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Ask HN: Torrent client (Mac) recommendations?

4 pointsby questionrover 8 years ago
Preferably open-source. What are my options?<p>Also I remember hearing some uTorrent clients included mal&#x2F;adware, is that right?

8 comments

Solinoidover 8 years ago
qBittorrent if you want a drop in replacement for uTorrent, otherwise Transmission is great if you want it running in the background and like having some command line control.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.qbittorrent.org&#x2F;download.php" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.qbittorrent.org&#x2F;download.php</a>
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jacheeover 8 years ago
Transmission. Hands down best in class.
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milkytronover 8 years ago
I see a lot of recommendations for Transmission and qBittorrent. Having used both of them, I found them both to be great.<p>My only concern is that the Transmission site was hijacked and the download was replaced with ransomware [1]. For those still using Transmission, what are your thoughts on this?<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.malwarebytes.com&#x2F;threat-analysis&#x2F;2016&#x2F;09&#x2F;transmission-hijacked-again-to-spread-malware&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.malwarebytes.com&#x2F;threat-analysis&#x2F;2016&#x2F;09&#x2F;transm...</a>
simosxover 8 years ago
Indeed, uTorrent has been trying to monetise by installing third-party software.<p>There are several options including Transmission and Deluge-torrent.
achairapartover 8 years ago
Miro, an open source media player, comes with a great torrent client built-in: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.getmiro.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.getmiro.org&#x2F;</a>
atjamielittleover 8 years ago
WebTorrent Desktop: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webtorrent.io&#x2F;desktop&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webtorrent.io&#x2F;desktop&#x2F;</a>
chriskedover 8 years ago
Transmission ist awesome. qtorrent good too.
flippantover 8 years ago
I set up Deluge web on a server, and I use SFTP to transfer downloaded files to my Mac.