What do I need to Use BitTorrent?

BitTorrent is opensource, so your options for a BitTorrent Client is not limited to a single choice. This page lists popular client options for Windows users. Check out Bittorrent Clients for Linux or Bittorrent Clients for OS X

Simply choose which BitTorrent Client you want, then install it. Your BitTorrent Client will associate itself with .torrent files and launches them automatically when you open or download them.

There is a whole range of options when it comes to choosing a BitTorrent Client, I would advise you to start with one of the four listed above, but if you want to play with other clients I have started compiling a list of alternates. Which include different language packs and client options for operating systems other than Windows.

After Installing a BitTorrent Client, the next step is to Check out BitTorrent Links for downloads

Windows Operating Systems Client Options

TheSHAD0W's EXPERIMENTAL BitTorrent CLIENT

Azureus Client - (Needs JRE 1.4 installed. Can run on other OS). Also check out my Add-ons for the Azureus BitTorrent Client link. Kw: Azurus.

BitTorrent 3.4.2 - The Official Client.

TURBO TORRENT - The feature I like the most about this feature rich client is the Friends Priority System. Friends IP address can be set to get upload preference if they are downloading the same file. Also includes a Built-in Web based Torrent Search Engine. Very feature rich, check it out.

BT++ - Multiple downloads in a single window, can be minimized to the system tray, list style display of downloads and automatic re-starting of interrupted torrents without needing the .torrent link. Shows a lot of promise.

burst! - This client uses less memory compared to others. It's new GUI lets you control multiple transfers from a single window, also features such as a built-in TorrentSpy-like capability are included. It uses the same back-end as The Shad0w's client so you also get all of the recent developments.

ABC (Another BitTorrent Client) - Client that includes many of the most recent changes in the experimental versions, also includes features such as controlling multiple downloads from a single window, queueing, automatic seeding.

BitComet - C++ multitorrent client. Small, clean, fast and uses little resources.

Eike Frost's Experimental client - Based on the official version, allows upload rate control, show statistics regarding number of peers and seeds.

burst plus! - A client which is based on the burst base and includes Spanish language support

SimpleBT - features Chinese language support.

Personal Torrent Collector - Primary difference is an alternative GUI interface to the Python BitTorrent client. Also added support for a number of features, such as ability to control the total bandwidth usage of a group of BitTorrent transfers, and RSS syndication for organizing torrent files.

UTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu as possible. It also runs well on Linux with Wine.

Deluge is a lightweight, Free Software, cross-platform BitTorrent client.

JAVA and others that run on Multiple Platforms

Snark 0.4 - In addition to being a BitTorrent client, Snark also includes an integrated .torrent file creator, micro-HTTPd server, and tracker. Users can share files with a single command, without installing a tracker, finding a web server or even posting the .torrent file. Compilation requires gcj 3.3 or higher.

Effusion 0.3 - Experimental Java client with IRC integration.

Azureus - Java client that includes a full-featured GUI with extensive visualizations/statistics about the transfer. You will need the 1.4 JRE installed to use this client. Obviously this client can be run on any platform that is java capable.

TorrentFlux - PHP based Torrent client that runs on a web server. Manage all of your Torrent downloads through a convenient web interface from anywhere. Runs on Linux and Windows.


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