Torrent Client reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 621 Reddit reviews across 36 subreddits and 85 posts to rank the best Torrent Client brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Piracy, r/torrents, r/sonarr, r/MacOS, r/macapps. Top-rated brands include qBittorrent (4.6/5), Transmission (4.2/5), Deluge (4.1/5).
Stats
Reviews621
Subreddits36
Posts85
Brands47
Products2
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#1
qBittorrent
4.6
(259)
"Qbittorrent if you are in a DE that uses qt like KDE Plasma or LXQT and deluge if you are in one that uses qtk like GNOME or XFCE. Both are very fast and complete and barely burden the system while doing their job."
"I've been happy with qBittorrent (running in a docker container on my server) for my Sonarr / Radarr / Lidarr needs"
"Qbittorrent works well with Sonarr and Radarr."
"Qbittorrent is his best alternative if he wants a full feature set, plenty of users can attest to QBT working fine on iOS."
"QBittorent. Any other answer is simply wrong."
"For me qB because Transmission does not work well with NordVPN, it downloads very slowly."
"QBittorrent is superior in every way"
"QB works perfectly for me on Apple Silicon, has since not long after the M1 was released. Binds to my VPN too."
"Qbit 100% of the time"
"Qbittorrent now and forever. Even though the Mac development is thin."
#2
Transmission
4.2
(109)
"Been happy with transmission ever since. Never used anything else basically."
"One macOS Transmission is the best and mort secure w VPN"
"Transmission wins"
"I’ll die by transmission on my Mac and Linux machines"
"If I use macOS, Linux or FreeBSD. It‘s always Transmission."
"I’m using Transmission since maybe 2010? Honestly does everything that I need."
"Transmission-cli. Simple as fuck"
"Transmission has always been my go to for remote access. Zero complaints."
"I stay classic: Transmission"
"Transmission, is top notch"
#3
Deluge
4.1
(47)
"Deluge has been my go-to for seeding."
"I use Deluge and qBittorrent, that’s all I need"
"I've been using deluge on my UNraid server for about 3 years. 0 issues."
"Deluge and deluge-web."
"I must say deluge is the best across linux, macOS, windows and docker"
"Deluge FTW"
"I vote for Deluge. Very light, love the customization and the fact that it is open source"
"I live by deluge personally."
"Deluge or nothing."
"Deluge for me, but it was not a vote option."
#4
Flud
4.2
(33)
"Flud is the best one with most customizable options"
"I use Flud for 4 years and I have no issues till now. It's the best and the simplest one."
"Flud!"
"I usually use Flud. It just works."
"But when I do, I use Flud. It's definitely the best option for android."
"In my experience, Flud is the best."
"Fluid. Been using it for more than 5 years now and it has yet to fail me."
"I have been using Flud for years with no issues."
"Flud is the 🐐"
"Flud"
#5
LibreTorrent
4.1
(22)
"I have officially un-installed "ųTorrent Pro", and went full "LibreTorrent" mode now... 😅👌"
"I have officially un-installed "ųTorrent Pro", and went full "LibreTorrent" mode now... 😅👌"
"I was on torrent for ages then swapped to libretorrent after reading in here for a while and it's miles better."
"Try libre torrent on play store it's the best free torrent app I've tried on Android no ads"
"Try LibreTorrent. It is open source and ad free and works as effectively as uTorrent does."
"LibreTorrent, it's for sure the best one."
"Libretorrent"
"LibreTorrent or BiglyBT. They're both open-source and have all the basic features you'd expect."
"I think libretorrent is good"
"Someone recommended me Libre Torrent. Been great so far."
#6
BiglyBT
4.2
(19)
"I use BiglyBT on android and followed [these instructions] to bind the client to the VPN."
"I personally use biglyBT (for mac and windows)"
"The best of the best is biglybt extreme mod 2.4.0.0"
"I'm using BiglyBT and been pretty happy so far."
"I like biglyBT"
"BiglyBT on play store"
"BiglyBT if you want a lot of control and organization of your torrents."
"BiglyBT needs to be on the list."
"BiglyBT if you want most powerful features."
"Vuze is dead and the devs branched it to BiglyBT a few years ago."
#7
Tixati
4.3
(18)
"I have been using it for years now and don't look back."
"Tixati, simple, no adware, and lightweight."
"Tixati. I can download episode by episode."
"Tixati on my windows desktop."
"Tixati & qbittorrent"
"Tixati."
"I personally think that Tixati is the best"
"I've been using Tixati for years and have never had a reason to change."
"Tixati for the bizarre UI."
"Big fan of Tixati personally."
#8
rTorrent
4.5
(14)
"Rtorrent is pretty much the most "efficient" if you have 20000 torrents as you say."
"I run Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with rtorrent + ruTorrent 5.1.1 on my home seedbox. This is very lightweight."
"Rtorrent + Flood is probably your best bet."
"RTorrent is the best around"
"Rtorrent
Run it in a tmux instance, check in on it whenever you ssh."
"Rtorrent-ps/rutorrent/pyrocore, hands down for a serious user."
"If you’re using it on an server, rtorrent with ruTorrent GUI."
"There are 4 clients most people recommend. Qbittorrent is not the only good client, there are some others. I'd choose between r(u)torrent, deluge, qbittorrent and transmission."
"Rtorrent it’s simple and effective."
"Rtorrent
if you need an invite to IPT lmk"
#9
Folx
4.1
(9)
"+1 for Folx"
"I liked Folx! I'm happy with how it works."
"I use Folx since day one."
"Folx is not just a torrent download. It is a download manager."
"If you're on Mac, folx is the best."
"Folx: Free Download Manager for Mac"
"I'm using Folx on Mac and I'm satisfied with it."
"The suggestion there seems to be to use Folx or command line options."
"I use folx and have had no problems for years now."
#10
uTorrent
2.9
(12)
"Utorrent 2.2.1 perfect, no ads, lightweight, does the job."
"For windows uTorrent 2.2.1 or qBittorrent."
"It's working really well."
"I use utorrent, not sure why you'd use something else."
"UTorrent web works fine tbh."
"UTorrent 2.2.1. Is there a reason why i would use anything else?"
"UTorrent 2.2.1, the litest and fluid ever."
"UTorrent 2.2.1. Small and reliable."
"I’m gonna get downvoted to hell but I’m still using utorrent 2.2.1."
"I tried downloading Utorrent, but I get the same issues."
#11
Flud+
4.6
(7)
"I use Flud+ it supports all form of torrent. Using it for more than 4 years now."
"Totally worth it, I've used almost everything android torrent app, and Flud is by far the best and most stable."
"Been using the paid version for literally years with none of that, infact I just cleared a completed torrent less than 30 seconds before seeing your comment - fully updated, no ads."
"I use flud. I purchased the premium version"
"Flud+"
"Flud+ or tTorent, both great"
"I use Flud+, quite happy with it."
#12
Vuze
3.9
(8)
"I use Vuze, but qbit is also good"
"Vuze."
"Vuze. Love it. It’s gotten better over the years, too."
"Never had a problem with vuze."
"Vuze."
"If you're using a PC I never had any issues with Vuze."
"I like Vuze. Takes some getting used to."
"Vuze"
#13
aria2
3.7
(7)
"Aria2c from terminal"
"Aria2, rtorrent, transmission, qbittorrent."
"Aria2app. free software, fast and does more than just torrent."
"Aria2"
"Aria2 command line."
"Aria2 if you want nice look."
"Aria2 is ok."
#14
Free Download Manager
4.3
(4)
"Free download manager is the best."
"Well i use fdm on mobile it does both normal downloads as well as torrents also."
"It's great because it lets you manage direct download as well as torrent"
"I like FDM it's free."
#15
iTorrent
4.7
(3)
"Itorrent"
"ITorrent is great"
"I downloaded iTorrent from [here](https://github.com/XITRIX/iTorrent/releases/tag/v1.8.3)"
#16
1DM+
4.3
(3)
"1DM+. Hands down. I have never had to look elsewhere."
"* 1DM+"
"1DM+! It's not a torrent itself, but it can handle torrent downloads among other things."
#17
TorrDroid
4.0
(3)
"Torrdroid"
"TorrDroid
reason: you can search torrents within"
"I mainly torrent on my phone, so Torrdroid is my client of choice."
#18
Torrential
4.0
(3)
"Torrential"
"Torrential is your best choice for eOS."
"Designed for elementary: [https://appcenter.elementary.io/com.github.davidmhewitt.torrential/]"
#19
ruTorrent
3.0
(3)
"Docker image for rutorrent"
"Maybe I'm oldschool but I like the minimalism of ruTorrent."
"Rutorrent Can definitely not handle 100,000 torrents."
#20
qBittorrent VPN
4.5
(2)
"Works flawlessly. Has a built in control to shut down the app if the vpn gets disconnected."
"Get qBittorrentvpn is has the von build-in, im using it with wireguard."
#21
Bitcomet
4.5
(2)
"Bitcomet is the best."
"All hail Bitcomet, what I use, I like because of the bonus u get as VIP-seeding"
#22
BitTorrent
4.0
(2)
"Download BitTorrent Web for macOS and install it on your Mac."
"I seem to remember Bittorrent being the best back when I was looking."
#23
BitTorrent Web
4.0
(2)
"Idk but for movies i think BitTorrent Web"
"Yeah bittorrent web maybe?"
#24
Flood
4.0
(2)
"Flood!"
"Flood is still working great for me."
#25
Zetatorrent
3.5
(2)
"I use Zeta torrent with a vpn on my phone."
"Zetatorrent"
#26
uTorrent Pro
3.5
(2)
"Utorrent Pro user right here with no problems"
"Buy uTorrent/BitTorrent Pro for only $2.99"
#27
iTransmission
3.5
(2)
"I would try iTransmission since they have been around for a while."
"ITransmission works for me on a 6s running iOS 12.0."
#28
tTorrent
3.5
(2)
"TTorrent is my fav right now."
"TTorrent is OK and has its own web interface, but a bit simple for what I wanted."
#29
qTorrent
2.5
(2)
"Try qtorrent"
"I have tried installing qtorrent and transmission but in both case, mac will not let me run due to malicious software."
#30
Docker
5.0
(1)
"The best solution in my opinion is to spin up a docker container running a VPN instance."
#31
Bitlord
5.0
(1)
"Bitlord, love it"
#32
VueTorrent
4.0
(1)
"VueTorrent is probably a close second."
#33
Real-Debrid
4.0
(1)
"I would recommend not using a local client, but using either a debrid service like real-debrid and alldebrid."
#34
SonicBit
4.0
(1)
"I actually started to useing SonicBit, it works fine."
#35
libtorrent
4.0
(1)
"Any libtorrent one"
#36
JS Torrent
4.0
(1)
"I use JS Torrent and it works great"
#37
FDM
4.0
(1)
"Am using FDM since last 5 years...and it works great on android"
#38
Real Debrid
4.0
(1)
"Real debrid downloader and then my browser."
#39
WebTorrent
4.0
(1)
"Web-torrent is the only one I've been using and suggesting people for a few years if you're downloading the video."
#40
Pico
4.0
(1)
"I use Pico. It is light weight and consumes minimum resources on my machine."
#41
Motrix
4.0
(1)
"I really like Motrix."
#42
Brave
4.0
(1)
"The built in one with brave browser"
#43
Aria2c
4.0
(1)
"Aria2c."
#44
TurnkeyLinux
4.0
(1)
"TurnkeyLinux.org has a torrent server appliance."
#45
Deluge VPN
3.0
(1)
"I use delugevpn but I don’t think it’s been updated in YEARS so I’d be interested in an alternative."
#46
Usenet
3.0
(1)
"Drop torrent and get usenet. Safer."
#47
Cupid Torrent
3.0
(1)
"Cupid torrent is best, but there is also transmission, Picotorrent and bit commet."
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