The installation will include a set of command line utilities but for the scope of this tutorial we will cover just two of these: transmission-daemon and transmission-remote. Transmission is the default BitTorrent client in many Linux distributions and transmission-cli can be found in most official repositories.įor OSX, Transmission CLI can be installed with the excellent package manager Homebrew: This guide will run you through the basic usage of the terminal client.

There is also a command line interface for Transmission which turned out to be perfect for my occasional BitTorrent requirements. Transmission is a popular cross-platform BitTorrent client that comes in a variety of flavours, including native Mac and GTK+ versions with a desktop GUI familiar to anyone who has used uTorrent. In some cases, you will find that a heavy desktop app can be replaced by a simple command line alternative and Transmission CLI offers just that.

After using uTorrent for a while I found myself looking for a lightweight (and ad-free) alternative. When it comes to BitTorrent clients, there are a lot to choose from.

Torrent client with remote access