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
Deluge
qBittorent for Windows and LibreTorrent for Android.
I use almost the same setup, except I don’t use Windows on Desktop.
I keep recommending Tribler and I don’t know why it’s not more popular. Anything wrong with it?
I appreciate the ability for the tor-like layered routing with tribler. Getting the headless UI set up is annoying, though.
I’m a much bigger fan of the deluge thin client, personally.
Deluge on desktop, Flud on mobile. 😃
Flud looks proprietary and has ads.
Libretorrent works just as well and is open source.
This is what I used in the past but I had issues with the Deluge thin client when using a Deluge docker image. Did you experience the same thing as well?
Nope! My deluge server is hosted in a docker network with gluetun, and I access it from both thin clients and the web interface.
Mind me asking which docker image you are using? I was never able to get the thin client to work through docker
I’ve been using Transmission for many years.
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.
iblocklist and transmission name a better team
qbit on pc, flud on android
I’m currently using Transmission again
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.
qbittorrent on PC and libretorrent on Android.
Glad to see I’m not the only one who torrents on mobile
qBittorrent. With a quick UI switch to vuetorrent for the tablet. LXC bound to a bridge thats VPN connected.
The is the way
Tixati
Not sure why it’s not more popular. I use and donate. I’ve had better performance with this than qbittorrent.
Closed source, and their prominent “contains NO Spyware” disclaimer doesn’t quite instill confidence. I have also never even heard about it until now.
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.
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.
transmission
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.
Still qbittorrent. Docker container with web UI makes it trivial.
With Vuetorrent for a nice mobile ui
Did you try qBitController?
Deluge is always my goto.
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.
Better to use the underrepresented torrent clients. They have the least chance of enshittification.
looks at µTorrent
