About BitTorrent Mainline Client

BitTorrent Mainline is a BitTorrent client based on BitTorrent Mainline, a client originally created by Ludvig Strigeus (ludde), and is currently maintained by a team of developers at BitTorrent, Inc. A client is a computer program that follows the rules of a protocol. For example, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the protocol used for transferring web pages and other content, and your HTTP client (or web browser) is the program you use to get those web pages. Some popular browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Apple Safari. To an extent, they all work in the same way because they follow the same set of rules. Just as there are multiple HTTP clients, there are multiple BitTorrent clients that observe and conform to guidelines set in the BitTorrent protocol definition, and BitTorrent Mainline is one such BitTorrent client.

So what sets BitTorrent Mainlineapart from other BitTorrent clients?

• Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled: Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in BitTorrent Mainline, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, BitTorrent Mainlinesupports the Protocol Encryption joint specification and peer exchange.
• Resource-Friendly: Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in BitTorrent Mainline, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, BitTorrent Mainlinesupports the Protocol Encryption joint specification and peer exchange.
• Skinnable and Localized: Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are available, and creating your own is very simple. BitTorrent Mainline also has support for localization, and with a language file present, will automatically switch to your system language. If your language isn't available, you can easily add your own, or edit other existing translations to improve them!
• Actively Developed and Improved: The developers put in a lot of time working on features and making things more user-friendly. Releases only come out when they're ready, with no schedule pressures, so the few bugs that appear are quickly addressed and fixed.