µTorrent is a small and incredibly popular BitTorrent client.
Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled
Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above, BitComet 0.63 and above) and peer exchange.
Resource-Friendly
µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all. Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 220 KB in size.
Skinnable and Localized
Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are available, and creating your own is very simple. µTorrent also has support for localization, and with a language file present, will automatically switch to your system language. If your language isn't available, you can easily add your own, or edit other existing translations to improve them!
Actively Developed and Improved
The developer puts in a lot of time working on features and making things more user-friendly. Releases only come out when they're ready, with no schedule pressures, so the few bugs that appear are quickly addressed and fixed.
Changelog:
- Fix: fix rating column interaction
- Fix: compose the name of a magnet link as utf-8
- Fix: fix sidebar toolbar and detail pane chevron
- Change: Enable URLs that redirect to magnet links for bundles and add torrent URL
- Change: Default sort order in Peers tab is now downloaded bytes
- Fix: prevent name editing (F2) in minified mode
- Fix: Report 64-bit architecture in all cases, so that we choose the proper autoupdate path
- Fix: Don't crash when downloading a large torrent, quickly with small piece size
- Fix: Selecting the last torrent when utorrent is bogged down and removing a torrent
- Fix: More space for translations in Ratings tab
- Fix: data is invalid errors when using partfile
- Fix: Don't disable "Uploaded:" in stats area of Transfer cap pane in Preferences
- Change: Added advanced option: gui.enable_sidebar_buttons
- Fix: stats calculation frequency issue ("flat-line" speed graph)
- Fix: Files would be permanently deleted when "Delete to trash" option was selected
- Fix: Play / Stream button would disappear
- Fix: Fixed activation from system tray. Will not activate window when UI setting to activate is unchecked
- Fix: Reopen uT in final position on exit or maximized/unmaximized in second monitor
Download: µTorrent 3.0 RC5 | 540 KB Freeware
View: µTorrent Website
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