KTorrent

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KTorrent
KTorrent icon.svg
Ktorrent-3.2-b1.png
KTorrent running on a KDE SC session.
Developer(s) Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić
Stable release 4.1.3  (November 22, 2011; 2 months ago (2011-11-22)[1]) [±]
Preview release 4.2rc1  (January 9, 2012; 23 days ago (2012-01-09)[1]) [±]
Written in C++ (Qt)
Operating system Mac OS X, Unix-like, Windows[2]
Type BitTorrent client
License GNU General Public License
Website http://www.ktorrent.org

KTorrent is a BitTorrent client written in C++ for KDE using the Qt user interface toolkit. It is maintained in the KDE Extragear.

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[edit] Features

  • Upload and download speed capping / throttling & scheduling
  • Internet searching with torrent search engines using KHTML part.
  • Support for UDP trackers.
  • IP address blocklist plugin
  • Port forwarding with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
  • Protocol encryption
  • DHT (mainline version), and support for trackerless torrents
  • µTorrent peer exchange (PEX) support
  • File Prioritization
  • Ability to import partially-downloaded files
  • Directory scanner to automatically watch directories for new torrents
  • Manual addition of trackers to torrents
  • RSS feed support
  • Web interface plugin with default port number 8080
  • IPv6 support
  • SOCKS v4 and v5 support

New features of KTorrent 4:

  • µTP support
  • Generation and parsing of magnet links
  • UDP tracker scraping
  • Enhanced usability of the queue manager
  • Super-seeding support
  • Streaming of video while downloading

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "KTorrent". ktorrent.org. 2010-08-16 - 11:03. http://ktorrent.org/. Retrieved 2012-01-16. 
  2. ^ KTorrent FAQ: 'Will there be a windows port?'

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