Halite BitTorrent Client is an Open Source BitTorrent client written by Irishman Eóin O'Callaghan in C++ based on libtorrent library from Rasterbar Software. Halite is named after the mineral. The program also relies on the Boost libraries and libHTTP for the still to be implemented remote control interface from Java enabled (MIDP 1.0) mobile phones.

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lacking features
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This report was started September 9, 2008 at 10:09 am by Jan
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uTorrent

uTorrent

MSRP  $0.00    Released  September, 2005
Pros
  • Small CPU and memory footprint.
  • Totally free with no ads
  • Let you select which files inside a torrent to download
Cons
  • There is no Linux version
  • Bandwidth choke when not configured properly
  • Cannot select which files to download off a torrent in the OS X version.
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Vuze

Vuze

MSRP  $0.00    Released  --
Pros
  • Java based (easily portable to any platform that suports Java)
Cons
  • High CPU load
  • Java based (slow, ram hungry, etc...)
  • Does'nt recognize ports which other clients easily do
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BitTorrent

BitTorrent

MSRP  $0.00    Released  --
Pros
  • Scheduling feature very helpful
Cons
  • Can't download illegal stuff anymore without paying for an upgrade.
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1.  avatar Jan said:

still too early in development to use it
Sep 09, 2008 2:19pm
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Pros

  • Freeware, x64 native available and lightweight.

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  • lacking features

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