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Nicotine+ VS rTorrent

Compare Nicotine+ VS rTorrent and see what are their differences

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Nicotine+ logo Nicotine+

Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network.

rTorrent logo rTorrent

rtorrent is a BitTorrent client for ncurses, using the libtorrent library.
  • Nicotine+ Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-07-12

Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network.

Nicotine+ aims to be a pleasant, free and open source (FOSS) alternative to the official Soulseek client, providing additional functionality while keeping current with the Soulseek protocol.

  • rTorrent Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-07-26

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Nicotine+ and rTorrent)

Nicotine+

rTorrent

Torrents
47 47%
Torrents
53% 53
P2P
51 51%
P2P
49% 49
File Sharing
49 49%
File Sharing
51% 51
BitTorrent
47 47%
BitTorrent
53% 53

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Nicotine+ seems to be a lot more popular than rTorrent. While we know about 24 links to Nicotine+, we've tracked only 2 mentions of rTorrent. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Nicotine+ mentions (24)

  • AOL pulls Nullsoft file-sharing software WASTE (2003)
    For those interested, here's the good FOSS client https://nicotine-plus.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
  • Usenet is shit for music
    Completely agree. Try this https://nicotine-plus.org. Source: 11 months ago
  • K/s?
    As has been said, K/s is an indication of transfer speed, and the default SLSK client does not keep track of transferred data for you. However, as there's never a bad time for a Nicotine+ plug, that does keep such stats, both for session and total transfer. Source: 11 months ago
  • Cannot access soulseek website
    Please be careful, there are some fake versions of the slsk client out there and they are confirmed malware. The official Soulseek website is http://www.slsknet.org/. There was a previous domain, but Nir (slsk's founder) lost control of it many years ago. I suggest you download a version of the client from this page or better yet download a copy of the third party client Nicotine+. N+ is updated far more... Source: about 1 year ago
  • Where to get older albums?
    Soulseek is a P2P service, yes, use a client like nicotine+ that is much more modern, and in my opinion, more usable than the default client. Source: over 1 year ago
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rTorrent mentions (2)

  • Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1 is out
    You could also check out rtorrent: http://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/, but I remember reading that development has stalled on that project. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
  • Useful tip for Linux/BSD users (Torrent specific use case)
    Where it really starts to shine is when you combine it with other CLI & TUI applications. I use openSSH, rtorrent and Tmux (or GNU screen) in combination with PIA's manual script to achieve a remote "seedbox". I don't need to access my computers when I'm away from my local network but one has the potential by creating their own local VPN or opening up the port to their seedbox. Source: about 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Nicotine+ and rTorrent, you can also consider the following products

BiglyBT - BiglyBT is a feature filled, open source, bittorrent client. Auto migrate from Vuze and Azureus. I2P integration, Swarm Merging, Advanced Tag System, WebTorrent support, built-in VPN kill switch, Meta-search, UPnP/DLNA access, and much more.

qBittorrent - Lightweight and open source torrent client that runs on all major platforms.

Deluge - Deluge is a full-featured BitTorrent client for Linux, Unix and Windows.

libtorrent - libtorrent is a feature complete C++ bittorrent implementation focusing on efficiency and...

µTorrent - Looking for a torrent site to download movies, music and more? Choose from top torrent sites like The Pirate Bay, RARBG, 1337X, and dozens more. (October 2019)

LIII BitTorrent Client - multi-platform bittorrent client

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