PicoTorrent about:
PicoTorrent features:PicoTorrent is designed to be a tiny, easy-to-use BitTorrent client with low memory usage.
We made PicoTorrent to go back to the basics of what is needed from a BitTorrent client. No ads, carefully selected features, and a native user interface integrating seamlessly with your desktop.
PicoTorrent is built directly on the Windows APIs which means that it is native looking on all Windows versions. We designed it to be as simple as possible to use, and all torrent controls are hidden in context menus.
PicoTorrent links:PicoTorrent is a brand new BitTorrent client for Windows (Vista and above), written in modern C++14. We made PicoTorrent to bring BitTorrent clients back to basics, carefully introducing features while keeping memory usage low. We are currently in the early early stages of something we believe in, however it is already usable and its features should support day-to-day usage.
Highlighted features
- Windows shell integration. Magnet links and torrent files will open with PicoTorrent.
- Low memory usage. The ‘Pico’ in PicoTorrent is something we take seriously, and we always try to keep memory usage low.
- Fast startups.
- High performance. PicoTorrent is built on libtorrent which is a high performance BitTorrent library used by several of the most popular BitTorrent clients.
http://www.picotorrent.org/ - web-site
https://github.com/picotorrent/picotorrent/ - project page
http://www.picotorrent.org/download/ - download page
https://github.com/picotorrent/picotorrent/releases - download page
http://www.picotorrent.org/get-started/ - about
http://www.picotorrent.org/blog/introdu ... cotorrent/ - introduction
http://www.picotorrent.org/blog/ - blog
https://twitter.com/picotorrent - Twitter
http://codecpack.co/download/PicoTorrent.html - PicoTorrent at CodecPack
http://alternativeto.net/software/picotorrent/ - PicoTorrent at AlternativeTo
PicoTorrent downloads:
http://www.picotorrent.org/download/ - latest release
https://github.com/picotorrent/picotorrent/releases - all releases
PicoTorrent screen-shots:
- program window: - preferences: PicoTorrent portable:
PicoTorrent seems to be natively portable and stealth- download either x86 or x64 archive, extract and run PicoTorrent.exe, all data and settings are stored in program folder (settings are saved in a Json file- PicoTorrent.json).
PicoTorrent license:
PicoTorrent is open-source and it is released under the MIT License (the license can be found here), the source code can be downloaded from GitHub.
PicoTorrent note:
PicoTorrent is still a bare bones BitTorrent client which lacks many features available in other BitTorrent clients. I didn't find a way to add a magnet link in the portable version. There is a lot to be desired but the project seems promising having in mind that it is quite young- PicoTorrent was born on Nov 8, 2015.
Update:
PicoTorrent requires msvcp140.dll in order to run. Thanks to tactictoe for the observation.