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What alternative to uTorrent do you recommend and why? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by GatoB@lemmy.world to c/softwareoptions@lemmy.world

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[–] decadentrebel@lemmy.world 62 points 2 years ago (4 children)

qBittorrent. End thread.

[–] PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Qbittorrent has a killswitch for safety so it can stall all the downloads if you lose connection to your vpn. That's the killer feature for me.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yep, you can alternatively just bind it to wg0 or whatever your VPN network adapter is.

[–] Neeen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Yep this is the answer your looking for op

[–] TypicalHog@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

BASED

[–] LuckyCharmsNSoyMilk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

I just wish there was a thin client.

[–] Granixo@feddit.cl 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you are a Linux User, Transmission.

[–] merehap@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also, if you are a Windows or Mac user.

[–] anemoia_one@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago

Also if you have a seedbox and want a thin client on your local machine

[–] volkel808@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

qBittorrent definitely. Free and open source, no adult/betting ads that you have to pay for an ad free version if you don't want to see them, not installing adware either.

[–] Reborn2966@feddit.it 7 points 2 years ago

qbittorrent has it's own internal search with plugins, and also can connect with jackett. this way you can search torrents from inside qbittorrent directly.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I find Deluge to be a nice, cross platform client. The Windows version was finally bumped to 2.X. The client has integrated VPN functionality but I'm not sure if that's really a big deal for today's landscape

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like Deluge. It is what uTorrent used to be.

I just need a cli-friendly equivaltnt for RSS support for my seedbox.

[–] lps2@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Deluge has a JSONRPC API that you can just call from curl or there is a CLI client deluge-console

[–] joneskind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Go for Transmission and forget about anything else. Open source, loaded with features, super light on ressources.

[–] Pretzelise@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

gonna add to the pile and say qBittorrent. feature-filled and FOSS, absolute perfection.

[–] OverfedRaccoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Everyone's said qBittorrent, and I agree. I found myself using an old build of uTorrent for a very long time (2.2.1, I believe). I finally realized it was probably a risk being so far behind. qBittorrent feels like old uTorrent, before it got extra bloated and scummier. It also adds a lot of features. Truly, qBittorrent is the answer you're looking for coming from uTorrent.

[–] gumchain@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I recommend Deluge, but I don’t know why