What torrenting software is everyone using nowadays? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Nicarlo@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'm spinning up a new seedbox and wanted to know what is everyone using nowadays? I was using deluge via the thick client and rutorrent previously. Are they still king? edit: I should have also mentioned that I plan on running this server headless so I will need to be able to access it via a thin client or a web browser

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[-] monstoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 2 weeks ago

qBittorrent here.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 15 points 2 weeks ago

+1 for qBittorrent. I used to be a Deluge fan, but qBittorrent seems more performant and feature-packed.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 42 points 2 weeks ago

Still qbittorrent. Docker container with web UI makes it trivial.

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[-] TypicalHog@lemm.ee 40 points 2 weeks ago

QBITTORRENT

[-] thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

+1 qbittorrent

[-] TypicalHog@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

At least there's one thing these Lemmy people agree with me on.

[-] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

I like that they were using ALL CAPS and you're using all lowercase.

qBittorrent

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 2 weeks ago

qBittorrent and rtorrent are very popular.

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 weeks ago

qBittorrent is probably the most commonly used client. Transmission is another popular option, especially among macOS users, since it has a familiar design and feels more native.

rTorrent is great if you want a CLI app, and ruTorrent offers a web frontend. Another option that you can run on a server is Deluge.

You can control qBittorrent from Android using qBitController or from iOS using qBitControl (you can get it from AltStore after adding the Michael-128 repo). Transdroid supports other clients as well, and it's my personal favorite. If you want to torrent on the Android device itself, check out LibreTorrent. For iOS, use iTorrent (also available on AltStore).

If you already plan on self-hosting, or have root access on your seed box (or some other way of installing applications/deploying Docker containers), I also recommend setting up bitmagnet. It's basically your own torrent indexer and search engine. It can also integrate with your *arr applications.

[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 2 weeks ago

Transmission is my favorite design-wise on macOS but I wish it had i2p support.

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I never even realized that Transmission doesn't support it. I just have I2P set up on my seedbox (but it typically requires root access, so unfortunately not everyone can replicate this). I would imagine it's pretty flaky on macOS though? I'm pretty sure the vast majority of I2P users run Linux, so the macOS client probably doesn't get as much development and attention.

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[-] xnx@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Do you use altstore? Have you tried livecontainer to avoid the 3 app limit?

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[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 weeks ago

Deluge is always my goto.

[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

Deluge always seems so underrepresented, but as far as I know it's never had a version compromised with malware like some of the other popular clients. It also performs great when you are seeding over 1000 torrents as long as you upgrade to version two.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Better to use the underrepresented torrent clients. They have the least chance of enshittification.

looks at µTorrent

[-] lindicks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago

arch-qbittorrentvpn docker container, because it was the easiest to set up on my TrueNAS home server.

[-] radau@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Qbittorrent via a container and web UI on my NAS, lets me use it as a backend for *arrs as well as anything else, just have tag based directories for it so Software goes into one folder and TV movies etc in their respective folders.

I personally like the setup a lot since I can always be a seeder even well after my ratio is hit.

slskd hooked up to this as well to share everything music wise, gives me a nice way to reconcile stuff Lidarr can't find and shares it all back for anyone to browse so hopefully helps someone downloadv something they're searching for a FLAC of

nzb360 on Android for management as needed, it hooks into Qbittorrent easily and gives me a nice place to do some quicker tasks for my overall infra

[-] carp1@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve been using Transmission for many years.

[-] nfms@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've got Transmission on my NAS and use Transmission-remote(Linux and android) for the client. Simple, easy to setup and it just works.

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

iblocklist and transmission name a better team

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

qBittorrent. With a quick UI switch to vuetorrent for the tablet. LXC bound to a bridge thats VPN connected.

[-] Xianshi@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

The is the way

[-] Xed@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

I’m currently using Transmission again

[-] kirby@feddit.it 9 points 2 weeks ago

Tixati

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not sure why it's not more popular. I use and donate. I've had better performance with this than qbittorrent.

[-] SatyrSack@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

Closed source, and their prominent "contains NO Spyware" disclaimer doesn't quite instill confidence. I have also never even heard about it until now.

[-] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't use that client either - But to be fair the dev (Kevin Hearn) has a long history with P2P software e.g. depending how old you are you may have used his WinMX software back in the day. He isn't known for sticking spyware/malware into his software so I sort of trust the software he puts out in that sense. He also maintains other non-torrent P2P file sharing software outside of Tixati.

Of course it would be better if it was open source but he's never been an open source coder AFAIK.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've had email communication with the devs and again, I'm a biased donor. They are just starting afloat on donations. Respect your closed source concerns completely, but it's a superior piece of software imo and I see no signs of malificence. If you are an open source purist I get it, there are other options. If you are using any closed source software at all though, it would seem to me hypocritical to show a bias against this particular app.

[-] hyacin@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

transmission in docker container on NAS, with dedicated IP that gets forced through VPN on my router

[-] hunt4peas@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

qBittorent for Windows and LibreTorrent for Android.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I use almost the same setup, except I don't use Windows on Desktop.

[-] cupcakezealot 8 points 2 weeks ago

Random semi-related thought. I'm going through the comparison of BitTorrent clients page on Wikipedia and it's amazing how many clients end up as Adware.

[-] spokendotcpp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Deluge

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

qbittorrent on PC and libretorrent on Android.

[-] greywolf0x1@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Glad to see I'm not the only one who torrents on mobile

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[-] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 5 points 2 weeks ago

I keep recommending Tribler and I don't know why it's not more popular. Anything wrong with it?

[-] megaman@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

I appreciate the ability for the tor-like layered routing with tribler. Getting the headless UI set up is annoying, though.

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[-] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 5 points 2 weeks ago

I hear people use the search function of QBitTorrent tied to VPN tunnel. Basic, but it works

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[-] eru@mouse.chitanda.moe 5 points 2 weeks ago

transmission

[-] EpicStuff@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

I use biglybt, i know the ui isn't great but the features make up for it

[-] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm a much bigger fan of the deluge thin client, personally.

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[-] Grostleton@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

qbit on pc, flud on android

[-] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

On a headless seedbox Deluge/ruTorrent/Transmission are still reliable, most of the paid seedbox services still default with those.

qBittorrent is hugely popular on the desktop front and has been getting more popular as a headless client now that the web ui has improved, also look into qbittorrent-nox if you don't have a gui to do initial setup with.

[-] TwiddleTwaddle 4 points 2 weeks ago

I used transmission for years, but the larger my library got the more issues I had. Currently using Qbit and loving the categories for easier management, especially with the *arr suite.

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[-] veniasilente@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Good ol' rtorrent never dissapoints. For when I want something with a webui, I have a qflood container that I extracted from its old *arr setup to more generalistic usage.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've had a poor experience with Deluge, a bug report completely disregarded years ago as I wasn't able to provide (very technical) details to the developers without some assistance, which they smugly refused to provide (I don't act entitled). I then stumbled upon a post where one of them discussed the reason why they wouldn't add workarounds in the installer as qBittorrent did (firewall exception and a couple of other things I can't recall right now), their reasoning and their wording struck me as strongly ideological, and it made me uneasy. I've had a similar experience with Affinity developers who (again, by way of ideology) refused to add an "interface scale" parameter to their programs, adamant on letting the OS handle the scaling, even though I couldn't change my OS scale because it messed up other programs. Their response was "it's the other program's fault". Very helpful. 👍🏼

Anyway, I was trying to say I don't like Deluge. To answer your question I know it runs via a variety of interfaces so I wouldn't be surprised it's your best bet. I personally use qBittorrent .

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