What alternative to uTorrent do you recommend and why?

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decadentrebel@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 3y (6 replies)

qBittorrent. End thread.

PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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 pts · 3y

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

Neeen@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y

Yep this is the answer your looking for op

LuckyCharmsNSoyMilk@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 3y

I just wish there was a thin client.

GCRedditor136@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

This.

TypicalHog@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

BASED

Granixo@feddit.cl · 14 pts · 3y (2 replies)

If you are a Linux User, Transmission.

merehap@programming.dev · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Also, if you are a Windows or Mac user.

anemoia_one@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 3y

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

volkel808@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y

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 pts · 3y

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 pts · 3y (2 replies)

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 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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 pts · 3y

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

joneskind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

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

Pretzelise@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y

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

OverfedRaccoon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

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.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y

Deluge.

gumchain@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

I recommend Deluge, but I don’t know why