KTorrent

KTorrent
Developer(s)Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić
Stable release
25.08.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 14 August 2025 (14 August 2025)
Repository
Written inC++
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeBitTorrent client
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitekde.org/applications/internet/ktorrent/

KTorrent is a BitTorrent client that is part of the KDE Gear.

Features

KTorrent is often received as a client intended to be feature rich.[2] Features include:[3]

  • Upload and download speed capping / throttling & scheduling
  • Internet searching with torrent search engines.
  • Support for UDP trackers.
  • IP address blocklist plugin
  • Port forwarding with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
  • Protocol encryption
  • DHT (mainline version), and support for trackerless torrents
  • μTorrent peer exchange (PEX) support
  • File Prioritization
  • Ability to import partially downloaded files
  • Directory scanner to automatically watch directories for new torrents
  • Manual addition of trackers to torrents
  • RSS feed support
  • Web interface plugin with default port number 8080
  • IPv6 support
  • SOCKS v4 and v5 support
  • μTP support
  • Generation and parsing of magnet links
  • UDP tracker scraping
  • Enhanced usability of the queue manager
  • Super-seeding support
  • Streaming of video while downloading

See also

References

  1. ^ https://invent.kde.org/network/ktorrent/-/tags/v25.08.0. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Nick Veitch (13 September 2010). "7 of the best Linux BitTorrent clients". Linux Format. techradar. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  3. ^ Manual, ktorrent.org, archived from the original on 2012-07-19, retrieved 2012-08-25
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