Features of uTorrent

uTorrent includes everything you would expect from a complete, reliable torrent downloader: highly detailed stats, support for RSS feeds, automatic shutdown, download scheduler and more. There are a couple things that uTorrent is missing though: a full torrent search tool and a built-in player to preview your downloads.

uTorrent 3 lets you play media in streaming as you download, rate and comment torrent files, drag and drop files to share them, and disable the UDP tracker.

Ideal for all user levels

Since version 3 uTorrent has sported a totally redesigned interface: more usable, easier to use and a perfect match for uTorrent’s web interface.

Just like previous versions, uTorrent 3 is easy enough to use for everyone no matter what their level of computer expertise is, but it also includes dozens of configuration settings that will please the most tech-savvy users. Also, this new version includes several beginner-oriented guides to make sure everybody can make the most of it.

Light on system resources

After a quick installation process (although there are quite a few prompts to install browser add-ons etc) and a handy built-in speed test to make the initial setting much easier, uTorrent is ready. The program takes up minimal hard drive and PC resources, which enables you to have a good amount of torrents downloading and still be able to use your computer without any lag.

Conclusion

If you're searching for a reliable, fast and lightweight torrent client, look no further: uTorrent is what you need.

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Features

Thanks to a straightforward, uncluttered interface BitTorrent appears as a user friendly torrent client that beginners will feel comfortable with. We particularly appreciated the integrated search box to look for files on the BitTorrent website. Once you’ve found the torrent you want, download it to your PC, open it up inside BitTorrent and let the client do the rest. The speed at which you download will depend on the number of seeds, that is people who have the complete file and are sharing it. The more seeds there are the quicker files will download.

You can set multiple torrent downloads and the downloading speed is fairly quick. It’s easy to configure the client and we suggest choosing the right port and setting upload and download rate limits to avoid hogging your bandwidth. It’s also good to set your downloads by priority to monitor more precisely how your torrents are doing.

Using BitTorrent

The file you want to download is cut up into small segments shared by users, creating what is called a swarm, and does not go through a central server, significantly reducing the bulk of file transfers. The BitTorrent client is actually the first P2P application to use this technology and became immensely popular when it was released. Torrents are considered by online users as a great way to download recently anything from movies to operating systems.

Competition

Compared to the exhaustive Azureus, BitTorrent is very simplistic. It doesn’t provide half as many statistics and doesn’t let you customize the interface. Integrating a search box is a great idea, but it limits searches to the BitTorrent website, not considered the most thorough source by torrent aficionados.

Conclusion

If you’re a newbie to the torrent world, BitTorrent is a good bet. It’s safe, stable and sharp. Associated with the huge database of legal torrents that is the BitTorrent website, it makes for a very rich P2P experience. Advanced users will probably frown upon its lack of options but others should give it a try.

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With Orbit Downloader you can comfortably handle all your internet downloads thanks to its perfect integration with popular browsers (Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Internet Explorer), a handy "drop zone" to drag and drop links, an automatic monitoring tool that catches any download links and customized, user-defined filters.

Orbit Downloader features a simple design that makes it easy to use from the very beginning. The program works with most download sites, including those that require a username and password. There's no support for Torrent files though. You can also schedule downloads and make Orbit Downloader scan files with your antivirus right after downloading them.

As for download speed, Orbit Downloader offers a handful of features: multi-thread connections, speed limits (so that your connection is not hogged by the program) and a special P2P-based technology to increase speed.

Orbit Downloader is not just another download manager, but a complete application that includes useful tools to make your downloads faster and easier to manage.

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The interface in Transmission-Qt is clean and intuitive. You can set different priority levels for torrents and establish speed limits by simply clicking the turtle icon at the bottom of the interface – perfect to control the amount of bandwidth you use for uploads and downloads.

Tranmission-Qt enables you to filter your torrent list according to downloading, seeding, paused and more. The client can organize transfers by queue order, date added, name and process, and also allows you to label, filter and sort torrents by groups and total activity. Transmission-Qt supports data encryption as well, in case you prefer your transfer to stay private.

Thanks to its simple design, Transmission-Qt manages to display all the essential information without actually seeming crowded. On the downside, it doesn't offer as many advanced statistics as you'd find in other similar apps like uTorrent.

Despite the lack of advanced statistics, Transmission-Qt is a fast, intuitive and highly functional BitTorrent client.

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A few years ago these managers were a basic need for all download junkies. Internet connections were not as fast and reliable as they are now, so you needed a tool that could not only improve your speed but also allow you to pause, restart and resume downloads.

FlashGet does all of that, and even more. It takes care of all your downloads and automates the process from beginning to end. It lets you download multiple files simultaneously and organize them into categories - movies, music, software and even customizable categories. Plus, now it also works with BitTorrent and eMule files.

FlashGet can be set to monitor both the clipboard and your web browser in search of downloadable content. Bear in mind though that if you use Firefox you'll have to download a separate plug-in. The great thing about this monitoring feature is that you can specify the file types FlashGet should be looking for. And those who prefer not to use the download monitor can use the floating window instead – a transparent icon where you can start your downloads by dragging and dropping links onto it.

During our tests FlashGet reached excellent download speeds. Although having a broadband connection – like the one we use in Softonic – surely helps, I'm sure FlashGet will improve the download speed of any domestic broadband network connection.

FlashGet is a feature-rich manager for download addicts that automates the whole downloading process and makes it faster and easier.

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Deluge is a popular Linux BitTorrent client that has now been ported to Windows while keeping its ease of use and excellent transfer speed, the two main features that have contributed to its success.

First of all, bear in mind that this app was originally written for another operating system, which means that the Windows version, according to the author's own words, is not as stable as the original one. In fact I got the odd error message while testing it, but other than that, the program worked fine. Transfer speed was excellent, along with the array of tools the program puts at your disposal to handle torrent files. Also, the program was totally unobtrusive for the user and very light on resources.

Deluge features a clear, uncluttered interface where you can easily manage all your file transfers and see information about each one of them. Also, the program's configuration settings enable you to tweak its behavior in great detail: you'll be able to limit bandwidth usage, configure a proxy server and also enable special plug-ins to add extra functionality to the program.

In all, Deluge is a powerful, easy-to-use BitTorrent client that's worth a try and will hopefully improve its stability under Windows in future releases.

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Wyzo is based on Firefox, so most users will have little or no problems using it. It's not as slick as the current Firefox release, but seems to have the same features. The main way in which Wyzo differentiates itself is the added support for downloading and torrents.

Wyzo does this in two ways - a number of Firefox download add-ons are built-in (including Firedownload and Video DownloadHelper), while bit torrents get special treatment - you can browse and download them right from inside the browser as if they were just another download link!

While lots of users will appreciate the simplification of downloading and bit torrents that Wyzo, it is basically just Firefox with various downloading add-ons preinstalled. It's great if you are new to the game or just don't want to get bogged down in technicalities, but more seasoned downloaders will probably consider it a fairly unsophisticated option.

Wyzo is the perfect browser for low-effort downloads and torrents.

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The open source FoxTorrent Firefox extension that lets you stream torrents as they download, from your web browser, with zero configuration needed.

Have a look at what this extension features:

• Streaming fast delivery: watch video and listen to audio as it downloads
• Complete Firefox integration: manage your torrent downloads from your browser window
• Windows, Mac and Ubuntu: consistent downloading experience across all three platforms
• Background downloading: continues to work even after your browser has been closed
• Low resource footprint: Foxtorrent uses less than 8 MB of RAM, and doesn't hog bandwidth
• Configuration-Free: automatic support for NATs, uPNP, and firewalls, with no tinkering necessary

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