KTorrent
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Developer(s) | Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić |
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Stable release | 5.2.0 (June 6, 2020[1]) [±] |
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Written in | C++ (Qt) |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Type | BitTorrent client |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | ktorrent |
KTorrent is a BitTorrent client that is part of the KDE Software Compilation.
Features
KTorrent is often received as a client intended to be feature rich.[2] Features include:[3]
- 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
- 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
See also
References
- ^ Štikonas, Andrius (6 June 2020). "KTorrent 5.2.0". kde-announce-apps (Mailing list). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ Nick Veitch. "7 of the best Linux BitTorrent clients". Linux Format. techradar. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ Manual, ktorrent.org, retrieved 2012-08-25
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