BitTorrent client 2007

While there's already a 12-page thread on this (and probably others as well), it's 2 years outdated and most notably lacks the best one of them all: uTorrent.

So here's a new poll with a more current list of Windows bittorrent clients in alphabetical order.

Many of the items were from wikipedia since I haven't even heard of half of these. I also didn't put in most of the download accelerators even though they also offer torrent functionality simply because I can't remember them all and it's too late to edit the poll now

Also, I didn't include Vuze or Zudeo because it's simply Azureus.

 

lol i think you forgot something.

 

The actual poll took a while to write

 

uTorrent all the way. Light, fast, efficient.

 

uTorrent here all the way.

 

Azureus is the best IMO. But the latest version 3.0 SUCKS bigtime. Stick with the 2.5 version.

 

utorrent. not blacklisted on any private trackers im on and no spyware/adaware.

also has nifty tool that lets you check if you forwarded your ports correctly. me likes

 

Azureus will always be my choice because it is the everything client.

 

i use bitcomet...it works well and its easy to use

 

i used to use bitcomet until it got blacklisted on one of the sites i used then i switched to µTorrent

 

what does "blacklisted" mean? should i be afraid of something?

 

Azureus all the way!


Too bad my new ISP is throttling my P2P stuff...

Byebye Azureus, hello 3 kbp/s...

 

Basically means they won't let anyone using that client to download.

I.e. BitComet was blacklisted from most private servers for a while when it was found out they were unfairly allowing people to download faster against their ratios.

Utorrent was blacklisted from a few servers when it was bought out by BitTorrent for a while. This isnt' really a problem anymore though.

Encryption help any?

 

nice avatar INCSlayer!

utorrent gets my vote, very efficient coding with lots of functions.


Can anyone please pm me a demonoid invitation code please? Ive been waiting for months but never seem to be able to get the timing right to register






---

 

I tried that, but, either it doesn't work, or I'm not doing it correctly.

ISP is ClearWire by the way. Didn't do any research about it prior to signing a 2 year contract...lol.

 

What's bittorrent?

 

utorrent - uses the least resources and allows you to easily standby or shutdown after download.

 

uTorrent FTW.

 

you probably got blacklisted for being a leech and not the client. No reason for a torrent server to care what client you use.

You are uploading ATLEAST as much as you download I hope.. I hate leeches.

Im uploading at 150kb/s almost 24 hours a day and have a 7:1 share ratio.

If everybody shared things would download 80x faster.

 

No there definitely were private servers that blacklist based on type of client - this happened a LOT with older versions of BitComet because it allowed people to download fast without uploading.

 

Yeah, my bro used to do that

"But isn't the point of all this to share?" (remember I don't do bittorent)
"Who cares?"

Finally got him to switch to uTorrent from Bitcomet. What a terrible program!

 

yea, I can definitely see justification for blacklisting BitComet back then. They've long since fixed that bug though.

The utorrent blacklisting is even odder, although understandable. Getting bought out by Bitorrent, who "sold out" to big business, people were getting all panicked about DRM...

I recently found a server that blacklists Transmission too...no clue why. Quite annoying.

 

utorrent is lightest I've seen so far. And I thought the blacklisting is because utorrent sold its soul to the MPAA/RIAA when they had that agreement with Bittorrent.

 

uTorrent is the way to go
Almost 1300hrs of running time.

 

utorrent may be the best but security cames first.
So my vote goes to azureus.
Don't people read the news?
Jump to Phoenix Labs forums or just google utorrent soldout...

 

How is utorrent insecure? There's no malware or security loophole that I"m aware of in utorrent.

If you're referring to the buyout by Bittorrent, Inc., what makes you believe that acquisition by another company necessary poses a security or privacy risk, even if that company has partnerships with legit media companies?

Azureus, or Vuze, blatantly builds in such content from these companies as well.

 

I was going to start another thread for my question, but perhaps someone here could give me an answer.

I was downloading fine (through BitComet), but I had to reformat last week due to unrelated causes. However, after I installed the program, I can't seem to download anymore. I tried leaving it on for the entire night, but it still stays at 0%. This torrent has many seeders, so this is definitely not a uploading problem. Any ideas?



EDIT: I tried uTorrent, but it insists that I didn't forward the ports properly. However, I'm confident I did.

 

Yes they're legit like PeerFactor, which is a subsidiary of French anti-piracy group RetSpan.
My thoughts are just like poenix labs (responsible for peerguardian)

PS: i love utorrent but safety comes first.

 

I actually don't use utorrent. But with that said:

Well first of all, Bittorrent, Inc. made a partnership with major media companies, and they were pretty open about it. I'm a little disappointed that they did "sell out" so easily instead of trying to effect some sort of change by holding out with other groups, but that's another story.

Regarding your post above, how does being an anti-piracy group in any way negatively affect the legitimacy of a company?

Second of all, Azureus does nearly the same thing with Vuze - and in this case, it's actually embedded within the program itself. So even if partnering with groups against piracy automatically equals a security risk, why would it only apply to utorrent but not Azureus? If this is the case, you wouldn't be using Azureus either, but instead go for something that's not "sold out".

Third, just what security concerns are you talking about here? If you're worried that you can be tracked while downloading torrents, that's possible regardless of what client you use and what software you have. The MPAA doesn't need to "partner" with a bitorrent company or install any additional software or loopholes on your system to do find out your downloading habits.
In any case, I'm not sure how this affects your safety. If you meant breach of piracy, that's one thing, but safety? In what way are you any less safe?

 

Did you turn off your software firewalls or open up the ports on them? If you reformatted and reinstalled Windows, it may have turned on its firewall by default.

Also, although I'm sure you did forward your ports correctly, but just to be sure, did you make sure you changed your computer's IP to static?

 

I turned off the Windows and Zonealarm firewall, but nothing changed. Yes, I did set my IP to static.

 

This question is a joke right?
When the discussion is about torrents...

Mine isn't... Just check Azureus page. Does any of the companies that support that thing on azureus supports financial antipiracy groups? I'm not sure but i'm sure that happens on utorrent.

...
I don't know how to express very well in english but there's a thought that says better safe than sorry.
And sorry if i trust more phoenix lab developers than you, no hard feelings

There's so many info about that; sorry i can't be more detailed, exam in two days and back to study...

 

Nope. Not a joke at all. Why should any legitimate consumer be concerned that their bittorrent client is backed by anti-piracy groups?

While there are some potential answers to that question (privacy and inconvenience), I don't think this is the direction your comments were headed, is it?

Azureus has deals with film and media companies and expressly states that they will sell content with DRM over bittorrent. Of course those companies are all against piracy.
As you said earlier to google "utorrent and sold out", here I'll suggest you google azureus and vuze. Even Azureus's own webpage and FAQ talks about its DRM technology.

I'm not on a crusade against Azureus or fanatically protecting utorrent, but your logic fails here. Why should one program be singled out for "safety" concerns because of connections to legitimate media companies when while you suggest using another which does the same thing to a far greater extent?

It doesn't matter to me what client you choose to use, although I'd suggest you examine Azureus more closely if you're truly so worried about any affiliation with anti-piracy groups. It may not be the best choice for you.

But in the end, it comes down to this, and I apologize if I'm assuming from the tone of your words any implications that you didn't intend: stop pirating, and your safety concerns will all be solved.

 

Bitcomet also is excellent

 

Well there's this chinese client that I'm using called Web Thunder. There's a desktop based client and english translation for the program if you could google it, it's fast but not faster than the Web Thunder. Basically it's a web based client, using IE + ActiveX. Yeah, it's a very bad idea. Plus, it's a resource hog, including IE, it's one of the slowest, but still the plus side is, my ISP is throttling my connection and I don't seem to be affected the throttling via this client. The torrent files that I get from the usual sites are already fast, but the ones I get using the search engine provided by the client is way way faster.

Using uTorrent on a same torrent file, the utorrent comes in about 3kb/s, and the webthunder gave a average of 30kb/s

 

I'm sure the moment bittorrent implements some sort of privacy-violating anti-piracy tracking thing into utorrent, the word will spread through digg and /. and whatever and everyone will just stop using it.

 

UTorrent all the way

 

I use Azureus because I think the frog is a sexy looking icon.

 

utorrent for me.
small in size and performs its function well