KTorrent explained

KTorrent
Developer:	Joris Guisson, Ivan Vasić
Programming Language:	C++
Operating System:	Unix-like
Genre:	BitTorrent client
License:	GPL-2.0-or-later

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.^[1] Features include:

• 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

• KGet
• qBittorrent
• Comparison of BitTorrent software

External links

• • KTorrent's KDE Extragear page
• Bright Hub Multi-part article about Ktorrent

Notes and References

1. Web site: 7 of the best Linux BitTorrent clients. Linux Format. techradar. 24 October 2012. Nick Veitch. 13 September 2010. 15 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100915103718/http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/7-of-the-best-linux-bittorrent-clients-715396. live.