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
arch-qbittorrentvpn docker container, because it was the easiest to set up on my TrueNAS home server.
qBittorrent here.
+1 for qBittorrent. I used to be a Deluge fan, but qBittorrent seems more performant and feature-packed.
qBittorrent. With a quick UI switch to vuetorrent for the tablet. LXC bound to a bridge thats VPN connected.
Still qbittorrent. Docker container with web UI makes it trivial.
qbittorrent on PC and libretorrent on Android.
QBITTORRENT
+1 qbittorrent
At least there’s one thing these Lemmy people agree with me on.
On a headless seedbox Deluge/ruTorrent/Transmission are still reliable, most of the paid seedbox services still default with those.
qBittorrent is hugely popular on the desktop front and has been getting more popular as a headless client now that the web ui has improved, also look into qbittorrent-nox if you don’t have a gui to do initial setup with.
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.
Transmission is my favorite design-wise on macOS but I wish it had i2p support.
I never even realized that Transmission doesn’t support it. I just have I2P set up on my seedbox (but it typically requires root access, so unfortunately not everyone can replicate this). I would imagine it’s pretty flaky on macOS though? I’m pretty sure the vast majority of I2P users run Linux, so the macOS client probably doesn’t get as much development and attention.
I don’t know why i2p would be flaky on macOS. I run i2pd (hate Java) on Linux and macOS and it’s functionally the same.
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
rTorrent with Flood front end.
My only complaint so far is being unable to reach the rTorrent TUI when it’s running headless. It otherwise works great.
Fragments
I’m a much bigger fan of the deluge thin client, personally.
Deluge on desktop, Flud on mobile. 😃
Flud looks proprietary and has ads.
Libretorrent works just as well and is open source.
This is what I used in the past but I had issues with the Deluge thin client when using a Deluge docker image. Did you experience the same thing as well?
Nope! My deluge server is hosted in a docker network with gluetun, and I access it from both thin clients and the web interface.
Mind me asking which docker image you are using? I was never able to get the thin client to work through docker
Not at all! Using the one provided by LinuxServer.io, found here
transmission
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’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 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 keep recommending Tribler and I don’t know why it’s not more popular. Anything wrong with it?
I appreciate the ability for the tor-like layered routing with tribler. Getting the headless UI set up is annoying, though.
