About:
rTorrent is a console-based BitTorrent client. It aims to be a fully-featured and efficient client with the ability to run in the background using screen. It supports fast-resume and session management.

Author:
Rakshasa [contact developer]

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8.58/10.00 (9 votes)

Homepage:
http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no
Tar/GZ:
http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/downloads/rtorrent-0.8.0.tar.gz
Changelog:
http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/wiki/Changelog
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/browser/
Bug tracker:
http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/report
Mailing list archive:
http://rakshasa.no/pipermail/libtorrent-devel/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		4 - Beta
[Environment]		Console (Text Based) :: Curses
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		Unix
[Topic]		Communications :: File Sharing

Dependencies: [change]
libTorrent (required)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	0.8.0	29-Jan-2008	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] If it had DHT, it would be perfect!
by Rogério Brito - Mar 21st 2006 19:41:37

I think that rtorrent is quite, quite nice, especially given the fact that it is written in a language that is compiled and is much lower on resources than other, similar clients (for instance, Azureus or the Python-based clients like Bittornado).

I'm working with machines with limited resources and I prefer to only use Free Software (and Sun's JVM isn't Free).

If rtorrent had something like Azureus DHT, then I think that this would make it a superb client.

Oh, of course, the user interface, being based in curses, could be slightly improved, but that's a cosmetic part, of course.

Thanks.

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[»] Re: If it had DHT, it would be perfect!
by Man-wai Chang - Apr 18th 2006 05:35:46

% is written in a language that is
> compiled and is much lower on resources
> than other, similar clients (for
> instance, Azureus or the Python-based
> clients like Bittornado). I would like to see multi-tracker support as in BitTornado.

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[»] Re: If it had DHT, it would be perfect!
by Man-wai Chang - Apr 18th 2006 05:40:23


> % is written in a language that is

> % compiled and is much lower on

> resources

> % than other, similar clients (for

> % instance, Azureus or the Python-based

> % clients like Bittornado).

Re-post:

I would like to see:

1. multi-tracker support as in BitTornado.

2. ability to selectively download files in the whole torrent. as in BitComet.

BTW, the response is a bit slow after inserting a job.


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