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PicoTorrent 0.24.0

PicoTorrent

PicoTorrent is designed to be a tiny, easy-to-use BitTorrent client with low memory usage for Windows (Vista and above). No ads, carefully selected features, and a native user interface integrating seamlessly with your desktop. PicoTorrent is built directly on the Windows APIs which means that it is native looking on all Windows versions. PicoTorrent is built on libtorrent which is a high performance BitTorrent library used by several of the most popular BitTorrent clients.

At a glance:

  • Strong encryption with support for tunneling via I2P, SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTP(S)
  • Works with both IPv4 and IPv6
  • Multi-lingual user interface
  • Supports DHT, PeX, LSD, UPnP.

  • Geo IP lookups based on libmaxminddb.

  • (Azureus-style) peer ID: -PI-. Example: -PI0151- (major: 0, minor: 15, patch: 1).

  • User agent: PicoTorrent/x.y.z.

  • Native look-and-feel across Windows versions.

  • Easy to use with high performance.

  • Free, open source, with a great community

PicoTorrent 0.24.0 bugfixes:

  • Fix a Unicode bug in the 'Open file' dialog. (#1087)
  • Fixed a bug when removing trackers and tiers. (#1085)
  • Fixed a typo in PQL parsing. (#1084)
  • Fixed a Unicode issue with label names. (#1070)
  • Fixed the default language lookup to use English (en-US). (#1069)
  • Fixed a bug when restoring the main application window. (#1032)
  • Fixed an issue when not having any listen interfaces specified. (#1028)
  • Fixed an issue when adding duplicate magnet links. (#1027)
  • Fixed a few out-of-range issues in the torrent list view. (#1012)

The feature additions

  • Added IP filter/blocklist support (based on eMule Security blocklists). (#1083)
  • New application icon as well as icons for file type associations. (#1082)
  • Add support to set 'Seed mode' when adding torrents. (#1073)
  • Add connection limits to preferences. (#1072)
  • Add keyboard shortcut (F1) to open the documentation. (#1071)
  • Add a brand new installer. (#983)
  • Improved PQL. (#1057)

Updated translations

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japanese by @AnOnTake
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuanian by @Dratas, @mxve
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Portugese (Brazil) by @mmagian, @nero-0
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgarian by @StoyanDimitrov, @mxve
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช German by @mxve
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spanish by @DerianAndre, @IPeluchito
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท French by @TechnoGreg
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesian by @zmni
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Hebrew (Israel) by @thewh1teagle
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Polish by @luki446
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greek by @nmichalodi
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Arabic (Saudi Arabia) by @gitntel
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukranian by @molny
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finnish by @mxve
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italian by @mxve
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgian by @mxve
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Korean by @mxve
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Dutch by @mxve
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norwegian Bokmรฅl by @mxve
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian by @mxve
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Hindi by @mxve

Download: PicoTorrent 32-bit | Portable PicoTorrent |~5.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: PicoTorrent 64-bit | Portable PicoTorrent
View: PicoTorrent Home Page | Release Announcement

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