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| Original author(s) |
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| Developer(s) | Bigly Software |
| Initial release | 27 July 2017[1]  |
| Stable release | 3.6.0.0[2]
/ 24 April 2024 |
| Repository | |
| License | GPLv2 or later |
BiglyBT is a BitTorrent client written in Java forked from Vuze. It is free and open-source software and features no ads.
Features[edit]
BiglyBT has most of the features of Vuze, its predecessor. However, it lacks Vuze's premium and proprietary features and features the developers considered bloat, including DVD burning, gaming promotions, the video-sharing content network, and the installer's advertisements.[3] BiglyBT's features include swarm merging, downloading the same file from different torrents;[4] limit download/upload speeds by tag, peer-set (e.g. country), network (public or I2P), and individual peer;[5] support for the I2P network;[6] remote control[5] with any Android app that supports Transmission's RPC protocol; compatibility with WebTorrent; . Many of these features are included via bundled plugins.
History[edit]
While development of Vuze ground to a halt in early 2017, with no new releases or commits being made since April, featured content becoming inaccessible, and users reporting outdated antivirus definitions.[7] The two main developers left the project and focused their efforts on a fork called BiglyBT,[8] which removed Vuze’s premium and proprietary features[9] such as DVD burning, gaming promotions, the video-sharing content network, and the installer's advertisements.[3][10]
In April 2020, TorrentFreak named BiglyBT the tenth popular BitTorrent client with 0.3% of the market share.[11][12]
In September 2020, BiglyBT was the first BitTorrent client to implement support version 2 of the BitTorrent protocol, which features improved checksums, including per-file hashes that allows one to download the same file from different torrents. libtorrent, a library used by popular clients such as qBittorrent and µTorrent Web but not BiglyBT, added it a few weeks prior, but clients that use the library had yet to implement the functionality as of BiglyBT's update.[4][13]
References[edit]
- ^ "Release v1.0.0.0". Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Release 3.6.0.0". 24 April 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ a b Georgopoulos, Stergios (2017-08-04), "Former Vuze developers launch new open-source torrent client without any ads or bloat", Neowin, retrieved 2024-05-12
- ^ a b Ernesto Van der Sar (2020-10-11), "BiglyBT is the First Torrent Client to Support the BitTorrent V2 Spec", TorrentFreak,
BiglyBT is the first torrent client to add full support for the BitTorrent v2 specification, including hybrid torrents. The client is far ahead of the curve as the first torrent site has yet to adopt the new specification.
- ^ a b "The best torrent clients for 2022", Digital Trends, 2021-10-18, retrieved 2024-06-19
- ^ Tyagi, Anubhav (2024-01-07), "12 Best Free Torrent Clients For macOS in 2024", Techworm, retrieved 2024-06-19,
Taking the anonymous download baton forward, BiglyBT has I2P support is available, installed by default as a plugin. Naturally, the download will be slower than the default settings owing to peer relay.
- ^ Maxwell, Andy (2017-08-03), "Tumbleweed at Vuze as Torrent Client Development Grinds to a Halt", TorrentFreak, archived from the original on 2020-02-12
- ^ Van der Sar, Ernesto (2017-08-03), "Former Vuze Developers Launch BiglyBT, a 'New' Open Source Torrent Client", TorrentFreak, retrieved 2020-05-05
- ^ Teah, Ted (2017-11-29), "The Licensing and Compliance Lab interviews BiglyBT", Free Software Foundation, archived from the original on 2018-10-28, retrieved 2019-12-30
- ^ Urban, Petr (2017-08-07), Vývoj Vuze stojí, původní vývojáři stvořili otevřeného nástupce. BiglyBT je bez reklam [Development of Vuze halts, original developers created an open successor. BiglyBT has no ads] (in Czech)
- ^ Van der Sar, Ernesto (2020-04-05), "uTorrent is the Most Used BitTorrent Client By Far", TorrentFreak,
The list is further completed by qBitTorrent, Deluge, Free Download Manager (FDM), and BiglyBT. The latter is operated by former developers of Vuze, which was the second most-used torrent client ten years ago, but is no longer actively developed.
- ^ Gordon, Whitson (2019-09-13). "The Best BitTorrent Clients for 2019". PC Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ Дмитрий Степанов (2020-10-13), "Выпущен первый торрент-клиент нового поколения с ускоренной закачкой и экономией трафика", CNews.ru