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BareTorrent - an open source torrent client with the simplicity that uTorrent used to have.

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/baretorrent-an-open-source-torrent-client-with-the-simplicity-that-utorrent-used-to-have.178925/

Desmond
Desmond Original post #1
Oct 27, 2013 at 4:16 PM
uTorrent is slowly turning into bloat and coming with unnecessary features.

So, say hello to a new light weight open source alternative : BareTorrent.

baretorrent
snap
snap #2
Oct 27, 2013 at 4:23 PM
tfs yep utorrent was the best previously but the 3.0 update made it worse :|
bssunilreddy
bssunilreddy #3
Oct 27, 2013 at 5:09 PM
DeSmOnD dAvId said:
uTorrent is slowly turning into bloat and coming with unnecessary features.

So, say hello to a new light weight open source alternative : BareTorrent.

baretorrent
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Thanks Desmond. I just DL it and am using it right now. I am sick & tired of uTorrent.
ASHISH65
ASHISH65 #4
Oct 31, 2013 at 9:05 PM
Thanks op for sharing :)
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onlytanmoy #5
Nov 1, 2013 at 2:25 PM
snap said:
tfs yep utorrent was the best previously but the 3.0 update made it worse :|
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that's correct
@Desmond>> thanks for sharing this alternative to utorrent.
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Nue #6
Nov 1, 2013 at 5:32 PM
Looks promising but seeing how this is a fairly new client, it'll take some time before private trackers allow it, and thus won't be usable for me until then. I hope the development continues and it becomes stable enough to be trusted. At the moment, I'm fairly content with Deluge.
saswat23
saswat23 #7
Nov 4, 2013 at 2:31 PM
What's the problem uTorrent BTW?
Theodre
Theodre #8
Nov 4, 2013 at 4:20 PM
saswat23 said:
What's the problem uTorrent BTW?
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Because it's just turning into a bloatware and it's now goes against the same goal with which it was built on - "Being Lightweight"!!!

Am in Office so any website with torrent in the Address cannot be accessed :D

But you could also look into qbittorrent also... :) (i will check baretorrent - thanks :) )
sujeet2555
sujeet2555 #9
Nov 6, 2013 at 10:48 PM
i use bittorrent. but it also is becoming bloatware with unnecessary features.still using old bittorrent client .now going to try baretorrent .
sling-shot
sling-shot #10
Feb 5, 2014 at 3:15 PM
uTorrent can be set up to be MOST disk friendly I guess by tweaking its cache settings. This much of tweaking is not allowed by any other client that I know of.

I can set the cache to 1024 MB, I can set it to write only when a piece is complete, I can set it to retain all the disk reads in the cache so that subsequent reads will happen from RAM than disk (until the cache is full at least)
As I run my client only when I am not actively using the computer for anything else and my PC has 3 GB RAM, I have been happy with it.

I will try any other client only if it has this feature.

I really liked Azureus / Vuze but being based on Java its cache is limited to 256 MB :(

A bittorrent client that is lightweight but still feature packed is welcome. Hope baretorrent becomes one.

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EDIT:

I am downloading it as of now. For a "bare"torrent, it is considerably anything other than that at 14.44 MB!!!