rTorrent

rTorrent
DeveloperJari Sundell (a.k.a. rakshasa)
Initial release25 January 2005 (2005-01-25)
Stable release
0.16.5  / 2 December 2025 (2 December 2025)
Written inC++
Operating systemUnix-like
PlatformIA-32, x86-64
Size1.3 MiB
TypeBitTorrent client
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websiterakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/
Repositorygithub.com/rakshasa/rtorrent

rTorrent is a text-based BitTorrent client written in C++, based on the ncurses and libTorrent (not to be confused with libtorrent) libraries for Unix.