Tixati 2.33

Tixati

Tixati is a free and easy to use BitTorrent client featuring detailed views of all seed, peer, and file transfer properties. Also included are powerful bandwidth charting and throttling capabilities, and a full DHT implementation. Tixati is one of the most advanced and flexible BitTorrent clients available. And unlike many other clients, Tixati contains NO SPYWARE, NO ADS, and NO GIMMICKS.

Tixati portable version is meant to run on a USB flash drive or other portable media. It stores all it's configuration files in the same folder as the executable binary files, and all file paths are stored in a format relative to the program executable folder.

It is important you do not delete the "tixati_portable_mode.txt" file within the executables folder. This file is what triggers Tixati to run in portable mode. (The executable binaries are actually the same as the standard edition binaries.)

When running the portable edition from a USB flash drive, especially one that is formatted in FAT16/FAT32, you may experience some lag when initially loading a new transfer. This is because initializing and allocating large files on flash-based media consumes a greater amount of time and resources compared to a conventional hard-drive.

Tixati has the following features:

detailed views of all aspects of the swarm, including peers, pieces, files, and trackers
support for magnet links, so no need to download .torrent files if a simple magnet-link is available
super-efficient peer choking/unchoking algorithms ensure the fastest downloads
peer connection encryption for added security
full DHT (Distributed Hash Table) implementation for trackerless torrents, including detailed message traffic graphs and customizable event logging
advanced bandwidth charting of overall traffic and per-transfer traffic, with separate classification of protocol and file bytes, and with separate classification of outbound traffic for trading and seeding
highly flexible bandwidth throttling, including trading/seeding proportion adjustment and adjustable priority for individual transfers and peers
bitfield graphs that show the completeness of all downloaded files, what pieces other peers have available, and the health of the overall swarm
customizable event logging for each download, and individual event logs for all peers within the swarm
expert local file management functions which allow you to move files to a different partition even while downloading is still in progress
100% compatible with the BitTorrent protocol
Windows and Linux-GTK native versions available

Tixati 2.33 release notes:

Since the last release, several new features have been added, and there have been many important internal changes to core components that have greatly improved overall reliability and performance.
A new bandwidth quota management system has been added. This is accessible from the Bandwidth view under the Advanced button menu. Quotas can be managed with an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly cycle. Quota reset times, hours of effectiveness, and actions to take upon reaching limit are all fully configurable.
The system that manages transfer local file locations, moving, and renaming has been completely re-engineered. Managing naming conflicts and merging of local files is much simpler, and confirmation prompts are used in a few key places.
The Individual Tracker Settings system has had major upgrades and fixes. It is now much simpler for common uses, such as adding or removing trackers in newly loaded transfers.
Files within a transfer can be prioritized in a numbered order. Select multiple files, right-click, and then select "Ordered" from the Priority sub-menu to use this new feature.

Several other fixes and improvements have been made since the v2.31 release:

can now add multiple magnet links from the Add window
fixed problems copying multiple magnet links from transfers window
added support for ws attribute when parsing magnet links
added support for webseed placeholder when generating magnet links
added option to watch a directory for .desktop and .url files in addition to .torrent files
in Settings>Transfers>Meta-Info added option to auto-delete torrent file when manually loading from specific directory
file completion shell commands support additional placeholders $path $basepath $name $ext
multiple file completion shell commands for same extension/type now supported
file handles are kept closed for a 6 second window after completion if using file completion shell commands
file completion shell commands will execute even if transfer is immediately stopped by ratio/seed limit
other minor fixes to prevent file completion shell commands from running when checking or moving
prevent file name conflicts when saving multiple .torrent files from transfer view
the incomplete piece / dnd file crust cache file purging system has been completely re-engineered and should use much less filesystem resources
several fixes to the file checking system to prevent excessive hash-checking of partial downloads upon session startup and moves
the main internal procedure scheduler has been completely replaced with a much better system that provides complex prioritization control
extensive improvements to the win32 message loop idle bypass system and timer system
the connection pacer has been completely replaced with a more reliable and much more performant system
the internal precision timer component has been replaced with a more granular system that helps avoid processing holdups and backlogs
numerous performance optimizations in peer connections and peer management
several important performance optimizations in transfer local file handling routines
more graceful error handling when too many files are open
time limits for transfer local file open-lingering have been lowered to reduce average open handle count
fixed problems with merging trackers that would cause groups to be erroneously merged
added advanced individual tracker option "xfer_peerid:" that will change peer-id of transfers containing matching trackers
added advanced individual tracker option "xfer_created_by:" that changes the "created by" field in saved .torrent files
directly embedded tracker URL peerid/headers/cookie flags will have priority over settings in tracker individual options
improved UDP tracker connection key caching
overhaul of internal traffic counting system, now also includes headers, DHT and HTTP from RSS, trackers, etc.
updated WebUI to support ordered priority
other minor WebUI fixes, including file sort order
fixed problems with upload ratio calculation for locally-sourced seeds
fixed minor bugs in incoming connection handling when set to single protocol mode
peer-id randomization every 6-36 hours (synced to local IP change if possible)
deselecting all files in preload dialog will no longer trigger category capture
fixed minor display updating problems when switching transfers between categories
fixed minor clipboard text line-ending problems in Windows build
raised text length limits in Windows multi-line text entry controls
fixed minor logging problems in transfer objects
partial custom peer IDs entered from Options property tab will be internally padded with characters from full 1-255 range
improved file diagnostic logging
fixed problems with peer ignore causing crash under certain rare conditions
IP-location tables updated
many other minor performance optimizations throughout the program