Torrent Clients Overview and Selection

Overview
This page lists criteria for client selection, and important differences and characteristics of the major clients. Also look at the “Client Software” category page.

How to Pick a Client?
These are the forces that can guide your decision:
 * Platform / operating system
 * Is it supported / allowed by your favourite trackers?
 * Look at the user interface and decide if you like it. Many clients have a choice of different interfaces, or externally provided web UIs etc.
 * How many items do you intend to seed? See below for some hints what each client typically supports. Note however that this depends on the machine you run a client on (a RasPI3 cannot handle 10.000 items with any software).
 * Does it allow remote control via an API? While you might not see the need initially, it is good to have when moving to a different host or another client, or when you develop a taste for automation.

rTorrent (ruTorrent)
See rTorrent for more.