KTorrent

KTorrent

File:Ktorrent-3.0 KDE-4.png KTorrent running on a KDE4 session.
Developer(s)	Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić
Stable release	5.2.0 (June 6, 2020 (2020-06-06)) [±]
Repository	invent.kde.org/network/ktorrent
Written in	C++
Operating system	Unix-like, Microsoft Windows
Type	BitTorrent client
License	GNU General Public License
Website	http://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.

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 (as of 2.1 RC1).
• 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

New features of KTorrent 3:

• IPv6 support
• SOCKS v4 and v5 support
• The active network interface may now be specified
• Alternative flat list mode to display the files of a torrent
• Reorganization of the config dialog
• Individual files of a torrent may now be moved
• New queuemanager GUI

See also

• KGet
• Comparison of BitTorrent software

External links

• KTorrent's web site
• KTorrent's KDE Extragear page
• Bright Hub Multi-part article about Ktorrent