Torrent

This page is dedicated to the BitTorrent protocol and related software.

References

• What is DHT

Torrent and Subtitle search engines

PirateBay Mirror Sites

• https://tpbtpb.xyz/

Working links, but annoying pop-up and big cpu eater (probably mining coins). Require retry multiple times to get the links/search results.

Other torrent sites

• https://www.yggtorrent.se/

Tracker with many good-quality french torrents, but enforces a 1:1 down/up ratio.

• https://p2pguru.com/

• https://ww1.torrent9.cz/

A mirror of torrent9 site, with torrent for french audio movies. Annoying pop up. Check twitter #torrent9 for alternatives.

Subtitles sites

• https://www.opensubtitles.org/

Many movies, filter per language, give torrent reference name (which can then be searched on Google to get the movie).

BitTorrent Clients on Linux

Transmission

Default client on Ubuntu and Debian.

uTorrent

uTorrent is a fully featured but tiny BitTorrent client packaged in a single archive.

Currently, as of version 3, there is a native port available on linux, consisting of a headless server and a web interface. To install (from [1]):

• Unpack the archive in some user directory
• Start the server (as regular user):

./utserver

• To access the web interface, open your browser at page http://localhost:8080/gui. When prompted for authentication, enter admin as username, and leave the password field blank.

More information in the manual.

BitTorrent Clients on Windows

uTorrent

uTorrent is a fully featured but tiny BitTorrent client packaged in a single executable.