Description
Downloading a torrent usually means uneven speeds, or a separate tool for each of HTTP, FTP and magnet links, and halfway through you often want to check whether the file is what you expected. BitComet is a long established BitTorrent client that handles BT, HTTP, FTP and magnet links in one window, and it is free for personal and home, non commercial use.
A few things make it worth keeping. Video can be previewed while it downloads, long term seeding tasks get dedicated handling, and the disk cache and space allocation tune themselves to cut disk wear. If the router supports UPnP the port is configured automatically. Besides Windows the official site also offers macOS, Linux and Android builds, with 53 interface languages. The current version is 2.22, and the download link points to the official downloads page.
Multi protocol downloads: BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP together, plus magnet links resolved through DHT
Preview while downloading: play video files before they finish, instead of finding out afterwards that it was the wrong one
Long term seeding: seeding tasks are handled separately so a client left running for days stays steady
Cross protocol downloading: one file can pull data from BT and from HTTP or FTP sources at once for better speed and success
Disk cache and allocation: intelligent caching and pre allocation to reduce fragmentation and disk load
File priority: in a torrent with many files, set the order of each file or skip the ones you do not need
Automatic port setup: UPnP port mapping, UDP tracker support and BitTorrent protocol v2
A few things make it worth keeping. Video can be previewed while it downloads, long term seeding tasks get dedicated handling, and the disk cache and space allocation tune themselves to cut disk wear. If the router supports UPnP the port is configured automatically. Besides Windows the official site also offers macOS, Linux and Android builds, with 53 interface languages. The current version is 2.22, and the download link points to the official downloads page.
Features
Multi protocol downloads: BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP together, plus magnet links resolved through DHT
Preview while downloading: play video files before they finish, instead of finding out afterwards that it was the wrong one
Long term seeding: seeding tasks are handled separately so a client left running for days stays steady
Cross protocol downloading: one file can pull data from BT and from HTTP or FTP sources at once for better speed and success
Disk cache and allocation: intelligent caching and pre allocation to reduce fragmentation and disk load
File priority: in a torrent with many files, set the order of each file or skip the ones you do not need
Automatic port setup: UPnP port mapping, UDP tracker support and BitTorrent protocol v2
