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BitTorrent Clients

Several file sharing clients exist for the BitTorrent P2P network. Each can download torrents well, and each has a loyal following. Try any of the BitTorrent clients listed below to find the one that's best for you.

Best BitTorrent Clients

Each of these top BitTorrent clients can download torrents effectively, and each has a loyal following of users. You can try any of these applications for free to find your personal favorites.

Poll: Which BitTorrent Client Is Best?

This online poll indicates which BitTorrent clients our readers think are the best ones.

Official BitTorrent Client

The official and original BitTorrent client runs on all major operating systems, and the user interface has been translated to more than 20 different languages.

Azureus

Azureus is an open-source file sharing client for the BitTorrent P2P network. Azureus runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Azureus contains a built-in BitTorrent tracker and supports various plug-ins.

BitComet

BitComet runs on Windows 98 and newer Windows computers and is written in the C++ programming language.

Shareaza

The Shareaza free P2P client for Windows is capable of connecting to multiple popular P2P networks including BitTorrent, eDonkey and Gnutella.

uTorrent

uTorrent is a free client application for the BitTorrent P2P network that runs on Windows 95 and newer computers.

BitTornado

BitTornado enhances the user interface of the original BitTorrent client, adding options to manage network bandwidth usage as well as other features.

eXeem and eXeem Lite

eXeem is a P2P client application based on the BitTorrent network protocol and programming interface. eXeem Lite is an alternative P2P client that removes the adware associated with eXeem.

BitSpirit

BitSpirit is a full-featured P2P client for Bit Torrent and also supports Distributed Hash Table (DHT) P2P networks.

BitComet - P2P Client for BitTorrent

BitComet is a download manager for the BitTorrent P2P network.

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