Lightweight BitTorrent Client

I used to be a big fan of the Azureus BitTorrent client. Unfortunately, since it was rebranded to Vuze and became a BitTorrent client/media player/digital library/web browser/OS (exaggeration to prove a point) I’ve ditched it in favor of a more lightweight and a “does one thing well” approach BitTorrent client: BitTornado.

BitTornado is a minimal, yet fully functional approach to BitTorrents. It allows you do everything you might need such as prioritize files in a download package and control your bandwidth usage. If you are used to another client, the “learning curve” should be minimal as the number of options available are limited to a single dialog box (whereas Vuze has ~15 tabs to search through). Additionally, if you have any questions about the program, the FAQ made available does a great job of addressing common issues.

Again, Vuze is a great program, but it is not for me anymore. If you are in the same boat, give BitTornado a look… it does what it is supposed to very well.

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Drew
Isn’t uTorrent even more resource friendly than BitTornado??
Peter J
Yes, I use UTorrent, it is as Drew says quite lightweight – a classic “do one thing well” product
Jason Faulkner
Very nice. From reading the details it looks really solid.
I remember now, I actually did look at this one when I was perusing for a BT client and thought the interface was too Azureus-like and, well, came to the conclusion (prematurely I see now) it was a “take over your system” type application so I moved on.
I’m going to stick with BitTornado for now, but will keep this on my bookmark list for the future.
Thanks for pointing it out.
Martyn
I used to use bitTornado in the ‘olden days’ but utorrent is the best ive found. Very user friendly, but had advanced options for those who need it. Uses minimal resources too. What more could you want
http://www.technocrush.com Obinna
i use utorrent. this is the bit torrent client you should have mentioned. the installer just copies only one file accross to your system (utorrent.exe) and thats all. it’s very fast and (did i hear someone say) resource friendly.
John
BitTornado is banned at alot of places.
I use utorrent, for me best client ever and for an even more resource friendly you can use transmission but it doesnt give you all of the same options as the others.
marc
BitTornado is widely banned for bad behavior.
Between David’s obnoxious sales pitches, pay-to-view stuff and recommendations like this, you guys keep losing credibility. Sheesh.

Jason Faulkner
>>BitTornado is widely banned for bad behavior.
Please elaborate.

mateo
first of all, marc, the article is not telling people to use BitTornado, it’s telling them to try it out because it worked well for Jason and because Vuze has become too bulky for some people.
Anyway, I personally don’t use any trackers that banned BitTornado but what John and marc are trying to say is that a lot of trackers and even bittorrent clients “ban” other bittorrent clients because they feel like it’s a security risk or because one of the features floods their servers, or they just don’t want people to use it, well the reasons vary. So i guess both marc and john have come across many (most likely private) trackers that have blocked bittornado so if you can’t connect to a tracker, try a different client and if it works well you know why. this doesn’t mean bittornado doesn’t work as advertised.
i still recommend utorrent over any other one though (for now).
marc
Oops. My bad. I was confusing BitTornado with BitComet. D’oh. Apologies to all.
One thing, though. Vuze has the option to use the classic Azureus interface, without all the razzle-dazzle. If you prefer some anonymity when file sharing it’s easy to configure with Tor.
The drawback to both Azureus and Vuze has always been memory usage, so unless you have lots of RAM to support it you may be better off with something else like (gulp) BitTornado or the always-popular uTorrent.