Transmission: Small footprint with minimal user interface
Reviewed by Gabriel Bachmann
Transmission
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Covered
A covered pick. Anyone can use it as a private drop-in, with no setup or know-how. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
Minimalism is the selling point: a small footprint and a barely-there interface that stays out of your way, which is why it’s a favorite on Linux and as a headless daemon. That same restraint is the limit, since power users wanting granular bandwidth scheduling and plugins will feel boxed in. Pick Transmission when you want a lightweight client that just moves files, especially on a server or low-spec machine. Anyone who wants knobs and dashboards should look at qBittorrent or BiglyBT instead.
GitHub at a glance
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Website at a glance
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C score 55
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