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BitComet V1.18   
Suggested by xlioilx - Updated by Checker on 2 Feb 2010
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Synopsis: BitComet is BitTorrent client that supports simultaneous downloads, download queue, selected downloads in torrent package, fast-resume, chatting, disk cache, speed limits, port mapping, proxy, IP filter, etc. It has full Unicode support, and requires less CPU and memory than Java or .Net -based clients.
Writes settings to: Application folder.
Dependencies: MSXML3 or above (installed by default with IE6 or WinXP, or available from Microsoft as a separate download)
How to extract: Download the "green" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BitComet.exe.
Stealth [?]: No. Writes a few window-related settings to the registry.
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
Unicode support: Yes
License: Free for personal use
System Requirements: Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
What's new: >>

GUI Improved: display the properties of multiple tasks will show a task statistics dialog
GUI Improved: drag&drop a Magnet URI or HTTP URL to main window of BitComet will launch a download
GUI Improved: add legend to the piece map tab of task
GUI Improved: new setting in advanced page of option dialog: system.use_app_data, detailed info refer to wiki
GUI Improved: display error message when failed to load/save task list xml file
GUI Improved: new command in context menu of tracker list: add tracker
GUI Improved: new setting in connection page of option dialog: randomize port each start
GUI Improved: display "added date" in torrent history, and hide "snapshots", "comments", "rating", "popular" by default
GUI Improved: display translator info in about dialog
GUI Improved: enhance BHO, display BitComet icon in context menu of IE8
GUI Improved: enhance video downloader extension for Firefox, display captured files in Tools menu besides in context menu
GUI Improved: new setting in BT task page of option dialog: display task properties dialog after torrent downloaded from Magnet URI
GUI Improved: display batch download dialog when multiple torrents selected to download in Torrent Exchange
GUI Bugfix: when shutdown scheduled at specified time, shutdown will still be launched when all download finished
GUI Bugfix: error occurred when non-admin user try to modify IE integration setting under Vista/Win7
GUI Bugfix: task properties dialog displayed incorrectly for right-to-left languages, e.g. Arabic and Hebrew
GUI Bugfix: the setting of shutdown at specified time does not take effect at first time
Core Improve: save bak files for task list xml file up to 7 copies
Core Improve: update BitTorrent client identification code
Core Improve: the BT tasks which haven't downloaded torrent will not enter the task queue
Core Bugfix: enhance the stability of UDP transport
Core Bugfix: enhance the stability of HTTP proxy connection


Posted comments:

[Anonymous] Mr. MisterThis software is NOT freeware, better check licenses more carefully in future.

"1. The Software is being licensed to you free of charge for your private personal use only. The Software is licensed, not sold. You may use the Software for non-commercial purposes only." (http://www.bitcomet.com/doc/license.htm)
 [2006-04-27 03:33]

[Anonymous] [BOT]FluffyI really can't say that I'd support this client regardless of license. Bitcomet is pretty infamous for being a "leecher" client, which disgusts me. Please folks, use uTorrent instead and SHARE your files! [2006-04-27 08:54]

[Anonymous] Mr. Mister[BOT]Fluffy: Upgrade your knowledge and stop speaking with your ass! (=don't live in the past, things change you know)

People, don't believe this FUD!

BitComet is nice, µTorrent is nice, whatever, select the software YOU like and choose to ignore all bullshit. For [BOT]Fluffy: it's strange that the BitComet is so very much functional today with "all" trackers... unlike in the past where your kind of accusations were true and many trackers blocked specific BitComet versions. Not anymore. My 2c again.
 [2006-04-27 13:20]

[Anonymous] BlksprkReality is that BitComet is still blocked by many trackers, I know that several of the ones that I use have ALL BitComet clients blocked regardless of version since it dosnt like to play nicely with DHT restrictions. It may have changed on other sites, but many of the trusted high power sites see otherwise. You are better off with uTorrent [2006-04-29 07:34]

[Anonymous] [BOT]FluffyMr. Mister: The reality is as Blksprk stated. I also notice that you've done nothing to deny the accusations of BitComet being a leech client, you simply claim that trackers allow BiCcomet these days, which I never mentioned as being a problem.

You might also consider the fact that this site is primarily aimed for software that can be run directly from a portable device, and portable devices do not have all the space in the world. Clearly,
 [2006-05-17 08:29]

[Anonymous] RozireuTorrent works better for me. [2006-06-25 15:07]

[Anonymous] CosminI meant to say "than I do with utorrent". You get the gist. [2006-09-02 01:36]

[Anonymous] EnlouFor the record, [BOT]Fluffy... some of us, like me, use a larger USB Drive. Andrew caters to all, not some. I use a 120 GB Samsung 2.5" laptop HDD in a small external enclosure from MassCool. It uses 5v of USB power that's provided to it by the single cable and runs fantastically... AND has 120 GB of storage. [2006-09-02 08:26]

[Anonymous] muri_guribitcomet always downloaded like twice the size of any torrent for me(too much garbage data)which azureus did not.I used utorrent,bitcomet,azureus,abc,burst ..list goes on and over the years nothing came close to azureus.I wish some program came just as good as azureus but didn't require java(coz it sucks) [2006-09-03 19:11]

[Anonymous] Peter OlsonI'd reccomend uTorrent over this one, uTorrent works great for me. [2006-10-13 14:59]

[Anonymous] No competition for uTorrentThat's it, it's simply not competition to uTorrent. size, features, resource usage etc.. etc... and uTorrent wins on all of those [2006-10-31 02:32]

[Anonymous] IamNOTWithStupidi dislike p2p, man what a huge pain in the ass for the machine that has high level security settings, and having to set it just for use. and high speed? i could barely get 1 kbps even for high profile files. also it should be noted p2p programs generally writes the files with trash data before the download ever finishes, that means if you download lets say a 3 gig file, it will write trash data to 3 gigs even though their no actual data from the file you downloading from

ugh, and the legality is the only thing i like about it, it pisses off/frustrates authorities figures (riaa,mpaa, rich music execs)..

which is something that puts a smile on my face.
 [2006-11-20 19:28]

[Anonymous] Erind@IamNOTWithStupid, please don't make us kill you. You are complaining about your own lack of knowledge. If you turn the option on, it will set aside the entire size of the file at the start so it doesn't fill your HD up 3/4 of the way through. Also, you most likely (99% chance) don't have port forwarding set up for it. [2006-12-15 12:56]

[Anonymous] StefanoThis is not a portable app!
Bitcomet registers extensions, preferences and something else in the registry! A portable app should not to this!
I've not found a way to prevent this behaviour.
 [2006-12-30 04:06]

[Anonymous] MapidoI suggest you all use uTorrent, no nonses, very small, much functions, easy-to-use and a big power.
Small is beautiful ;)
 [2007-01-21 07:58]

[Anonymous] ezLizardOn my box, at least, uTorrent is nowhere near as fast downloading as BitComet; no need to mess with port forwarding either. On the other hand, my other internet apps (e.g., Firefox), slow down to a crawl.

*shrug*
 [2007-02-08 12:11]

[Anonymous] Falcon4Bitcomet. The epitome of lying, cheating clients. Steals from other peers, lies to super seeds, hammers trackers. Bitcomet, the client of choice for the leeching, godless dipshit sack of crap leecher.

uTorrent owns, and is actually a PORTABLE app - just create the "settings.dat" and "resume.dat" files in the same folder as utorrent.exe, and voila, fully portable uTorrent. What was with that rant above about "my 120gb hard drive"? Dude, I had a 100gb torrent drive and it had uTorrent on it. If a BETTER PROGRAM can be written in SMALLER SPACE, what is there to argue?
 [2007-03-24 23:31]

[Anonymous] Black Rosebit comet is the only torrent downloader that works on my anime sites so i like it. [2008-09-04 14:37]

[Anonymous] fuckheadbitcomet was good in the beginning but now i have noticed lots of crap data. more than ever. too much advertising, useless features. gonna buy a nas drive with torrent software. fuck bitcommet [2008-10-31 16:07]

[Anonymous] joshkrzbitcomet isnt a leecher program, it always uploads at full speed, i agree with "fuckhead" because bitcomet 0.70 was a good build. I tryed uTorrent and the speed was crap, and where were the settings, there was hardly and customizeasion over it, appart from themes but to be honest, whats that gonna do with your downloads? Bitcomet is the feature and functionality winner over this, straight up, utorrents too simple and is the quick choice, a bit like apple ipod is with creative zen, zen is so much better.

like a guy above said tho, its your choice.
 [2009-05-06 10:29]


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