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KTorrent

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KTorrent
Developer(s)Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić
Stable release
23.08.3[1][2] Edit this on Wikidata / 9 November 2023; 13 months ago (9 November 2023)
Preview release
22.11.90[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 23 November 2022; 2 years ago (23 November 2022)
Repository
Written inC++
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeBitTorrent client
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitekde.org/applications/internet/ktorrent/

KTorrent is a BitTorrent client that is part of the KDE Gear.

Features

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KTorrent is often received as a client intended to be feature rich.[4] Features include:[5]

  • Upload and download speed capping / throttling & scheduling
  • Internet searching with torrent search engines.
  • Support for UDP trackers.
  • IP address blocklist plugin
  • Port forwarding with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
  • Protocol encryption
  • DHT (mainline version), and support for trackerless torrents
  • μTorrent 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
  • SOCKS v4 and v5 support
  • μTP support
  • Generation and parsing of magnet links
  • UDP tracker scraping
  • Enhanced usability of the queue manager
  • Super-seeding support
  • Streaming of video while downloading

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://invent.kde.org/network/ktorrent/-/tags/v23.08.3. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ https://kde.org/announcements/gear/23.08.3/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ https://invent.kde.org/network/ktorrent/-/tags/v22.11.90. Retrieved 14 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Nick Veitch (13 September 2010). "7 of the best Linux BitTorrent clients". Linux Format. techradar. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  5. ^ Manual, ktorrent.org, archived from the original on 2012-07-19, retrieved 2012-08-25
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