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In search of a new BitTorrent Client

Been using BitTornado as a client for some time now and for a while, I also tried the built-in torrent downloader of the Opera browser. BitTornado looks okay but I was wondering if there are any other clients worth looking into out there.

I was checking Wikipedia and the list of clients there also indicated the usage share:

Xunlei: 29.3%
µTorrent: 25.8%
Vuze: 24.0%
BitComet: 4.3%
Transmission: 3.3%
BitSpirit: 2.0%

Haven’t heard of Xunlei before but it turns out it’s the most commonly used bittorent client in China, thus the huge popularity in terms of usage share. Outside of China, µTorrent and Vuze seems to be the more popular ones.

What do you guys use and which ones the most efficient client?

Abe Olandres
Abe Olandres
Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.
  1. mgpfuwpd says:

    celine ??? ??

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  3. kissmarx says:

    i’ve been hooked with torrents for about 6 years now. and i’ve tried several clients back then until i found µTorrent so charming. but now i found my new love in xunlei to which most newbies would contradict. yes it is in chinese yet any brilliant mind can understand it by instinct. but for those who cannot by instict, there is however an english version of xunlei. just google it.

    µTorrent will always be µTorrent and yes i used to love µTorrent since its first version until its most recent stable version 2.2 even its beta version 3.0. but now as i earlier confessed, i found my new love in xunlei. coz nothing beats the speed and the thrill that xunlei makes me ride on.

  4. Kris Tererro says:

    utorrent lang talaga ang the best apps for torrent.

  5. napster says:

    µTorrent.. simply the best!

  6. erik james says:

    bitspirit works perfectly on vista laptops!

  7. buhaycondo says:

    uTorrent for me

  8. Epstein says:

    µTorrent

  9. Kenneth says:

    µTorrent.

  10. Jose Farrugia says:

    uTorrent all the way!

  11. itgbkj says:

    Tranmission here. :)

  12. josh says:

    vuze.. update tracker in just one click ^_^

  13. vince says:

    i use utorrent

    backup – xunlei thunder hacked to english version if utorrent cant handle your ISP

  14. franz says:

    I prefer utorrent. Former user of bit comet.

    -Sent via YugaTech Mobile App

  15. onethirteen says:

    No one’s using BitLord?

  16. bongski says:

    uTorrent for two years now. so far, no complaints.

  17. Oni says:

    uTorrent

  18. Jazon says:

    uTorrent for Windows, Deluge or Transmission for Linux.

  19. noelperlas says:

    used Vuze on a mac, but it is a hog in resources. Switched to Miro, love the subscription to rss, auto download. Seems faster too.

  20. Kevin says:

    uTorrent. and BitBlinder for privacy. The Government won’t find me. hehe.

  21. dulfo says:

    µTorrent for me. Simple UI, allows me to limit download/upload speeds especially when you are sharing internet connection with others, and it does the job. =)

  22. Leo says:

    uTorrent user eversince

  23. deric says:

    flashget try it and you’ll see.

  24. wiieee says:

    utorrent =D

  25. lolipown says:

    utorrent for the reasons most commenters have already mentioned. BTW shouldn’t this be your new poll instead?

  26. someone says:

    I started using uTorrent since 2005. Never had any problems with it.

    On Ubuntu, I’m using deluge.

  27. stressdan says:

    utorrent user here. stable. fast. lightweight. ü

  28. lolipown says:

    utorrent
    simple, lightweight, feature-packed.

  29. kidd says:

    ubuntu has its own default torrent downloader… mas mabilis ang speed ng download so whenever i download a file/movie (whatever)… i use the one in ubuntu then saka ko na lang itransfer

  30. Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:

    Azureus / Vuze, runs on anything though kind a resource hog sometimes

  31. Erin says:

    rtorrent because i use it in a headless server and connect to it via rtgui.

  32. mcast says:

    Definitely uTorrent. Very very light on resources. And it just… works.

  33. netbooksearcher says:

    uTorrent – the best there is out there!

  34. IC DeaDPiPoL says:

    ^
    that makes two of us.

    Running Linux Mint 8 XFCE and prior to that(Linux Mint8 Helena with Gnome) was using KTorrent due to it’s scheduling functions (despite requiring KDE libraries) and now using Deluge

  35. Starshadow Rivaulx says:

    I’m running on Linux Mint, and so far the client I like best is Deluge. It’s a really sweet “set and forget” kind of client. :)

  36. tsokslam says:

    another utorrent user for the count

  37. Vidar says:

    Xunlei user here. It has english version called Thunder. I used to prefer uTorrent but when version 2 came out, download speed is sometimes unstable. Probably because of the new protocol and bandwidth management. With Thunder, I always reach my maximum download speed ASAP.

  38. jojo30 says:

    utorrent for me as well.. I tried vuze but didn’t like it.

  39. incredibleDNA says:

    when i first started using those programs, i actually used bittorrent, but it’s not that GUI friendly.. So i then switched to µTorrent.

  40. John says:

    uTorrent for me too… :)

  41. Alvin says:

    uTorrent for the win! :-D

  42. xtian1986 says:

    µTorrent

  43. Spidey says:

    uTorent it is…

  44. aryehgizbar says:

    been using uTorrent for 5 years I believe. it’s lightweight and it has a standalone version so you need not install it.

  45. rene says:

    yup its utorrent very torrid indeed

  46. mobius says:

    µTorrent. fast and lightweight

  47. Calvin says:

    utorrent. been using it ever since i started downloading torrents. light and fast.

  48. sam says:

    utorrent works fine.

  49. afrokulot says:

    ive been using utorrent for how many years..im satisfied of its feature and i never experience any problem so far..i recommend it..
    -Sent via YugaTech Mobile App

  50. ronn says:

    utorrent is the best, although i’m using bittorrent for my private tracker’s requirement.

    any iptorrents member here?

  51. Knight says:

    +1 for µTorrent. simple, small and very efficient. =)

  52. kevinn says:

    Only two clients that you should know, uTorrent and Transmission – if you’re on a Mac/Linux.

  53. rockycholeric says:

    µTorrent, no hassle for me!

  54. Pipo says:

    µTorrent. no frillS.

  55. Sonn says:

    Vuze for me. Works great on my Mac

  56. Carlo says:

    same same same. uTorrent is the bomb!

  57. YuYu says:

    used to like Vuze previously Azureus but it eats a lot of system resources. opted to try uTorrent and have been using it for more than a year now w/o complaints. :D

  58. camr_tina says:

    i am using µTorrent and its direct and simple

  59. blacklighter11 says:

    I use vuze on my mac! Waaaaay better and faster! For years, I was using tomato which is an ok torrent downloader.

    • vwida says:

      @abeolandres utorrent user here

  60. cutemoboy says:

    uTorrent FTW!

  61. fr0stbyte says:

    uTorrent.. Small foot-print. Tiny file-size. Continuously updated. What’s not to love?

  62. Jhay says:

    I’ve been using uTorrent for 3 years now and continue to love it.

  63. Jon says:

    @Sir Abe,

    I currently use Xunlei, aka “Thunder”. It is a Chinese download manager with Bittorrent support. I use it mainly because my ISP does not work well with uTorrent, I can’t max out my bandwidth, or any other client.

    I was forced to use Xunlei now, but from my previous ISP, I swear by uTorrrent. It is simple, powerful and lightweight, it does not even hog system resources, even with multiple downloads and uploads at the same time. Bandwidth management is also very easy. Others I have tried were BitComet and the official Bittorrent client. The former was too slow and such a resource hog, and the latter I found too bland and does not have the features I need.

  64. nico says:

    µTorrent is small at around 200+ kb, and tests show that it’s faster than Vuze. Yung Xunlei ata walang English version eh.

  65. chetlog says:

    same here…one trick pony

  66. neis says:

    µTorrent – simplistic interface – minimalist – does the job :)

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