rTorrent
rTorrent is a console-based BitTorrent client. It aims to be a fully-featured and efficient client with the ability to run in the background using screen. It supports fast-resume and session management.
| Tags | Communications File Sharing |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | Unix |
Recent releases
- 30 Dec 2008 13:16
Changes: A few important fixes and an initial-seed patch.
- 29 Jan 2008 10:44
Changes: This release adds support for DHT and cleans up the API.
- 02 Aug 2007 05:43
Changes: Support for XMLRPC.
- 28 Jan 2007 20:46
Changes: This release adds support for limits on simultaneous HTTP connections, a new file list showing directories, and the creation of symbolic links on download state change.
- 13 Dec 2006 04:26
Changes: Support for protocol encryption and HTTP proxying was added.
- All comments
Recent commentsRe: If it had DHT, it would be perfect!
> % is written in a language that is
> % compiled and is much lower on
> resources
> % than other, similar clients (for
> % instance, Azureus or the Python-based
> % clients like Bittornado).
Re-post:
I would like to see:
1. multi-tracker support as in BitTornado.
2. ability to selectively download files in the whole torrent. as in BitComet.
BTW, the response is a bit slow after inserting a job.
Re: If it had DHT, it would be perfect!
% is written in a language that is
> compiled and is much lower on resources
> than other, similar clients (for
> instance, Azureus or the Python-based
> clients like Bittornado).
I would like to see multi-tracker support as in BitTornado.
If it had DHT, it would be perfect!
I think that rtorrent is quite, quite nice, especially given the fact that it is written in a language that is compiled and is much lower on resources than other, similar clients (for instance, Azureus or the Python-based clients like Bittornado).
I'm working with machines with limited resources and I prefer to only use Free Software (and Sun's JVM isn't Free).
If rtorrent had something like Azureus DHT, then I think that this would make it a superb client.
Oh, of course, the user interface, being based in curses, could be slightly improved, but that's a cosmetic part, of course.
Thanks.