1 yr. ago • 75%

Torrent software that is actually good?

I'm looking for a torrent software to run on my server/VM. I want something that is easy to setup, has a decent web UI, a base set of features like autoadd and... well, you know, actually works.

Been running Deluge for a while but turns out autoadd is broken. Spent too much time trying to fix it.

QBittorrent breaks when I try to add alternative web UI (VueTorrent). I mean, it's still broken after restoring the config file. Also, it can't seem to display error messages in the UI so you have to dig through logs.

Transmission has been unreliable and has performance issues in my experience.

Please, can you recommend something that is actually good?

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for me qbitorrent works without any issues on docker, what is the problem with it ?

I'm looking at it daily for .. erm 5 minutes? If you use gui like flood, that will consume more resources for few bells and whistles - it's a waste in my eyes.

Be more specific what does not work, what is your env (OS, etc etc).

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- I've already mentioned it other comments. It's running in an Arch VM. Purging it and reinstalling does not restore config files. According to one person here the configs are not only stored in ~/.config as the documentation says. On top of that, error messages for torrents are not shown in the UI, but in the log file - with a level of logging that is most undesirable.
  
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  Why use a whole ass vm just for a torrent client? You can use pre-built docker containers that works out of the box and with a lot less moving parts (aka things that can break).
  
  FWIW, I run an rtorrent container in a home kube cluster. It mounts my data store as an nfs volume and runs flood in a sidecar container. I just use watch directories on the data store and have a cronjob running flexget to subscribe to torrent rss feeds. Notifications are done with the Pushbullet api.
  
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  Ouch , arch is not my area of expertise.
  
  I could help with Debian installation or in docker.
  
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Three of the big software packages thousands of people use successfully across the world fail for OP, but it is the software's fault...

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Some serious Karen energy in this thread.

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- I'm surprised at how willing people still are to help this guy.
  
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- Maybe you like spending hours getting shit software to work, but I don't.
  
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  Lmao, can you even get less thankful? People developed that "shit software" in their free time and made it available for you to use it at zero cost
  
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  well, yes, we do.. but we tend to work to fix things so it does what it needs to do.. you are confusing your inability to fix things with "poor design of software"
  
  If you don't want to self host your shit or get it fixed by somebody else, and trying to make that happen by acting like a entitled end-user, pay somebody to do it for you..
  
  but if that all is too hard, start with not being a jerk first.
  
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  It took me all of 20 minutes to get qBittorrent, Radarr, Sonarr, and Prowlarr working in docker. And then another 10 minutes to add in the VPN container.
  
  The important thing is that I left the GUI default because they work just fine, there is no need for different GUIs for any of it.
  
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  The problem is, you are shit hardware.
  
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I use qbittorent in docker as backend and run flood for frontend as a separate container works a charm.

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- I run the prepacked blob from my host so that I can share the VPN.
  
  I probably check the Web UI once a week just to make sure things are running smoothly.
  
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Transmission and then your normal *arr stack.

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- This is exactly what I did for awhile. I switched to qBittorrent just to try it out and I liked it enough I swapped everything from Transmission to qBittorrent. *arr stack still handles everything though.
  
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The problem is you not the clients.

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- Yup - I daily drive Deluge but have had used QBt and Transmission. All features work, it's user error.
  
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  So, tell, what user error breaks the auto download window in Deluge web UI?
  
  Known bug, by the way.
  
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Qbittorrent-nox with vuetorrent has been great for me.

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rtorrent as torrent client + rutorrent as webUI

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- Looks like a pain to setup, and rutorrent looks like it's straight from the 90's (and not in a good way).
  
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  Sounds like self hosting isn't for you
  
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Sounds like something broke during the install process.

What OS/install process are you using for qbittorrent?

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Transmission has been rock solid for me. Give it another try.

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Transmission V4. I upgraded from 3 due to the software connection breaking after a few days. V4 has been good for a few weeks now

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Transmission for me as I’ve always used it and it’s the only one I could get to update port forwarding through a put request when my vpn reconnects and the tunnelling port changes.

The nightly builds have been fairly stable for me running in a diet-pi vm.

It integrates nicely with flexget but equally as well with the arrs. I havn’t had any major problems. I havn’t heard of many that have.

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Rtorrent+flood: https://hub.docker.com/r/jesec/rtorrent-flood

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qbittorrent-nox wih or without vue

if you are on mobile try to figure out how to set up vue - tip: set the path without the " / " at the end like this "/app/vuetorrent"

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I am quite a fan of ruTorrent, have been using it for years.

There is a docker container available for it too.

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The solution for qbittorrent is quite simple really. Don't use alternative webUI. is it really that difficult? hmmm

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Deluge, with ltConfig plugin for fast download speeds.

But Deluge is the problem I see, not you.

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qBitTorrent, but this time dont cover it in puke.

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Perhaps self hosting isn’t for you? Have you thought about watching Netflix on your Windows 11 tablet connected to your ISP-provided router?

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- HELL YES, this subreddit FUCKS, HARD. This is why im here.
  
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If you can’t figure out torrent software you probably shouldn’t be self hosting anything

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