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Roku VS WebTorrent

Compare Roku VS WebTorrent and see what are their differences

Roku logo Roku

Roku is a streaming player manufactured by Roku Inc.

WebTorrent logo WebTorrent

A streaming torrent client based on WebRTC which is based on TCP & UDP
  • Roku Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-03
  • WebTorrent Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-09-24

Roku

Categories
  • Watch Movies Online
  • Video & Movies
  • Video
  • Entertainment
Website roku.com
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WebTorrent

Categories
  • Torrents
  • Video Streaming
  • Watch Movies Online
  • Video & Movies
Website webtorrent.io
Details $

Roku videos

New Roku Ultra Unboxing and Review

More videos:

  • Review - The best Roku of 2019: Reviewing every single Roku device
  • Review - Roku Express vs Premiere vs Streaming Stick+ | Review & Comparison

WebTorrent videos

WebTorrent Desktop - Cliente Torrent de Streaming Multiplataforma para Desktop • Review

More videos:

  • Review - WebTorrent Desktop Client

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Roku and WebTorrent)
Watch Movies Online
56 56%
44% 44
Video & Movies
59 59%
41% 41
Video
51 51%
49% 49
Torrents
0 0%
100% 100

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WebTorrent Reviews

Best Alternatives to qBittorrent 2022
If you’re looking for a fully web-based qBittorrent alternative, WebTorrent has you covered. With a super clean and optimized web interface, WebTorrent provides some of the best features of BitTorrent – like torrent streaming – in an interface that you can access easily and freely straight from your web browser.

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, WebTorrent should be more popular than Roku. It has been mentiond 30 times since March 2021. 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.

Roku mentions (11)

  • New to Roku after finally cutting the cable cord, 2 questions.
    "Question 2: I bought two Roku Ultras" - You activate both Rokus on the same account on roku.com. I've had a Roku Ultra for some time and recently bought a Roku Express 4K for the guest bedroom for visiting relatives. When I activated the new Roku on my account it automatically duplicated all my apps on to the new one. But test each app, a few required me to log in on the new Roku. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Any fellow coders out there familiar with ripping encrypted HLS streams? I've found a site that is using every protection in the book to prevent stream ripping and would love to chat
    Can something similar be done on roku.com? I tried following your steps for this video https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/67ca18fb4816521db4f188855569c21e but I noticed the type is not hls but mp4. There was a file that started with index instead of ending with index but much more complex then the sample video used in the example above. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Just got this 50” roku sharp tv and tried setting up last night only to be met with this message everytime i try to click a channel. It’s saying there’s an “excellent” internet and wifi connection and yet nothing works on it. i have tried everything in the book including 2 factory resets i’m lost
    Did you reset the device & re-set it up on roku.com to be 'owned' by you? Source: over 1 year ago
  • No Search Bar?
    Certain features will be missing in unsupported countries. You can see our list of supported countries by navigating to roku.com and trying the county selector option at the bottom right hand of the page. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Unauthorized Roku charges through my Paypal account.
    Easier said than done with an elderly parent, but have your mom go to roku.com, reset her password, and give you the password. Then you should be able to go in and remove any payment method (presumably your PayPal), cancel any subscriptions, etc. Source: over 1 year ago
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WebTorrent mentions (30)

  • I Moved My Blog from IPFS to a Server
    It's because of the kind of content that is shared. BitTorrent serves a lot of content you are not allowed to redistribute, so having an open gateway immediately puts you at risk of aiding the distribution of content. But it does work, someone even made something native to browsers so browsers themselves can share content: https://webtorrent.io/. There are even fuse "gateways" to make it native to your computer... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
  • How can i make a torrent streamer similar to webtorrent and stremio?
    Title. I have some experience with c++ but not much with torrent libraries. (webtorrent, stremio). Source: 5 months ago
  • This page exists only if someone is looking at it
    The page mentions the possibility of file sharing/torrents using WebRTC which does exist if anyone is interested: https://webtorrent.io/ and https://instant.io/ The projects are open source: https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
  • Use Case for WebTorrent / http seed / browser to browser etc. ?
    I assume you've seen https://webtorrent.io/ ? Source: 12 months ago
  • How to "stream torrents"?
    Condolences about your friend. Dont know why no one has posted this before but https://webtorrent.io/ works great, and it has functionality for seeking and even use external video players (like mpv or vlc). As people have said here: the more seeders, the better. Source: about 1 year ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Roku and WebTorrent, you can also consider the following products

Apple TV - New Apple TV running tvOS

Netflix - See what's next. Watch anywhere. Cancel anytime.

Stremio - Watch videos, movies, TV series and TV channels instantly.

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)

Putlocker.to - Watch TV/ movie Shows Online Free

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