KTorrent
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 KTorrent running on a KDE4 session. | |
| Developed by | Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić |
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| Written in | C++ (Qt) |
| OS | Unix-like, Mac OS X, Windows[1] |
| Type | BitTorrent client |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://www.ktorrent.org |
KTorrent is a KDE BitTorrent client written in C++. It's alright, but it's slow and inefficient on high-bandwidth links and it's also based on a graphical user interface, which obviously is nothing of value compared to a good cli interface.
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[edit] Ease of abuse
KTorrents user interface has a search button which lets you search for interesting content abusing all major BitTorrent searchengines. The searches are limited to one searchengine at a time, there are many to choose from but Isohunt is there and it lets you download everything.
[edit] Download speeds
It is slow and bloat. This won't be noticed on slow links, but if you have a slow box and a fast internet pipe then forget it.
[edit] Features
- BitTorrent protocol encryption
- Peer exchange, supports both DHT and PEX
- Web interface plugin with default port number 8080
- IPv6 support
- Generation and parsing of magnet links
- Port forwarding with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
- Upload and download speed capping / throttling & scheduling
- Internet searching with torrent search engines using KHTML part.
- Support for UDP trackers.
- Plugins:
- DHT (mainline version), and support for trackerless torrents
- 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
- µTP support
- SOCKS v4 and v5 support
- IP-based blocklist
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Card games: KPoker | KPatience | Lieutnant Skat
- Arcade: KMines | KAsteroids | KBounce
BitTorrent clients
- GUI:KTorrent, Transmission
- CLI:rTorrent, Hrktorrent