KTorrent is a
BitTorrent client
The following is a general comparison of Glossary of BitTorrent terms#Client, BitTorrent clients, which are computer programs designed for peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent, BitTorrent protocol.
The BitTorrent protocol coordinates se ...
that is part of the
KDE Gear
The KDE Gear is a set of applications and supporting libraries that are developed by the KDE community, primarily used on Linux-based operating systems but mostly multiplatform, and released on a common release schedule.
The bundle is compos ...
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Features
KTorrent is often received as a client intended to be feature rich. Features include:
*Upload and download speed capping / throttling & scheduling
*Internet searching with torrent search engines.
*Support for
UDP tracker
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IP address
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blocklist plugin
*Port forwarding with
UPnP
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of networking protocols on the Internet Protocol (IP) that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Gateway (telecommunications), Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile de ...
(Universal Plug and Play)
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Protocol encryption
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DHT (mainline version), and support for trackerless torrents
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μTorrent
μTorrent, or uTorrent (see pronunciation), is a proprietary adware BitTorrent client owned and developed by Rainberry, Inc. The " μ" (Greek letter " mu") in its name comes from the SI prefix "micro-", referring to the program's small memo ...
peer exchange (PEX) support
*File Prioritization
*Ability to import partially downloaded files
*Directory scanner to automatically watch directories for new torrents
*Manual addition of trackers to torrents
*RSS feed support
*Web interface plugin with default port number 8080
*IPv6 support
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SOCKS
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v4 and v5 support
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μTP support
*Generation and parsing of
magnet links
*UDP tracker scraping
*Enhanced usability of the queue manager
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Super-seeding support
*Streaming of video while downloading
See also
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KGet
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qBittorrent
qBittorrent is a cross-platform free and open-source BitTorrent client written in native application, native C++. It relies on Boost (C++ libraries), Boost, OpenSSL, zlib, Qt (software), Qt 6 toolkit and the libtorrent-rasterbar library (for th ...
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Comparison of BitTorrent software
References
External links
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KTorrent's KDE Extragear pageBright Hub Multi-part article about Ktorrent
BitTorrent clients for Linux
Extragear
File sharing software that uses Qt
Free BitTorrent clients
KDE Applications
MacOS file sharing software
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