Hadouken is a lightweight BitTorrent client for Windows written in C# and designed to run as a Windows Service. It has plugin support and is managed completely through a web UI. It is managed through a web interface which is based on the excellent uTorrent Web UI. Designed for power users, Hadouken has native plugin support and can be customized to do almost anything from sending emails on various events to unpacking files, move them around, mount images, poll RSS feeds etc. Hadouken is built on libtorrent — a powerful and efficient C++ BitTorrent implementation used in various big-name clients.
Hadouken features:
- Self-hosted web management interface.
- Extremely powerful plugin API.
- HTTP API for remote management.
- Comes bundled with a bunch of useful plugins.
Installing Hadouken
Getting started with Hadouken is easy. Download the latest installer and click your way through it. After installation, Hadouken can be accessed by pointing your browser to localhost:7890/. If you"ve changed the HTTP port, use your configured value instead.
First look
The first time you arrive at the web interface, you"ll be asked to create a user account. Enter a username and password and off you go!
Adding torrents
- Click Torrents in the menu bar.
- Click the blue button with a plus sign to bring up the "Add torrent" dialog.
- Pick your source, a .torrent file or a magnet link.
- Optional: Choose a custom save path.
- Optional: pick a label.
- Click Add torrent and it will start to download.
What"s new in version 4.5.2:
Features
- All new directory browsing dialog making it super easy to select folders.
Fixes
- The list of labels in the "Add torrent" dialog now shows all labels - not just the ones associated with active torrents.
What"s new in version 4.5.1:
Features
- Sort field and order is stored in cookie.
Fixes
- When removing a torrent it did not disappear from the list unless force refreshed.
- The torrent details view had an awful error.
- A torrent with no size (in metadata mode) shows as "-" instead of "NaN".
- Updating torrent size in list view.
- Sorting on queue position now works as expected.
- Torrent labels where not set in some cases.
Download: Hadouken 4.5.2 | 4.8 MB (Open Source)
View: Hadouken Home Page