Transmission (BitTorrent client)
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Original author(s) | Eric Petit, Josh Elsasser, Bryan Varner |
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Developer(s) | Mike Gelfand (Windows), Charles Kerr (aka Jordan Lee), Mitchell Livingston |
Initial release | 15 September 2005[1][2] |
Stable release | 4.0.5[3]
/ 6 December 2023 |
Repository | |
Written in | BitTorrent client |
License | GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only[a][b], MIT[5] |
Website | transmissionbt |
Transmission is a
Features
Transmission allows users to quickly download files from multiple peers on the Internet and to upload their own files.[7] By adding torrent files via the user interface, users can create a queue of files to be downloaded and uploaded. Within the file selection menus, users can customise their downloads at the level of individual files. Transmission also seeds, that is, it will automatically share downloaded content.[8]
Transmission allows the assigning of priorities to torrents and to files within torrents, thus potentially influencing which files download first. It supports the Magnet URI scheme[9] and encrypted connections. It allows torrent-file creation and peer exchange compatible with Vuze and μTorrent. It includes a built-in web server so that users can control Transmission remotely via the web.[10] It also supports automatic port-mapping using UPnP/NAT-PMP, peer caching, blocklists for bad peers, bandwidth limits dependent on time-of-day, globally or per-torrent, and has partial support for IPv6.[11] It allows the use of multiple trackers simultaneously,[12] Local Peer Discovery,[13] Micro Transport Protocol (μTP),[14] and UDP tracker.[15] It does not support directly subscribing to RSS feeds containing torrent files for automatic download, but third-party add-ons can supply this functionality.[10]: 229
macOS-specific features include
Transmission 4.0.0, released in February 2023, added support for version 2 of the BitTorrent protocol while maintaining backward compatibility with the older v1 torrents.[16]
Development
Transmission 1.60 and later removed support for
The Transmission back-end (libTransmission) also serves as the basis of the Transmission
Distribution and ports
A portable version is available on PortableApps.com.[21]
Ports
Transmission is a set of lightweight BitTorrent clients (in GUI, CLI and daemon form). All its incarnations feature a very simple, intuitive interface on top on an efficient, cross-platform back-end.
There are several transmission clients for different operating systems including
An unofficial
On
A port for all platforms enhanced with streaming of the downloading file(s) is located on GitHub.[33]
It is also ported to the Maemo OS of the Nokia N810 internet tablet and N900 smartphone as well as to the MeeGo/Harmattan OS of the Nokia N9 and N950 smartphones, on which it does download the torrents to the device.
Website breach
In March 2016,
The tainted packages installed a
Reception
Transmission is the default BitTorrent client of many
CNET editor Paul Huges praised Transmission for its "simplicity, lightweight, as well as being feature-packed" and as of April 2017 the software ranked third in P2P downloads for Mac on CNET.[45][46]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "MovedToGitHub/Changes – Transmission". trac.transmissionbt.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "transmission: Official Transmission BitTorrent client repository". 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017 – via GitHub.
- ^ "4.0.5". 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Transmission-Qt for Windows | A Fast & Easy BitTorrent Client. Trqtw.sourceforge.net. Retrieved on 9 December 2013.
- ^ COPYING in trunk – Transmission Archived 28 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Trac.transmissionbt.com. Retrieved on 9 December 2013.
- ^ a b Transmission – About, www.transmissionbt.com, 2009, archived from the original on 7 July 2009, retrieved 4 July 2009
- ISBN 978-1-4842-0067-4. Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-936280-25-4. Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ Magnet links, extension for peers to send metadata files, Trac.transmissionbt.com, archived from the original on 5 August 2017, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4302-3031-1. Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ IPv6 does not work against dual-stacked trackers, Trac.transmissionbt.com, archived from the original on 5 August 2017, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ Adding lists of trackers to torrents, Trac.transmissionbt.com, archived from the original on 5 August 2017, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ Local Peer Discovery protocol implementation, Trac.transmissionbt.com, archived from the original on 5 August 2017, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ Add uTP support, Trac.transmissionbt.com, archived from the original on 13 July 2019, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ UDP tracker protocol support, Trac.transmissionbt.com, 12 February 2011, archived from the original on 5 August 2017, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ Moharir, Rishabh (8 February 2023). "Transmission 4.0 Upgrade is Here After Two Years". It's FOSS News. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Building – Transmission". trac.transmissionbt.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ "Transmission ChangeLog". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "P2P Communication Technology: BitTorrent Large-capacity Data Distribution" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Transmission-Qt Portable". PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Torrent | CoreOS - iPhoneUnix". Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ iTransmission, a native BitTorrent client on iOS, github.com, archived from the original on 29 January 2016, retrieved 27 July 2016
- ^ "Readme - About". Transdroid. GitHub.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ Building TransmissionQt in Windows, Trac.transmissionbt.com, archived from the original on 14 August 2012, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ Building, Trac.transmissionbt.com, archived from the original on 14 May 2012, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ A µTorrent like Windows remote control for the Transmission client, archived from the original on 8 August 2012, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ Cross platform remote GUI for the Transmission daemon, github.com, archived from the original on 27 July 2016, retrieved 27 July 2016
- ^ Transmission 1.76 Windows, Sb-innovation.de, archived from the original on 19 July 2011, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ Transmission-Qt, Sourceforge.net, archived from the original on 25 August 2012, retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ transmission-daemon-cygwin, Sourceforge.net, archived from the original on 2 February 2014, retrieved 27 January 2014
- ^ Streaming - The Simplified HOW TO, Sourceforge.net, archived from the original on 10 December 2015, retrieved 27 April 2016
- ^ cfpp2p/transmission: Up to date Fork of the Transmission BitTorrent client, github.com, archived from the original on 16 April 2018, retrieved 27 April 2016
- ^ Clark/Nikdel/Powell (6 March 2016). "New OS X Ransomware KeRanger Infected Transmission BitTorrent Client Installer". Palo Alto Networks Blog. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ Jim Finkle (7 March 2016). "Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign". Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Apple Macs targeted by KeRanger ransomware for first time". the Guardian. 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ Mike McGrath (10 June 2010). Linux in easy steps, 5th edition. In Easy Steps. pp. 85–. GGKEY:EE005NUYU77. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ Pitt, Martin (14 January 2008), Ubuntu Changelog, archived from the original on 13 August 2011, retrieved 15 May 2008
- ^ Elyssa Release Notes, archived from the original on 31 July 2015, retrieved 23 August 2009
- ^ Distribution/Download/BitTorrent, archived from the original on 4 August 2019, retrieved 19 August 2009
- ^ Puppy Linux 4.2 Release Notes, archived from the original on 19 July 2009
- ^ Zenwalk Package List, archived from the original on 3 March 2016, retrieved 20 March 2021
- ^ Make Transmission the default BitTorrent client in 11.2, archived from the original on 13 January 2016, retrieved 19 August 2009
- ^ FON Starts Selling Fonera 2.0n Router with Transmission, archived from the original on 20 January 2015, retrieved 9 December 2009
- ^ "Transmission for Mac", download.cnet.com, archived from the original on 12 May 2017, retrieved 12 April 2017
- ^ "P2P & File-Sharing Software for Mac". download.cnet.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.