Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to BitTorrent

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BitTorrent Cloud Storage Communication Developer Tools Download Manager Music Downloader P2P Torrent Downloads Torrents Video & Movies Video Streaming

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to BitTorrent are qBittorrent, Deluge, and Transmission. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

qBittorrent Landing Page
1

qBittorrent

Lightweight and open source torrent client that runs on all major platforms.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Torrents #Torrent Downloads #BitTorrent 18 social mentions
Deluge Landing Page
2

Deluge

Deluge is a full-featured BitTorrent client for Linux, Unix and Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Torrents #BitTorrent #P2P 28 social mentions
Transmission Landing Page
3

Transmission

Transmission has the features you expect in a BitTorrent client: encryption, a web-based interface...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Torrents #BitTorrent #P2P 55 social mentions
PicoTorrent Landing Page
4

PicoTorrent

PicoTorrent is designed to be a tiny, easy-to-use BitTorrent client with low memory usage.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Torrents #BitTorrent #P2P 10 social mentions
FrostWire Landing Page
5

FrostWire

Easy to use BitTorrent Client and YouTube Downloader in one, with built-in search and music library.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Torrents #P2P #BitTorrent
BiglyBT Landing Page
6

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.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Torrents #BitTorrent #P2P
Nicotine+ Landing Page
7

Nicotine+

Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#P2P #Torrents #BitTorrent 24 social mentions
aria2 Landing Page
8

aria2

aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Torrents #Download Manager #BitTorrent 43 social mentions
WebTorrent Desktop Landing Page
9

WebTorrent Desktop

Stream torrents
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Torrents #Torrent Downloads #BitTorrent 6 social mentions
Tribler Landing Page
10

Tribler

Application that enables its users to find, enjoy and share content.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Torrents #BitTorrent #Torrent Downloads 1 social mentions
JSTorrent Landing Page
11

JSTorrent

Torrent client for Google Chrome and Chromebooks
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Torrents #Video & Movies #BitTorrent
Webtor Landing Page
12

Webtor

Download and play torrents with free cloud BitTorrent client
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Video Streaming #Developer Tools #Communication 34 social mentions