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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 | 2.05[5] 
|
2023-11-28 | Proprietary, Adware | [a] |
| Windows | 2.05[5]
|
2023-11-28 | ||||
| BitLord | House of Life | macOS | 2.4.6-348
|
2019-10-24 | Proprietary, Adware | [b] |
| Windows | 2.4.6-358[6]
|
2022-08-26 | ||||
| BitTorrent | BitTorrent | Android | 8.2.1[7]
|
2024-03-20 | Proprietary, Adware | |
| macOS | 7.4.3.45549[8]
|
2020-05-20 | ||||
| Windows | 7.11.0.46555[9]
|
2022-11-22 | ||||
| Deluge | various | BSD | 2.1.1[10]
|
2022-07-10 | GPL-3.0-or-later[11] | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Solaris | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| FlashGet | Trend Media | Windows | 3.7.0.1220[12]
|
2013-05-17 | Proprietary | [c] |
| Free Download Manager | alervd | Android | 6.19.0.5156[13]
|
2023-03-13 | Proprietary | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| FrostWire | The FrostWire Project | Android | 2.7.7(730)[14]
|
2024-01-07 | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| KGet | KDE | BSD | 22.12.0[15]
|
2022-12-08 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
| Linux | ||||||
| KTorrent | Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić | BSD | 23.08.3[16][17]
|
2023-11-09 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Lftp | Alexander V. Lukya | BSD | 4.9.1[18][19]
|
2020-01-15 | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| LimeWire | Lime Wire LLC | Linux | 5.5.16
|
2010-10-26 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Miro | Participatory Culture Foundation | Linux | 6.0[20]
|
2013-04-05 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| MLDonkey | MLDonkey Project | BSD | 3.1.7[21]
|
2020-06-21 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| MorphOS | ||||||
| Solaris | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| μTorrent | BitTorrent | Android | 8.2.2[22]
|
2024-03-21 | Proprietary, Adware | [d] |
| macOS | 1.8.7.45548[24]
|
2020-01-30 | ||||
| Windows | 3.6.0.47006[25]
|
2024-01-11 | ||||
| Opera 12 | Opera Software | FreeBSD | 12.16 | Proprietary | [e] | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Solaris | ||||||
| Windows | 12.17 | |||||
| qBittorrent | Christophe Dumez | BSD | 4.6.5[26]
|
2024-05-26 | GPL-2.0-or-later[11] | |
| Linux | ||||||
| Haiku | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| OS/2 | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| rTorrent | Jari Sundell | BSD | 0.9.8[27]
|
2019-07-19 | GPL-2.0-or-later[11] | [f] |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Solaris | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Robert | Sponge, co-developer of I2P | BSD | 0.0.40
|
2013 | GPL | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Shareaza | Shareaza Development Team | Windows | 2.7.10.2[28]
|
2017-09-18 | GPL-2.0-or-later | [g] |
| Tixati | Kevin Hearn | Linux | Proprietary | [h] | ||
| Windows | ||||||
| Tonido | CodeLathe | BSD | 14.90.0.34030
|
2017-01-13 | Proprietary | |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Transmission | various | BSD | 4.0.6[29]
|
2024-05-30 | GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only[30][11] MIT[31] |
|
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| OpenWrt | ||||||
| Solaris | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Tribler | The Tribler Team | Android | 7.14.0[32]
|
2024-04-24 | GPL-3.0-only | [i] |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Vuze[j] | Vuze | Android | 5.7.6.0[34]
|
2017-11-02 | Proprietary (platform) GPL-2.0-or-later (core engine) Adware |
[k] |
| Linux | ||||||
| macOS | ||||||
| Windows | ||||||
| Xunlei | Thunder Networking Technologies | Android | 7.53.0.8245[35]
|
2022-10-11 | Proprietary, Adware | |
| iOS | 1.5.8[36]
|
2022-09-29 | ||||
| macOS | 5.0.2.65551[37]
|
2022-06-16 | ||||
| Windows | 11.3.16.1974[38]
|
2022-10-10 | ||||
| Name | Developer | Platform | Latest release | License | Notes | |
| Version | Date | |||||