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Comparison of BitTorrent software 

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of applications supporting the BitTorrent protocol. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is neither all-inclusive nor necessarily up-to-date.

Contents

General information

BitTorrent client First public release date Latest stable Date of latest FOSS Software license Cost (USD) Spyware, Adware, Malware -free
ABC ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Acquisition ? ? ? Partial ? ? Yes
Anatomic P2P ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Arctic Torrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Aria 2 ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
BitComet ? ? ? No ? ? Yes
Bitflu ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
BitLet ? ? ? No ? ? Yes
BitLord ? ? ? No ? ? Adware[1]
BitThief ? ? ? No ? ? Yes
BitTornado ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
BitTorrent 5 / Mainline ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
BitTorrent 6 ? ? ? No ? ? Yes
Bits on Wheels ? ? ? No ? ? Yes
BitTyrant ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Blog Torrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Unknown
BTG ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
BTSharp (library) ? ? ? No ? ? Yes
burst! ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
CTorrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Deluge ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
FlashGet ? ? ? No ? ? Yes
Free Download Manager ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
freeloader ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
G3 Torrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Gnome BitTorrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Halite ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
KTorrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
LimeWire ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Localhost ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Miro ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
MP3 Rocket ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
MLDonkey ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
MonoTorrent (library) ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Opera 1996 9.60  (8 October 2008) 2007 No Proprietary Free Yes
QTorrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
qBittorrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
rTorrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Rufus ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Shareaza ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
SharkTorrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
SymTorrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Tomato Torrent ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Torrent Swapper ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
TorrentFlux ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
TorrentVolve ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Transmission ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
Tribler ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
µTorrent ? ? ? No[2] ? Free Yes
Vuze (formerly Azureus) ? ? ? Yes ? Free Yes
ZipTorrent ? ? ? No ? ? Yes
BitTorrent client First public release date Latest stable Date of latest FOSS Software license Cost (USD) Spyware, Adware, Malware -free

Operating system support

BitTorrent client Linux/Unix Windows Mac OS X
ABC Partial Yes No
Acquisition No No Yes
Anatomic P2P Yes Yes Yes
Arctic Torrent No Yes No
Aria 2 Yes Yes Yes
BitComet No Yes Yes
Bitflu Yes No Yes
BitLet Yes Yes Yes
BitLord No Yes No
BitThief Yes Yes Yes
BitTornado Yes Yes Yes
BitTorrent 5 / Mainline Yes Yes Obsolete
BitTorrent 6 No Yes No
Bits on Wheels No No Yes
BitTyrant Yes Yes Yes
Blog Torrent No Yes Yes
BTG Yes No Yes
BTSharp (library) No Yes No
burst! No Yes No
CTorrent Yes No No
Deluge Yes Yes Yes[3]
FlashGet No Yes No
Free Download Manager No Yes No
freeloader Yes No No
G3 Torrent No Yes No
Gnome BitTorrent Yes No No
Halite No Yes No
KTorrent Yes Yes Yes
LimeWire Yes Yes Yes
Localhost Yes Yes No
Miro Yes Yes Yes
MP3 Rocket No Yes No
MLDonkey Yes Yes Yes
MonoTorrent (library) Yes Yes Yes
Opera Yes Yes Yes
QTorrent Yes No No
qBittorrent Yes No Yes
rTorrent Yes No Yes
Rufus Yes Yes No
Shareaza No Yes No
SharkTorrent Yes Yes Yes
SymTorrent No No No
Tomato Torrent No No Yes
Torrent Swapper Yes Yes Yes
TorrentFlux Yes Yes Yes
TorrentVolve Yes Yes Yes
Transmission Yes No Yes
Tribler Yes Yes Yes
µTorrent With Wine[4] Yes[4] With Wine[4] and in development.[5]
Vuze (formerly Azureus) Yes Yes Yes
ZipTorrent No Yes No
BitTorrent client Linux/Unix Windows Mac OS X

Interface and Programming

BitTorrent client GUI web CLI API other Programming language Based on IPv6[6]
ABC Yes Yes No No No Python BitTornado buggy[7]
Acquisition Yes No No No No Objective-C and Cocoa Limewire ?
Anatomic P2P Yes No old No No Python BitTornado No
Arctic Torrent Yes No No No No C++ libtorrent No
Aria 2 No No Yes No No C++ - ?
BitComet Yes No No No No C++ ? No
Bitflu No Yes No No Telnet Perl - Yes
BitLet No Yes No No No Java and JavaScript - ?
BitLord Yes No No No No C++ BitComet No
BitThief Yes No No No No Java ? ?
BitTornado Yes No Yes No No Python BitTorrent Yes
BitTorrent 5 / Mainline Yes No Yes No No Python - No
BitTorrent 6 Yes No Yes No No C++ µTorrent Yes
Bits on Wheels Yes No No No No Objective-C and Cocoa - Yes
BitTyrant Yes Yes Yes No Telnet, XML over HTTP remote control API Java and SWT Azureus Partial [8]
Blog Torrent Yes No No No No ? ? ?
BTG Yes Yes Yes No No C++ libtorrent No
BTSharp (library) No No No Yes No C# - No
burst! Yes No No No No Python ? ?
CTorrent No No Yes No No C++ ? No
Deluge Yes Yes No No No Python and C++ libtorrent Yes
FlashGet Yes No No No No ? ? No
Free Download Manager Yes No No No No C++ libtorrent ?
freeloader Yes No No No No Python ? ?
G3 Torrent Yes Yes No No No Python BitTorrent ?
Gnome BitTorrent Yes No No No No Python ? ?
Halite Yes No No No No C++ libtorrent ?
KTorrent Yes Yes Yes No No C++ - Yes
LimeWire Yes No No No No Java - No
Localhost No Yes No No No Java and SWT Azureus ?
Miro Yes No No No No C++ libtorrent ?
MP3 Rocket Yes No No No No Java - No
MLDonkey Network GUI Yes Yes No Telnet Ocaml - No
MonoTorrent (library) No No No Yes No C# - Yes
Opera Yes No No No No C++ - Yes
QTorrent Qt (toolkit) No No No No C++/PyQt BitTornado ?
qBittorrent Qt (toolkit) No No No No C++ libtorrent Yes
rTorrent No No Yes No SCGI C++ Rakshasa's libtorrent buggy[7]
Rufus Yes Yes No No No Python G3 Torrent No
Shareaza Yes Yes No No No C++ - No
SharkTorrent wxwidgets No No No No C++ libtorrent ?
SymTorrent Yes No No No No ? ? ?
Tomato Torrent Yes No No No No Cocoa BitTorrent No
Torrent Swapper Yes Yes No No No Python BitTorrent buggy[7]
TorrentFlux No Yes No No No PHP BitTornado Yes
TorrentVolve No Yes No No No PHP Azureus [9]
Transmission Yes Yes Yes No Daemon C and Cocoa - No
Tribler Yes No Yes No No Python ABC Yes
µTorrent Yes Yes No No No C++[10] BitTorrent Yes[11]
Vuze (formerly Azureus) Yes Yes Yes No Telnet, XML over HTTP remote control API Java and SWT - Partial[8]
ZipTorrent Yes No No No No C++ libtorrent ?
BitTorrent client GUI web CLI API other Programming language Based on IPv6[6]

Features I

BitTorrent client Super-seeding Tracker UPnP[12] NAT Port Mapping Protocol NAT traversal DHT[13] Peer exchange Encryption UDP tracker
ABC No Yes Yes ? No No No No ?
Acquisition No No No Yes No No ? No ?
Anatomic P2P Yes Separate download Yes ? ? ? ? No ?
Arctic Torrent No No No ? No No Yes No ?
Aria 2 ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes ?
BitComet Yes Separate download Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bitflu No No No No No No Yes No ?
BitLet No No Yes No No No No No ?
BitLord No No Yes ? Yes No Yes No Yes
BitThief ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BitTornado Yes Yes[14] Yes ? No No No Yes ?
BitTorrent 5 / Mainline No Yes[14] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ?
BitTorrent 6 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes[15] Yes ?
Bits on Wheels No No No No No No No No ?
BitTyrant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[16] Yes[17] Yes Yes ?
Blog Torrent ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BTG ? No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
BTSharp (library) No Yes Yes No No No No No ?
burst! Yes No ? ? ? ? ? No ?
CTorrent ? ? ? ? ? No No No ?
Deluge No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FlashGet ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
Free Download Manager ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
freeloader ? No ? ? ? ? ? No ?
G3 Torrent No No No ? No No ? No ?
Gnome BitTorrent ? No No ? ? No No No ?
Halite No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
KTorrent No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
LimeWire No No Yes No No Yes No No No
Localhost Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes [18] ? No ?
MLDonkey No Yes No ? No No ? No ?
MonoTorrent (library) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Opera 9.0 No Yes[19] ? ? ? ? No ? ?
Opera 9.5 No Yes ? ? ? ? Yes[20] ? ?
QTorrent No No No ? No No No No ?
qBittorrent No No Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes
rTorrent Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes ?
Rufus No No ? ? No No ? No ?
Shareaza No No Yes ? No Yes[21] ? No ?
SharkTorrent No No Yes ? No Yes ? No ?
Snark ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SymTorrent No No ? ? ? No No No ?
Tomato Torrent No Yes ? ? ? Yes ? No ?
Torrent Swapper Yes Yes[14] Yes ? No No Yes No ?