Supports both bittorrent protocol and a friend-to-friend version of the same protocol which in most situations makes you anonymous.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
BitTorrent Alternatives
BitTorrent is described as 'Peer-to-peer program developed by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. used for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent was the first client written for the protocol' and is a very popular Torrent Client in the file sharing category. There are more than 50 alternatives to BitTorrent for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best BitTorrent alternative is qBittorrent, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BitTorrent are Transmission, µTorrent, Deluge and Free Download Manager.
Alternatives list
Quazaa is a cross platform multi-network peer-to-peer file-sharing client based on Shareaza which will support Gnutella2, Ares, eDonkey2000, HTTP, FTP, and BitTorrent.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
A bit torrent client for your phone or tablet! A multithreaded BitTorrent client. Download torrents directly with your phone! Lite version is limited to one download at a time, but with no speed limit!
Platforms
- Android
Torrentex is lightweight torrent client for Android for downloading content over bittorent protocol. It provides easy and fast torrent downloads anywhere with your mobile device without any limits.
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
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107 Folx alternativesFolx is a free application that combines two functionalities - of download manager and torrent client for Mac.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
United States
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Flush is a GTK-based BitTorrent client. You can use it to download files from the BitTorrent network.
Platforms
- Linux
mldonkey-next is a modern GUI for the multi-protocol p2p filesharing application mldonkey. mldonkey-next connects to mldonkey using the TCP binary interface.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
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Calypso, formerly Kommute, is a cross platfrom file sharing client using the anonymous network MUTE. Developped using C++ and Qt. For windows and linux, portable to other environments. You can try it by following the installation instructions below.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Orion is a powerful, lightweight, fast bittorrent client, with beautiful user experience and fastest video and audio streaming capabilities.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
India
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The P2P Browser Plugin for integrating file sharing anywhere on the web.
LittleShoot is: Easy File Sharing in your Browser Streaming P2P Downloads Searches of YouTube, BitTorrent, LimeWire, Flickr, and More BitTorrent Downloads in your Browser Open Source.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Opera
- Firefox
- United States
Downpour is a web-based BitTorrent client.
It supports auto-downloading from RSS feeds and automatic importing and renaming of downloads into a media library, making it ideal for use on a home media server.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- United States
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
