Initially Transmission was a Mac torrent client however, recently, there’s a Windows and a Linux version of the program. Users can also select the output folder, create and share their custom torrents, customize the torrents’ queue, and add torrents from RSS feeds. The in-built search option lets you search for the required torrents online. QBittorrent is a free and open source torrent client that supports Windows, Mac, Linux, and FreeBSD operating systems. If you wish to avoid malware and are interested in the best torrent clients, read our review of the best free torrent clients of 2017 in this article. There are plenty of torrent clients available today some of them are open source, some contain ads, and some offer extended features.

These torrent files require special torrent clients to be both downloaded (peered) and uploaded (leeched).

Basically, when you download a file with the help of a torrent file distribution system, you get it straight from another user’s computer. Torrent files are a special type of assistive file that helps to distribute (download and upload) primary files between users’ computers.

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