Provided the copyright holder has given permission for the file to be shared this way it's fine, but using torrents to download content you'd otherwise have to pay for is not legal. We strongly advise you get a great VPN for torrenting The only way to keep yourself safe and anonymous when torrenting is to use a VPN. A VPN encrypts all your internet activity and passes it through a secure tunnel so that no one can see what you're reading or downloading - not even your ISP or the VPN service itself.
One click and you're protected. This also allows you to unblock sites like The Pirate Bay, or access foreign versions of Netflix. Some torrent clients offer every function imaginable.
Others keep things as simple as possible. It boasts an integrated torrent search engine, media player, encryption, prioritisation of torrents and the files within those torrents, IP filtering and torrent creation, and it's the closest open source, junk-free equivalent to uTorrent. If you're looking for a cross-platform torrent client that covers the essentials without getting overly complicated, qBittorrent is great.
Read our full qBittorrent review. Vuze formerly Azureus claims to be the most powerful BitTorrent client on Earth. We're not sure how it ranks on other planets, but it's certainly a serious contender for that title. There are two flavours: the stripped-back Vuze Leap, and the fully fledged Vuze Plus. Both offer torrent download, media playback and support for magnet file links, but Vuze Plus adds integrated virus protection and the ability to preview media files.
One of Vuze's key selling points is its interface, which slices through jargon and makes even the more advanced features accessible to new users. Vuze also offers bandwidth limiting, IP filtering, and all the other features you'd expect from a robust torrent client. Definitely one of the first options to consider. Read our full Vuze review. Deluge has been around forever, and it can be as simple or as powerful as you want it to be, making it one of the most versatile free torrent clients out there.
That's because it's extendable via plug-ins, which effectively enable you to build your own personalised version of Deluge. Fancy something that resembles uTorrent without the unwanted software?
No problem. Want to add alphabetical downloading, move downloaded files to specific directories according to the file type, adjust speed according to network conditions, create pretty graphs, schedule everything, integrate with Chrome or Firefox, or batch-rename downloads? That's not a problem either.
Read our full Deluge review. It's attracted some criticism over the years, however: it's ad-supported and many users argue that the most recent versions are a little too heavy on the advertising and bundled software front. Make sure you read each step of the installer carefully and uncheck any software you don't want to install. That aside, uTorrent is useful, effective and doesn't gobble up too much of your system's resources: the entire app mainly runs in your web browser.
Along the top of the display are your basic torrent tools. You can add URLs manually from the app, and open torrenting files from your download folders. The red line icon can be used to delete torrents, though the delete button on your keyboard can be used for the same thing.
The pause and play icons can be used to stop or start torrents as needed without deleting the torrent completely, and the settings icon at the end of the panel can be used to access your settings—more on those in a bit.
The bottom of the display features your general speed, download and upload information, as well as a quick toggle to switch between unlimited bandwidth and limited bandwidth for your torrent speeds in order to stop the app from eating up your entire bandwidth speeds and slowing down other activities on the network. Finally, the main display in the center will show you your active and inactive torrents in the top display, while the bottom display shows more detail for each selected torrent download.
Unsurprisingly, QBittorrent is one of the most stable torrent clients we found when it came to downloading content. Obviously, the speed of each download will depend on the health of your torrent and the number of seeders, but rest assured things were positive with qBittorrent in our download. If you decide to stop seeding or downloading a torrent, the application gives you an option to delete the content off your hard drive, a great setting that makes it easy to choose whether or not to keep your platform going.
And you can upload the download directly from within the app by right-clicking directly on a torrent within the application.
In conclusion, we think qBittorrent is the best application for most users. The settings, the speed, and the ease of setup make it the app to beat on Windows Deluge is another fantastic choice for those looking for one of the best torrenting programs for Windows The installation process for Deluge is about as simple as they come, with a super quick and easy process for installing the application.
One of our favorite aspects of Deluge is its small install size. Installation is completed within a few seconds, and the app is ready to go following this—no restarts required. Still, a few clicks will allow your instance of Deluge to access beyond your firewall. Just take note of the process upon first launch. This is a far simpler method than the expansive menu system we saw on our top pick, and while we prefer the original list from qBittorrent, we also can see the value in having a far simpler layout, as we can see in Deluge.
The top of the app has similar icons and layouts for icons, including adding and deleting torrents, pause and resuming torrents, changing the queue order of torrents up and down depending on where in the list you want the torrent to appear, and a settings menu icon—again, more on that in a moment. The bottom of this app has a huge amount of information. The details tab has more info, like the number of files, the total size of each torrent, and the file and folder name.
The files tab allows you to pick and choose which files and folders from each torrent are actually downloaded onto your computer, while the peers tab displays where your peer connections throughout the app.
Just like with qBittorrent, download and upload speeds were solid. So should you use Deluge over qBittorrent? Does the size of an application matter to you? Tixati is another cross-platform BitTorrent client that promises to be light on your system resources, with standalone and portable versions available for your USB drives if needed.
The program is the project of Kevin Hearn, originally published in The design of the app is rather ugly even by the low standards set by torrent clients, a category of application not exactly known for winning any beauty contests. Still, the app is programmed to be lightweight in both size and resources, and it more than accomplishes that, being one of the most efficient apps we tested on this list.
Tixati also includes a few other features, including a chat room option complete with private encrypted messaging, an interesting idea for a torrent platform. These channels can be used to share lists of magnet or URL links, along with streaming audio and video media. Finally, despite being a proprietary platform, Tixati promises no spyware or adware in their programs, making it one of the most trusted commercial products on the market.
Transmission has long been one of our favorite Mac and Linux torrent clients, with a lightweight and simple interface and footprint. It was one of the first clients to add broad support for magnet URIs, as well as support for file creation compatible with both Vuze and uTorrent, two major players in the torrent client game.
The app focuses on using as few resources as it can, and keeping things as simple and straightforward as possible. DMG server. BitTorrent is the original torrent client, originally developed to support uploading and download files using the BitTorrent protocol, still used today by most torrent sites.
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