I’m spinning up a new seedbox and wanted to know what is everyone using nowadays? I was using deluge via the thick client and rutorrent previously. Are they still king? edit: I should have also mentioned that I plan on running this server headless so I will need to be able to access it via a thin client or a web browser
qBittorrent here.
+1 for qBittorrent. I used to be a Deluge fan, but qBittorrent seems more performant and feature-packed.
Still qbittorrent. Docker container with web UI makes it trivial.
With Vuetorrent for a nice mobile ui
Did you try qBitController?
I was not aware of that. Thanks for sharing. I’ll probably stick to my current setup for now as its one app less on the phone and I access the rest of my services through the browser anyway .
There’s also qBitControl for iOS btw. But you have to sideload it using AltStore (which is pretty easy if you’re in the EU).
QBITTORRENT
+1 qbittorrent
At least there’s one thing these Lemmy people agree with me on.
I like that they were using ALL CAPS and you’re using all lowercase.
qBittorrent
qBittorrent and rtorrent are very popular.
qBittorrent is probably the most commonly used client. Transmission is another popular option, especially among macOS users, since it has a familiar design and feels more native.
rTorrent is great if you want a CLI app, and ruTorrent offers a web frontend. Another option that you can run on a server is Deluge.
You can control qBittorrent from Android using qBitController or from iOS using qBitControl (you can get it from AltStore after adding the Michael-128 repo). Transdroid supports other clients as well, and it’s my personal favorite. If you want to torrent on the Android device itself, check out LibreTorrent. For iOS, use iTorrent (also available on AltStore).
If you already plan on self-hosting, or have root access on your seed box (or some other way of installing applications/deploying Docker containers), I also recommend setting up bitmagnet. It’s basically your own torrent indexer and search engine. It can also integrate with your *arr applications.
Do you use altstore? Have you tried livecontainer to avoid the 3 app limit?
I don’t think that applies when using the EU version and Apple’s new sideloading framework. But I don’t know, since I only have 1 app sideloaded right now.
Deluge is always my goto.
Deluge always seems so underrepresented, but as far as I know it’s never had a version compromised with malware like some of the other popular clients. It also performs great when you are seeding over 1000 torrents as long as you upgrade to version two.
Better to use the underrepresented torrent clients. They have the least chance of enshittification.
looks at µTorrent
Qbittorrent, Transmission and Ktorrent the Last two When some updates breaks Qbittorrent
arch-qbittorrentvpn docker container, because it was the easiest to set up on my TrueNAS home server.
Qbittorrent via a container and web UI on my NAS, lets me use it as a backend for *arrs as well as anything else, just have tag based directories for it so Software goes into one folder and TV movies etc in their respective folders.
I personally like the setup a lot since I can always be a seeder even well after my ratio is hit.
slskd hooked up to this as well to share everything music wise, gives me a nice way to reconcile stuff Lidarr can’t find and shares it all back for anyone to browse so hopefully helps someone downloadv something they’re searching for a FLAC of
nzb360 on Android for management as needed, it hooks into Qbittorrent easily and gives me a nice place to do some quicker tasks for my overall infra
qBittorrent. With a quick UI switch to vuetorrent for the tablet. LXC bound to a bridge thats VPN connected.
The is the way
I’ve been using Transmission for many years.
I’ve got Transmission on my NAS and use Transmission-remote(Linux and android) for the client. Simple, easy to setup and it just works.
iblocklist and transmission name a better team
Tixati
Not sure why it’s not more popular. I use and donate. I’ve had better performance with this than qbittorrent.
Closed source, and their prominent “contains NO Spyware” disclaimer doesn’t quite instill confidence. I have also never even heard about it until now.
I don’t use that client either - But to be fair the dev (Kevin Hearn) has a long history with P2P software e.g. depending how old you are you may have used his WinMX software back in the day. He isn’t known for sticking spyware/malware into his software so I sort of trust the software he puts out in that sense. He also maintains other non-torrent P2P file sharing software outside of Tixati.
Of course it would be better if it was open source but he’s never been an open source coder AFAIK.
I’ve had email communication with the devs and again, I’m a biased donor. They are just starting afloat on donations. Respect your closed source concerns completely, but it’s a superior piece of software imo and I see no signs of malificence. If you are an open source purist I get it, there are other options. If you are using any closed source software at all though, it would seem to me hypocritical to show a bias against this particular app.
I’m currently using Transmission again
transmission in docker container on NAS, with dedicated IP that gets forced through VPN on my router
Deluge
