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
Deluge
Fragments
Random semi-related thought. I’m going through the comparison of BitTorrent clients page on Wikipedia and it’s amazing how many clients end up as Adware.
I’m currently using Transmission again
qBittorrent. With a quick UI switch to vuetorrent for the tablet. LXC bound to a bridge thats VPN connected.
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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 hear people use the search function of QBitTorrent tied to VPN tunnel. Basic, but it works
If you add jackett and set it up it will search all of your indexers at once.
I used transmission for years, but the larger my library got the more issues I had. Currently using Qbit and loving the categories for easier management, especially with the *arr suite.
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Still qbittorrent. Docker container with web UI makes it trivial.
With Vuetorrent for a nice mobile ui
Thanks for the recommendation, I just set it up, it looks nice!
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).
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.
qbit on pc, flud on android
qBittorent for Windows and LibreTorrent for Android.
I use almost the same setup, except I don’t use Windows on Desktop.
qBittorrent here.
+1 for qBittorrent. I used to be a Deluge fan, but qBittorrent seems more performant and feature-packed.
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.
arch-qbittorrentvpn docker container, because it was the easiest to set up on my TrueNAS home server.
