KTorrent

KTorrent is a BitTorrent client that is part of the KDE Gear.

KTorrent
KTorrent downloading.
Developer(s)Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić
Stable release
21.12.2 / February 3, 2022 (2022-02-03)
Repository
Written inC++
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeBitTorrent client
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitekde.org/applications/internet/ktorrent/

Features

KTorrent is often received as a client intended to be feature rich.[1] Features include:[2]

  • 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
  1. Nick Veitch (13 September 2010). "7 of the best Linux BitTorrent clients". Linux Format. techradar. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  2. Manual, ktorrent.org, archived from the original on 2012-07-19, retrieved 2012-08-25


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