemon, JSON-RPC over HTTP remote control API | C++ (rewritten from C), Objective-C | libtransmission | Yes | Yes[32] |
Tribler | Yes | Partial | Partial | No | Python, C++ | libtorrent (Rasterbar) | No | Yes |
Vuze[lower-alpha 10] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Telnet, XML over HTTP remote control API | Java, SWT | - | Yes | Yes[33] |
Xunlei | Yes | No | No | remote control over internet[34] | C++ | - | No | No |
BitTorrent client | GUI | Web | CLI | Other | Programming language | Based on | IPv6 | μTP |
Features I
BitTorrent client | Protocol version | Magnet URI (BEP 9) |
Preload Magnet metadata[lower-alpha 17] (BEP 9) |
Super-seeding (BEP 16) |
Embedded tracker | UPnP[35] | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal[36] (BEP 55) |
DHT protocol[37] (BEP 5) |
Peer exchange(PEX) (BEP 11) |
Encryption | UDP tracker (BEP 15) |
LPD (BEP 14) |
Proxy server |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | 1, 2 | Yes | No | Yes | Separate download | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | HTTP 1.1, SOCKS4-4a-5 |
BitLord | 1 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HTTP 1.1, SOCKS4-4a-5 |
BitTorrent 5, Mainline | 1 | No | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 18] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Deluge | 1 | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 19] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HTTP(S), SOCKS4-5 |
FlashGet | 1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Free Download Manager | 1 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
KTorrent | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | HTTP, SOCKS4-5 |
LimeWire | 1 | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
MLDonkey | 1 | Yes[38] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
μTorrent | 1 | Yes | Yes[39] | Yes[40] | Yes[41] | Yes[42] | Yes | Yes[43] | Yes[lower-alpha 20] | Yes[lower-alpha 21] | Yes[44] | Yes | Yes[45] | HTTP(S), SOCKS4-5 |
Opera 12 | 1 | No | No | No | Yes[46] | No | No | No | No | Yes[47] | No | No | No | No |
qBittorrent | 1, 2[48] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HTTP(S), SOCKS4-5[lower-alpha 22] |
rTorrent | 1 | Yes[49] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[50] | No |
Shareaza | 1 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[lower-alpha 23] | Yes | No | Yes[lower-alpha 24] | No | No |
Tixati | 1, 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [lower-alpha 25] |
Tonido | 1 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Transmission | 1, 2[51] | Yes | Patch available[52][53][54] | No | No | Yes | Yes | No[55] | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 26] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[56] |
Tribler | 1 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [lower-alpha 27] |
Vuze[lower-alpha 10] | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 28] | Yes[lower-alpha 29] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Plugin | HTTP(S)?, SOCKS4-4a-5 |
Xunlei | 1 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | HTTP, SOCKS5, FTP |
BitTorrent client | Protocol version | Magnet URI | Preload Magnet metadata | Super-seeding | Embedded tracker | UPnP | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal | DHT | Peer exchange | Encryption | UDP tracker | LPD | Proxy server |
Features II
BitTorrent client | Cache[lower-alpha 30] | Hash Web seeding | HTTP Web seeding[ambiguous] | Broad-catching (RSS) (BEP 36) |
Prioritization | Selective downloads (BEP 53) |
Sequential downloading | SOCKS | Tracker exchange (BEP 7) |
Remote control via web | Search engine (BEP 18) |
Auto updates | Reviews and Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitComet | Yes | No | Yes[57] | Beta|software release life cycle#Beta|Beta | Yes | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 31] | Yes | No | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 32] | Yes | No |
BitLord | Yes | No | Partial [lower-alpha 33][lower-alpha 34] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Partial[lower-alpha 32] | Yes | No |
BitTorrent 5, Mainline | No | Yes | Partial [lower-alpha 34] | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Deluge | Yes | Yes | Partial [lower-alpha 33] | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | via PMS | No |
FlashGet | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Free Download Manager | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Optional | No |
KTorrent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 32] | via PMS | No | |
LimeWire | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
MLDonkey | Yes | No | 3rd party bash script | Yes | No | No | No[58] | No | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 32] | via PMS | No | |
μTorrent | Yes | Yes[59] | Partial [lower-alpha 34] | Yes[60] | Yes[61] | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 35] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Opera 12 | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 36] | No | No | No | No | No | No | Partial[lower-alpha 32] | Yes[lower-alpha 37] | No | |
qBittorrent | Yes | Yes | Partial [lower-alpha 33] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 38] | Yes | Yes | via PMS | No |
rTorrent | Partial | No | No | 3rd party utility [62] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | via PMS | No |
Shareaza | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 39] | in mod client | No | Yes [lower-alpha 40][63][lower-alpha 41] |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Tixati | Yes | Yes | Partial [lower-alpha 33][lower-alpha 42][lower-alpha 34] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Tonido | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
Transmission | Yes | No | Partial [lower-alpha 34][lower-alpha 43] | No | Yes | No[64] | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Tribler | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | Yes (DHT)[65] | Yes | No |
Vuze[lower-alpha 10] | Yes | Yes[66] | Yes | Yes | Yes | in paid version [67] | Yes | No | Plugin[lower-alpha 44] | Yes | Yes | Yes[68] | |
Xunlei | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
BitTorrent client | Cache | Hash Web seeding | HTTP Web seeding | Broad-catching (RSS) | Prioritization | Selective downloads | Sequential downloading | SOCKS | Tracker exchange | Remote control via web | Search engine | Auto updates | Reviews and Comments |
Libraries
- General
BitTorrent library | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Version | Date | |||||
libtorrent (Rasterbar) | 8 September 2005[69] | Linux | BSD-3-Clause | |||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
MonoTorrent | September 2006 | Linux | MIT | |||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | 15 July 2004[70] | Linux | GPL-2.0-or-later[lower-alpha 45] | [lower-alpha 46] | ||
macOS | ||||||
BitTorrent library | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
Version | Date |
- Operating system support and programming language
BitTorrent library | GNU/Linux | Windows | macOS | API | Programming language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C++ |
MonoTorrent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C# |
rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | C++ |
BitTorrent library | Linux | Windows | macOS | API | Programming language |
- Supported features 1
BitTorrent library | Protocol version | Super-seeding | Tracker | UPnP[lower-alpha 47] | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal[lower-alpha 48] | DHT[lower-alpha 49] | Peer exchange | Encryption | UDP tracker | LPD | Fast extensions | Magnet URI | μTP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
libtorrent (Rasterbar) | 1, 2[71] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[72] | Yes | Yes | Yes[73] |
MonoTorrent | 1, 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | 1 | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
BitTorrent library | Protocol version | Super-seeding | Tracker | UPnP | NAT Port Mapping Protocol | NAT traversal | DHT | Peer exchange | Encryption | UDP tracker | LPD | Fast extensions | Magnet URI | μTP |
- Supported features 2
BitTorrent library | Cache[lower-alpha 50] | Web seeding[lower-alpha 51] | WebTorrent | Broadcatching (RSS) | Prioritization | Selective downloads | SOCKS | Remote control via web | Engine |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
libtorrent (Rasterbar) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
MonoTorrent | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
rTorrent (libTorrent Rakshasa) | Partial | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
BitTorrent library | Cache | Web seeding | WebTorrent | Broadcatching (RSS) | Prioritization | Selective downloads | SOCKS | Remote control via web | Engine |
See also
- Anonymous P2P
- BitTorrent tracker
- Comparison of BitTorrent sites
- Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software
- Comparison of file sharing applications
- File sharing
- Open Music Model
- Timeline of file sharing
Notes
- ↑ Portable version available.
- ↑ Installs WhenU adware.
- ↑ FlashGet (standalone application) is not FlashGot (Firefox Addon).
- ↑ The option to disable ads is included in the settings.[6]
- ↑ Web browser.
- ↑ No built-in disk cache but a delayed sync.
- ↑ Lightweight client, Portable version available, option to keep all peers unchoked available. Integral encrypted chatrooms that allow streaming audio and video, link sharing and searching.
- ↑ Fully distributed keyword search; integrated anti-spam measures.[9]
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Formerly Azureus.
- ↑ The only client to bridge between i2p and the clearnet.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 x86-32 and x86-64 builds available
- ↑ Including eComStation and ArcaOS.
- ↑ Through Cygwin.[17]
- ↑ Through Cydia.
- ↑ Qdbus interface
- ↑ For a torrent added from a Magnet link, obtain the list of files (and other metadata) before prompting the user for a download location.
- ↑ Tracker included with Linux binaries and with source, but not with Windows binary.
- ↑ This is done manually. Right click an item and select "Force Re-Check". This will trigger preload. Note, if deluge is restarted before preload finishes, it will continue downloading torrent content.
- ↑ μTorrent's DHT implementation is the same as Mainline and BitComet's, but unfortunately this is incompatible with Azureus's implementation.
- ↑ Exchanging with BT 6 and μTorrent clients (and now MooPolice).
- ↑ v4.6.0 added (experimental) I2P support[29] to provide anonymity.
- ↑ Since Shareaza v2.6.0.0, Shareaza includes Mainline DHT support. Also, Shareaza can use the Gnutella2 network to find other Gnutella2 clients sharing the same torrent. This also includes clients who do not actively seed the torrent in question anymore, as long as file hashes (such as sha1 for example) are known.
- ↑ Since Shareaza v2.5.5.1 r9064.
- ↑ Only with out going without DHT if anonymity required.
- ↑ Exchanges with μTorrent and Azureus peers.
- ↑ Uses P2P onion routing to provide anonymity.
- ↑ Since version 2.5.0.2. It's UDP based, an experimental feature and only supported by other Azureus clients.
- ↑ Has its own DHT, a mainline-DHT compatible implementation is available as plugin.
- ↑ Reduces disk usage, file fragmentation (in case it is not preallocated) and latencies via larger written blocks and cached data for hash checking finished pieces.
- ↑ Called "preview mode"
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 Built-in Web browser.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Does not support HTTP redirection (status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307).
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 Does not support HTTPS.
- ↑ Only available in Pro and web version.From version 3.0 this feature is called "Streaming mode". The number of pieces to download sequentially is configurable
- ↑ Opera has a feed aggregator that displays feeds like emails.
- ↑ Windows and Mac OS X only; via PMS on Linux.
- ↑ Hard-coded as disabled in newer versions.
- ↑ Since Shareaza v2.4.0.2 r7924.
- ↑ Since Shareaza v2.5.3.1.
- ↑ Shareaza also uses G2 to transmit download metadata, such as BitTorrent trackers to other G2 clients.
- ↑ Support only base path ("url-list" path) redirection (message: "HTTP redirect does not match file path").
- ↑ Adds HTTP referer header in request on HTTP redirection (useful behavior).
- ↑ Provides a Java-based and a simple HTML/JS based WebUI.
- ↑ With OpenSSL exception.
- ↑ No built-in cache-disk cache but a delayed sync.
- ↑ Automatically configure port forwarding (requires Router with UPnP support)
- ↑ Many clients claim to support this, but just UPnP calls for opening a TCP port is not effective and disabled by factory default in most new hardware. "UDP NAT Traversal" is the proper working solution, supported by just a few.
- ↑ DHT permits use of trackerless torrents (with supporting clients) to resume normal torrents when their tracker is down. However, some trackers that register their users for keeping tabs on fair usage (such as a ratio of bytes downloaded to uploaded) may not reliably measure and update usage for users employing DHT.
- ↑ Reduces disk usage, file fragmentation (in case it is not preallocated) and latencies due to larger written blocks and cached data for hash checking finished pieces.
- ↑ Recently implemented (unofficial) web seeding feature, see HTTP-Based Seeding Specification
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Glossary". BitTorrent User Manual. San Francisco: BitTorrent, Inc.. http://www.bittorrent.com/help/manual/glossary#client. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ↑ Cohen, Bram (2 July 2001). "BitTorrent – a new P2P app". Yahoo! Groups. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/decentralization/message/3160.
- ↑ Van Der Sar, Ernesto (14 October 2013). "Google-backed BitTorrent client spread malware to Windows PCs and Android devices". http://torrentfreak.com/google-backed-file-sharing-spreads-malware-131014/.
- ↑ Gibbs, Samuel (15 October 2013). "Google-Backed File-Sharing Service Spreads Malware". Guardian News and Media. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/15/google-bittorrent-malware-windows-android-xunlei-china.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 With OpenSSL exception.
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- ↑ Many clients claim to support this, but just UPnP calls for opening a TCP port is not effective and disabled by factory default in most new hardware. "UDP NAT Traversal" is the proper working solution, supported by just a few.
- ↑ DHT permits use of trackerless torrents (with supporting clients) to resume normal torrents when their tracker is down. However, some trackers that register their users for keeping tabs on fair usage (such as a ratio of bytes downloaded to uploaded) may not reliably measure and update usage for users employing DHT.
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- ↑ Aided with a shell script documented in "That magnet uri ticket thing reincarnated". libtorrent.rakshasa.no. http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ticket/2100.
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- ↑ Supports the Getright Webseeding spec since v1.14, see BitComet Wiki
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