Whoever designed that seems like they have something against transmission lol.
For me personally: it gets the job done, is allowed by most private trackers, fast and responsive, has a functional webui, and a very vast selection of third party apps (in addition to the cross platform first-party offering)
It’s simplicity is kind of its selling point. Only real criticism I have is that it’s unfortunate some of the supported features aren’t accessible in the first party apps, and especially from the lightweight web interface
Yeah, seems weird that simple “it downloads torrents” client gets a D. It gets the job done, is easy to figure out, and doesnt fuck about with features I would never touch. Maybe thats not enough for a power user but for me its exactly what I want.
(but then why is Tixati in B, seems to have mostly downsides?)
It’s gone the job done for me, for over 16 years now. It was the only real option for Mac computers back in University. I still use it to this day.
(but then why is Tixati in B, seems to have mostly downsides?)
You need to read it again more carefully. Lightweight, highly customisable and feature-rich is why it is that high.
I guess I just don’t really know what feature-rich means in this context but being proprietary, not fully cross platform, and banned on most private trackers seems like huge downsides for power users compared to customization, built in search, and integrated chat.
I get this chart probably not made for people like me in mind though.
Feature-rich
To be able to set download location, not download into folders, change location based on category, stop seeding after ratio or time, watch a folder for torrent files, delete said files after importing them, minimize to tray.
Not sure what transmission can and cannot do, but those are some examples of features in this context. Others may have a different opinion.
I personally use tixati, primarily because whatever special sauce they cooked it with let’s it run on the trashheap of a computer I use for torrenting when nothing else I’ve tried does. I’m not in any private trackers, nor do I really have a need to be, and like, not being usable on Mac is entirely irrelevant to everyone not using Mac. I personally don’t care if it’s proprietary, but that’s just down to individual preference.
I’m not really sure what feature rich means since I don’t have a comparison point, but there’s a lot of menus with options in them, and I figure they all do stuff someone more dedicated than myself may care about lol.
special sauce they cooked it with let’s it run on the trashheap of a computer
It’s called coding in VS C++ and using native Windows controls, a dying art form unfortunately. The price is losing cross-platform compatibility.
banned on most private trackers
They say “barely lacks any features” which I think they mean it’s full featured. I feel like Transmission and rTorrent are good clients for their niche though.
Yeah, I’ve used qbittorrent, deluge, utorrent, and a number of other clients over the years. I greatly prefer transmission. I don’t need my torrent client to do anything but download and seed.
I bet this person hates GIMP too.
Came here to defend transmission. Glad to see so many compatriots.
And Qbit also has network binding, which is the single most important feature for me as a VPN user.
I use transmission because I can install it from Ubuntu repos and it runs from the command line in Ubuntu server.
I dropped Transmission because I found it had severe performance problems with very large torrents. qBittorrent has been great.
Never had an issue with anything
Neither did I until I tried running torrents > 100GB.
There was some bug in the way it was using Java’s non-blocking IO and buffer classes that caused resource starvation with very large torrents.
It made by /g/, what could you asked for, haha
qBittorrent is indeed the best, but ranking Transmission so low just screams edgy kid trying to dislike the “normie” alternative.
The “normie” alternative in this case is uTorrent. Only Linux users know about transmission lol
I feel like Transmission is getting unnecessary hate from this chart. It works very good, is stable, efficient…
It’s lthe only one I’d use but…
It really is lacking basic functionality. Hell, o can’t even order torrents that are currently running by size or % done, which would be really helpful if it existed
Also, I don’t think it’s actively developed anymore, I haven’t seen an update in its functionality in at least 5 years, maybe even 10
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Not fud, I personally haven’t seen any update since at least the last 5 years. If there are updates then I’ll be pissed with Ubuntu for sticking with the 5-10 year old version
Hell, o can’t even order torrents that are currently running by size or % done, which would be really helpful if it existed
Alright I’ll stick with qbittorent
The only downside is no BEP 52 support.
its the perfect client for arr or just simple torreting
This triggers me. Transmission is perfect.
I don’t use it personally but when I install Linux for others its one of the applications that I ensure is on there due to its simplicity. It definitely deserves a higher ranking. Same for rtorrent (which I use daily).
I have seen this same image circulated for years. We need a new one because transmission in D tier is unacceptable.
Yeah “it does nothing but downloads torrents” is the selling point. It’s the reason I exclusively use Transmission.
Transmission used to be my preferred app hands down but recent updates have negatively impacted its performance on my end. If all it needs to do is download torrents, why does it now sometimes seem incapable of connecting to a given (popular) swarm ?
Particularly unfortunate is that once it does connect, the download speed has now become arbitrary: it keeps alternating between ‘incredibly fast’ and ‘surprisingly slow’ and takes three or four times as long to complete. I’ve become so exasperated with it that I’ve been forced to move on (deluge instantly connects and consistently downloads at five times the speed).
Transmission as a server is very good and lightweight, specially if you pair it with something like Flood and the *arr apps
very bad at stuff like having set seed times before removing torrent, which is nice with qbittorrent
I’ve had an issue on a recent install in an LXC where it consumed more memory over time until a reboot. It hasn’t really been an issue yet, but I will have to investigate and maybe switch to another webgui client.
qbittorrent all the way :)
I love the built in http server for remote control. It’s literally a clone of the desktop window with all the same controls/options.
Is there an equivalent to “thin client” mode of Deluge, where you can connect the desktop version to a server and control it as if it was a local install, but the server does all the legwork?
It really makes the whole thing seamless.
That would require installing client software though, no?
Qbit is just a web app accessible from anything with a browser. (I keep mine behind a vpn for auth, but it’s got http form based password auth aswell.)
It does, but it feels more integrated. Clicking a magnet link or opening a torrent file is handled natively by the OS and pass it over to the native app, which talks to the Deluge server is used in thin client mode. It’s really neat.
Fair.
I rarely manage torrent files/links anymore. I tend to do manual searches via Prowlarr and just use the interface to monitor progress.
Yes, this is one of the main things I love Deluge for.
I dunno maybe it’s just gimmicky but it feels so nice to have a desktop app over and webui that still uses the server. I use Deluge for only that reason
Except the ability to create torrents.
That’s one of the only things you can’t do via the web app, but there is a ‘torrent creator’ under the ‘tools’ menu. I haven’t used it though so I can’t really say how good it is.
BiglyBT having a chat feature boggles me, why would anyone want that in their torrent client?
To get in those private trackers
Pretty much. It’s the “hey we’ve been chatting for a while now. Happen to have an invite?”
Also once in, it’s used for automatic downloads. So you immediately get the latest episodes of your shows.
I believe Tixati also has a chat feature
This is out of date and Deluge is S tier.
It was rewritten and 2.0 came out in 2022 to address the slowdown issues when seeding a thousand plus torrents
This post made me nostalgic for the days when uTorrent was the shit. Man, how the mighty have fallen.
Qbit has been around almost as long and has almost always been better. Qbit got apl the nostalgia i need lol
Why would I want those extra features in my torrent client? My transmission runs in a container and does its job
Yep my other packages manage everything else, transmission is rarely logged into on the GUI side. KISS
Just the option to not have the new torrent dialog pop up every time is reason enough for me. And just proper sorting. And quick content overview.
Transmission is considered the worst. Blocked by most people and private trackers.
My private tracker has multiple transmission versions on their approved list 🤷♂️
I think quite a few of us use torrents on a remote server, so the thin app / remote client combo mode that deluge/transmission support puts them ahead of any other for consideration.
Are you taking about remotely accessing the
insuranceinterface from the web interface? Qbittorrent offers that, and honestly I think most of the clients on this list do as well?Nope, I mean a remote client. You get a full GUI on your local machine, but that actually is connected to a remote server, where the downloads actually take place. This has the extra responsiveness of an app vs a web UI, and you can also associate magnets/torrents as if it was a local app.
Kinda neat, though I’m not really convinced that it’s necessary…I don’t think a web UI is unresponsive, and it’s pretty easy to just copy and paste magnet links. Also, if you’re looking for a way to automate things and manage torrents remotely…Radarr/Sonarr and the other 'arrs are the way to go.
It’s not absolutely necessary. But then again, you could use rTorrent and work from console. Not that the WebUI is indispensable either, when your main source is the -Arrs. But still, I still prefer to have a full blown GUI at hand that takes files and links natively, if I have the choice, instead of a more limited WebUI.
I mean … qbittorrent has that and more in a web interface and is plenty responsive. Why an app of a web interface gets the job done?
I miss that from transmission, but qbit is more suitable for arrs and that was a dealbreaker for me
In which way is it more suitable? I’m using Deluge now. It allows labels, so my Sonarr and Radarr torrents have their individual labels and get moved to specific folders accordingly.
Well, I was talking about transmission, not deluge. Transmission doesnt support categories afaik. I never tried deluge tbh
That’s the point…I ended up moving away from Transmission to Deluge back in the day. Deluge has a lot of quirks and its own messiness too, so if you’re happy with Transmission, by all means stick to it.
Transmission is probably one of the best clients to use in a headless setup. I think it usually ranks lower because it doesn’t do a lot of things for you. What it does it does well, but nothing beyond that. Technically there is network binding, but by IP address and not interface. That means you have to script it which I know most people aren’t going to want to do. As far as searching, again you have to rely on other services that probably do it better anyway. Still I rank it alongside qbittorrent. It just takes a less user or beginner friendly route.
I use it specifically for headless because of the convenience of many pre-made docker containers set up to use a VPN with Transmission.
I like Transmission, it’s minimal and downloads torrents.
May I also mention aria2? I don’t think it counts as a torrent client but it supports torrenting.
Same. I never needed those bell & whistles from other apps and found Transmission to get the job done.
Transmission does have network binding. At least, i’m pretty sure it does. At least on Linux. It also has a cli interface and is a “full” client so it should at least be on par with rTorrent in that sense. It’s not a great cli interface but it works.
It’s got a web interface too.
