KTorrent

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KTorrent

KTorrent running on a KDE4 session.
Developed by Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić
Latest release 3.0.2 / 25 April 2008
Preview release 3.1 Beta 2 / 19 May 2008
OS Unix-like, Microsoft Windows[1]
Genre BitTorrent client
License GNU General Public License
Website http://ktorrent.org

KTorrent is a BitTorrent client written in C++ for KDE using the Qt user interface toolkit. It is maintained in the KDE Extragear.

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[edit] Features

  • Upload and download speed capping / throttling & scheduling
  • Internet searching with torrent search engines using KHTML part.
  • Support for UDP trackers.
  • IP address blacklist plugin
  • Port forwarding with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
  • Protocol encryption
  • DHT (mainline version), and support for trackerless torrents
  • µTorrent peer exchange (PEX) support (as of 2.1 RC1).
  • 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


New features of KTorrent 3:

  • IPv6 support
  • SOCKS v4 and v5 support
  • The network interface to use, can now be selected
  • Alternative flat list mode to display the files of a torrent
  • Reorganization of the config dialog
  • Individual files of a torrent can now be moved
  • New queuemanager gui

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ KTorrent FAQ: 'Will there be a windows port?'