Alternatives to Electorrent

A desktop remote control client for qBittorrent, Transmission, Deluge, rTorrent, uTorrent and Synology. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Electorrent.

  • Flood

    A self-hosted web interface for managing rTorrent, qBittorrent, Transmission and Deluge from a browser.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Flood manages rTorrent, qBittorrent, Transmission and Deluge from any browser instead of a desktop app, but requires a Node.js server or container to run.

  • Transdroid

    An Android app for managing remote torrent clients such as Transmission, qBittorrent and Deluge.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Transdroid is an Android app that controls Transmission, qBittorrent, Deluge and NAS systems from a phone, with home screen widgets, though its codebase is old.

  • TrguiNG

    A desktop remote GUI for managing Transmission torrent daemons running on other machines.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    TrguiNG is a lightweight Tauri desktop app with a similar role, but it only controls Transmission daemons, not qBittorrent, Deluge or rTorrent.

  • Transmission Remote GUI

    A desktop application for remotely controlling a Transmission BitTorrent daemon from another computer.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Transmission Remote GUI gives a full desktop interface with more features than Transmission's web UI, but it only works with Transmission and has no macOS build.

  • Tremotesf

    A desktop remote control interface for transmission-daemon on Linux and Windows.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Tremotesf is a native desktop interface for Linux and Windows instead of an Electron app, but it controls only transmission-daemon.

  • Transmissionic

    A cross-platform remote interface for controlling a Transmission daemon from desktop, mobile or browser.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    Transmissionic runs on desktop, mobile and web, but it only works with Transmission rather than the range of clients Electorrent supports.

  • VueTorrent

    An alternative web interface for qBittorrent built with Vue.js, usable on desktop and mobile.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    VueTorrent is a browser interface with a responsive phone layout, but it works only with qBittorrent through its alternative WebUI setting.

  • ruTorrent

    A self-hosted web front-end for the rTorrent BitTorrent client, extended through plugins.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    ruTorrent is a self-hosted web front-end with a large plugin collection, but it controls only rTorrent and needs a web server with PHP.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Electorrent as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • qBitController

    A free open-source app for remotely controlling qBittorrent from a phone or another device.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroidiOS

    Electorrent moves control to a Windows, macOS or Linux desktop app supporting qBittorrent, Transmission, Deluge, rTorrent, uTorrent and Synology, instead of a phone.

  • qui

    A self-hosted, single-binary web interface for managing several qBittorrent instances from one place.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Electorrent is a desktop Electron app that controls qBittorrent and several other clients and Synology stations, rather than a self-hosted web interface.

  • transmission-remote-gtk

    A GTK desktop client for remotely managing a Transmission BitTorrent daemon over its RPC protocol.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Electorrent is a cross-platform Electron app that controls Transmission plus qBittorrent, Deluge, rTorrent, uTorrent and Synology, with a larger footprint than native GTK.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.