Did You Know There's An OpenSource Alternative Client?

[mycoolm3]

Look for "ipfilter updater"

And are the lists for P2PF updated frequently?

P2PFire doesn't have a built-in list updater, but it accepts multiple formats, including guarding.p2p and ipfilter.dat. If you want to have just a single program blocking IPs, you can copy the ipfilter.dat file downloaded via the updater in its folder and run it.

[little money with eyes.]

Hrmm. I guess all of this sounds like too much trouble for me.

Although P2PFire sounds better, I just wish someone would start developing it some more

I don't touch high risk torrents, (only aging software), so I think I'll be ok for now. But thank you for the ideas

[Commander78]

Heh, noticed your edit :P

Anyhow, that is true, I guess you'll never know. So what is the best open source torrent client, that doesn't require any extra gui libraries like GTK?

[invader_cuban]

Well, Vuze is open source. And the best, most complete and with the most features and plugins bittorrent client by a mile.
It fucking rocks. Is it noob friendly? I suppose not. All the possible tweaking and infinite options may scare some people away.
Not trying to look leet here, but Vuze is the client of choice for seasoned torrenters. Once you try it, you're not going back.

Takes a toll on the system? Bullshit. It takes up around 100-120mb RAM and nearly the same processing power as any other client around.

It is simultaneously the best existing client for Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

Just my 2 cents, I've used nearly all mainstream bt clients, and I can't live without Vuze.

[Beyond Bleach]

...but I'll take a nice small GUI app over text for torrents.

Here here :cheers:

[¡Viva la Anna!]

qBt? If you use private trackers, I don't think they're going to like its built-in client spoofing.

According to the developer it's a White Listing option, not spoofing, saying some clients are white listed, some are black listed...

The option is being removed:

http://qbforums.shiki.hu/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=30

I don't see any reason why a decent client shouldn't be allowed on a tracker.

I used this on Demonoid without any problems.

[Operation Mindcrime]

Heh, noticed your edit :P

Anyhow, that is true, I guess you'll never know. So what is the best open source torrent client, that doesn't require any extra gui libraries like GTK?

I just found this qBittorrent that I'm going to give a look at, looks interesting.

http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/

[Sweet Sandy GirL]

I just found this qBittorrent that I'm going to give a look at, looks interesting.

http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/

That doesn't look to bad, I'm also glad to see that the most recent update was less than a month ago. (I'm concerned about any open source BT project falling off the radar.) Next time I've got something to download, qBt will be on my list.

[Tom Goodman]

That doesn't look to bad, I'm also glad to see that the most recent update was less than a month ago. (I'm concerned about any open source BT project falling off the radar.) Next time I've got something to download, qBt will be on my list.

Yes a recent update, I just installed it, this is quite impressive looking!

Yes sucks to see projects come and go, hopefully this will be around...

[ashleyb. :]]

Well, Vuze is open source. And the best, most complete and with the most features and plugins bittorrent client by a mile.
It fucking rocks. Is it noob friendly? I suppose not. All the possible tweaking and infinite options may scare some people away.
Not trying to look leet here, but Vuze is the client of choice for seasoned torrenters. Once you try it, you're not going back.

Takes a toll on the system? Bullshit. It takes up around 100-120mb RAM and nearly the same processing power as any other client around.

It is simultaneously the best existing client for Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

Just my 2 cents, I've used nearly all mainstream bt clients, and I can't live without Vuze.

I did get scared, although I remember liking its 3D representation of a peer-seed cloud (I think that was a plugin.) It even showed the data moving back and forth as little blocks :wacko: