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The following is a general comparison of BitTorrent clients, which are computer programs designed for peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol. [1]The BitTorrent protocol coordinates segmented file transfer among peers connected in a swarm.
It showed that μTorrent still maintains a sizable lead over competitors, despite concerns over adware and bloatware. Runner-up Transmission was praised for being lightweight, while qBittorrent was praised for being cross-platform and open-source, Deluge for its plugin library, and Tixati for its simplicity. [2]
libtorrent, a BitTorrent library used by popular clients such as qBittorrent and μTorrent Web but not BiglyBT, implemented the functionality a few weeks prior (with version 2.0, released 7 September 2020 [16]), but clients that use the library had yet to incorporate the functionality as of BiglyBT's update.
Seems BiglyBT is getting more notable, in 2020 it was most used client at 10/13, even referenced in a Wikipedia article [1] 185.186.143.61 18:50, 13 January 2021 (UTC)OccasionalPasserby More notable? Used in 0.3%? The Banner talk 20:43, 13 January 2021 (UTC) There are article pages of clients with a lower share.
qBittorrent is a cross-platform free and open-source BitTorrent client written in native C++. It relies on Boost , OpenSSL , zlib , Qt 6 toolkit and the libtorrent -rasterbar library (for the torrent back-end), with an optional search engine written in Python .
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Some torrent clients supports seeding to WebTorrent peers, for example BiglyBT (has Android version) and clients based on the libtorrent [4] like QBittorrent, Deluge and LibreTorrent (Android). Websites
As of January 2005, BitTorrent traffic made up more than a third of total residential internet traffic, [2] although this dropped to less than 20% as of 2009. Some ISPs deal with this traffic by increasing their capacity whilst others use specialised systems to slow peer-to-peer traffic to cut costs.