Deluge The Best Bittorrent Client For Mac

 

WebTorrent is the first BitTorrent client that works in the browser, while WebTorrent Desktop is a desktop version that brings torrent streaming to Windows, Mac, and Linux. That means you can watch movies and TV, or listen to audio books and music while the torrent download is still taking place. Deluge is one of best torrent client 2017 which is open source and free to use. UI of this torrent client is almost similar to uTorrent. UI of this torrent client is almost similar to uTorrent. Deluge torrent client is available for various platforms like Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Windows, Mac OS X, Gentoo etc. Find the best free programs like Deluge for Mac. More than 10 alternatives to choose: Transmission, qBittorrent, Vuze (Azureus) and more.

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Deluge is free, open source and cross-platform BitTorrent client. Deluge aims to be a lightweight, secure, and feature-rich client.

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LicenseGPL
Selective downloadingYes
IPv6Yes
GUIYes

Qbittorrent

Embedded trackerNo
DHTYes
DaemonYes
Web seedingNo
NAT-PMPYes
µTPNo
LPDYes
NAT traversalYes
PEXYes
Auto update?

Pros

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Free, ad-less and open source

Deluge is free, ad-less and open source software licensed under GPL with source code available here. Being open source allows anyone to check if the software has no malicious code, is secure and respects privacy.

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Lightweight

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Functionality can be extended with a variety of plugins

As is, Deluge is very stripped down, but its functionality can be increased via plugins. As such Deluge can have only the functionality that is needed and skip any other reducing resource usage.

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Full-featured 

Deluge covers basics such as Prioritization, Selective Downloading, DHT, PEX, LPD and Magnet URIs. It includes MSE/PE for security. It has graphical, web and command line interfaces. Has UPnP, NAT-PMP, NAT traversal for automatic router configuration. Has UDP tracker data transfer protocol support. Even covers IPv6 and proxy servers.

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Portable

µTorrent can be run without having to be installed. It can be put on an external storage device (such as a USB drive) and run directly from it. A portable version of Deluge can be downloaded from SourceForge.

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Can encrypt traffic 

MSE/PE or Message Stream Encryption/Protocol Encryption is BitTorrent traffic encryption method designed to improve privacy. It also attempts to make it harder to identify BitTorrent traffic by third parties such as ISPs that can choose to throttle it.

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Good web UI 

Deluge has a web interfaces that can be used to remotely control torrents.

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Has a command line interface and a daemon

Deluge can be run in text-only mode via the deluge-console command. Requires first running the deluge daemon deluged. Utilizing the deluge daemon deluged allows remotely connecting to it, and using any front-end interface.

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Cons

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Hasn't been updated in a while

As of writing of this, there has not been a new release in ~1.5 years.

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Includes minor UI issues

Deluge has minor UI issues such as presenting 'delete with data' as the most prominent button when removing a torrent from a list of downloads, or the way it resets its size when maximized from tray forcing a resize each time.

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Can't 'force start' downloads

There's no way to manually override settings for download queuing that's available in other torrent clients. For example, if there are 2 files in the download list and the software is configured to queue just one at a time there's no way to force a download of both without changing the settings. A workaround plugin can be found here.

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Does not preload magnet data 

If a magnet URI is used there's no way to get information about contents or perform any kind of actions (such as selecting what to download) before the download has started.

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No tracker exchange 

Tracker exchange functionality allows peers to exchange information about trackers of a given file. It is another way of ensuring that the file is downloaded from the optimal source. Deluge lacks this functionality.

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No embedded tracker 

An embedded tracker allows turning the client into a server offering an easy way of sharing files with others. Deluge lacks embedded tracker support so another method of sharing or different client has to be used to share files.

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No web seeding suport 

Web seeding support allows downloading file parts from an HTTP source alongside the swarm. It's usually used for long-term seeding and easing some of the load on web hosts that supply direct downloads by offering a BitTorrent download as an alternative while still ensuring that the file is always available in its entirety regardless of the swarm. Deluge lacks this functionality.

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Lacks µTP transfer protocol support 

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Not scalable

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No super-seeding support 

Super-seeding is an algorithm used to allow downloaders become uploaders quicker. Deluge lacks support for this functionality.

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No built-in search engine 

Built-in search engines allow finding torrents to download right from withing the torrent client. Deluge lacks such functionality.

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Files can't be downloaded sequentially 

Sequential downloading can be used to stream media files such as video and audio while the download is still in progress. Deluge requires waiting until the complete file is downloaded before it's ready for use.

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No built-in broadcatching support

Broadcatching is a method of automatically downloading content as soon as it's available. Broadcatching in BitTorrent clients is usually implemented via RSS. Deluge requires manually selecting each download by default. Fortunately, there are multiple plugins available that add this functionality with the possible caveat of plugins not having the same quality standard as the client itself.

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