Popular Torrent clients for different platforms

The BitTorrent protocol is an extremely popular mechanism for downloading files from the Web. The audience of torrent tracker users is hundreds of millions, perhaps you are one of them. Regardless of whether you use them to save on legitimate content or unload rare entries, which are not found anywhere else, you will need a quality Torrent client, of which there are many. In this material, we will analyze the most interesting of them.

Torrent - what is this program?

Torrent client (or simply Torrent) is an application for working with the BitTorrent data download protocol, which was developed in 2001 by engineer Bram Cohen. When the protocol is running, the downloaded files are divided into several parts, while simultaneously unloading from the computer to other users. This eliminates the dependency of each downloader - "lichter / lich" - on the source file, and it is replaced by people who have already uploaded the file - "siders / sidies". All torrent-clients are able to recognize magnet-links and files with the extension .torrent, which means that any of them is suitable for working with popular torrent-trackers (web-resources on which the corresponding files are stored). The advantages of downloading files via torrent-client are the maximum download speed and the extremely low probability of failure.

UTorrent - the most popular torrent client for Windows

The program became the "fork" of the classic torrent-client BitTorrent. Changes touched the logo and interface of the application, the entire functional part, as well as the user base, remained the same. Torrent-clients like uTorrent can boast of a rich set of functions, among which:

• Full control over the speed of downloading files (with the inclusion of a schedule).
• Support for all popular operating systems, including Android.
• Remote control via the web interface.
• View video files without downloading them.
• Built-in antivirus, which checks all downloaded items.
• The social component that helps to share the opinion about the downloaded distribution through a user rating.
• Exchange files directly with users, without the participation of torrent-trackers.
• This is a localized torrent client, Russian is supported.

To the great regret of the fans of the program, since version 3.0, developers often introduce malicious software into it, hidden tools for collecting "bitcoins" and do not stop using a huge array of advertisements. To put up with this state of affairs is not necessary, it is enough to download an updated version of the application.

Transmission is a free alternative for Linux and Mac

Despite the fact that the popular uTorrent is present on all platforms, users of unix-like systems prefer simple solutions, originally created for the operating systems they use. Transmission is a good example of how an ideal torrent client should look. A simple and elegant interface that automatically adapts to the external appearance of the system on which it is running. Minimum settings and heavy functions, solid asceticism. Use of free components in development. Lack of advertising. The reputation of the program was muddied by an incident that occurred in the summer of 2016, when a virus stealing data from Apple's computers crept into the program. Then the developers decided to transfer all data to the free platform GitHub, thereby eliminating the possibility of further hacking. Transmission was not developed for Windows, although there are unofficial client assemblies for the Microsoft system on the Web. The program is included in some Linux distributions.

Deluge is a progressive customer with rich opportunities

Torrent-clients like Deluge are non-commercial software created by the community of programmers. From the point of view of individual user experience, this fact does not benefit the program, because it looks repulsive and not intuitive, but from the point of view of functionality it simply has no equal. When creating the utility, the bet was made on security and extensibility.

• The program runs on all desktop operating systems.
• Client password protection is supported.
• Support for installing third-party plug-ins that extend the program's capabilities (automatic sorting, renaming, unpacking downloaded files and so on).
• Use a separate kernel ("daemon" or "service") to manage the program remotely.

Vuze - torrent client and media processor in one application

The only torrent-client, which can save time and increase the productivity of the user. While other solutions are focused on downloading files to a computer, Vuze is designed to work with content directly. Instead of independently searching for the desired content on the trackers and uploading them to the PC, the program offers to subscribe to the desired tracker and play downloaded files directly in it, bypassing third-party applications. Even Vuze can download downloaded files to other devices, including mobile phones and game consoles. All the above features are free, but for getting rid of ads and built-in antivirus you have to pay 30 dollars.

Folx is the ideal torrent client for macOS

A real diamond in the world of macOS. Folx works and looks like it was created by the forces of Apple. The interface is in the style of other Apple products, intuitive controls and a rich set of features.

• Folx loads torrent files and files with a different extension from any resources.
• Can run scheduled downloads.
• Offers to sort files using tags, and assigns them automatically.
• Movies, programs and music can be found and downloaded inside the program, bypassing the painful search and registration on the Web.
• When downloading a video, the user selects the format he chooses or can only download the audio track.
• The utility integrates with the built-in media processor iTunes so that music and movies immediately get into your media library (other torrent-clients are not capable of this).