Alternative P2P - Torrent Clients

[Slacker]

For those of you that would like an alternative to uTorrrent.

Many of these are very nice alternatives, but please be aware I've listed many clients to make this a more complete list. Some of these might not be so great, so play around and see, I'm sure they won't blow up your computer, LOL...


BitComet - Read to many negative things, but you might like it
http://www.bitcomet.com/

BitLord
http://www.bitlord.com/

BitSpirit
http://www.bitspirit.cc/en/

BitTorrent - Yes the people that started it all, also a pretty big client, but you might like it
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Deluge
http://deluge-torrent.org/

KTorrent KDE Linux
http://ktorrent.org/?q=screenshots

qBittorrent
http://www.qbittorrent.org/

Tixati
http://www.tixati.com/

Transmission
http://www.transmissionbt.com/

Transmission - Unofficial Windows Version - Also check on Transmission's forum about Windows clients
http://sourceforge.net/projects/trqtw/

Tribler - As their website states; 'A different BitTorrent client'
http://www.tribler.org/trac

vuze - A bit bloated but you might like it
https://www.vuze.com/

[Reuben]

Some further comments.

Transmission on Mac is a pretty well respected client.
Vuze (formerly Azureus) is the only Mac client I know that has full SOCKS5 support for the P2P traffic. Transmission only proxies the tracker communication.

For linux, I like rTorrent

[Slacker]

Transmission on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based Linux versions is the standard client installed, so it's pretty common...

In Linux I've really liked Deluge...

[nzbrocket]

Additionally to this torrent thread: there is a free media player Rox Player that is able to stream torrent files. While it streams it also downloads it so make both things at the same time.

[Slacker]

I just added above KTorrent for KDE users in Linux...

http://ktorrent.org/?q=screenshots

Actually a really nice client too.

[maxbudin]

Since we cant view the IPT forums to varify, anyone know which of these listed here are approved clients/versions?  As there might be a update/change to approved clients where some were not allowed for whatever reason and now perhaps given the green light due to fixes made as new versions.  I am interested to try out some of these but am not willing to test on public sites for obvious reasons.

[Slacker]

Since we cant view the IPT forums to varify, anyone know which of these listed here are approved clients/versions?  As there might be a update/change to approved clients where some were not allowed for whatever reason and now perhaps given the green light due to fixes made as new versions.  I am interested to try out some of these but am not willing to test on public sites for obvious reasons.

I don't know, but if you're asking, don't you have access to IPT? I'm sure like most Torrent Trackers they list the approved and disapproved clients you can and can't use...

[maxbudin]

Well bro, I've done a DUH .... havent I.     I looked high and low in their FAQ and rules; couldnt find their list of recommended and disapproved clients, 'till I hit their home screen which I had always bypass.  Even still their list of approved clients is certainly limited compared to those mentioned here for 'testing' without getting banned.

[Slacker]

Ahh ok, just send them a message to find out if you want to use a different client to make sure it's ok...