Torrent client privacy ratings
BitTorrent clients.
8 torrent clients are rated against 4 public criteria, and 8 have enough evidence for a letter grade.
Open-source torrent clients only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitTorrent client built on libtorrent with a client-server design, so a daemon can run on a headless machine and be controlled from GTK, web or console interfaces. Most features come as plugins. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
BitTorrent client for the GNOME desktop, built on Transmission, with a torrent queue, magnet link detection from the clipboard and remote control of other Fragments or Transmission sessions. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
BitTorrent client for Android with sequential downloading, streaming, RSS auto-downloading, scheduling, WebTorrent support and Android TV support. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Cross-platform BitTorrent client with a built-in search engine, RSS feed downloading and an optional web interface for remote control. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Text-based BitTorrent client for the terminal, built on libtorrent, with an ncurses interface, scripting through its configuration file and an XML-RPC interface used by web front ends. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Lightweight BitTorrent client with native apps for macOS, Windows and Linux, plus a daemon with a web interface for headless servers and NAS devices. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Java-based BitTorrent client descended from Vuze, with swarm merging, a built-in media player, I2P and Tor support through plugins, and an Android app. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Proprietary BitTorrent client from BitTorrent, offered as a desktop client (Classic), a browser-based client (Web) and an Android app. The free versions show ads and paid plans remove them. |
Grade F | 0 | 100% | No | No | No | No |
Questions
What is the most private option among torrent clients?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are torrent clients rated?
Each entry answers 4 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.