Alternatives to FrostWire
A BitTorrent client, video downloader and media player with search built into the app. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
FrostWire
A BitTorrent client, video downloader and media player with search built into the app.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as FrostWire.
WebTorrent Desktop
A desktop torrent app that streams video and audio while the files are still downloading.
WebTorrent Desktop also plays media while downloading and casts to AirPlay, Chromecast and DLNA, but lacks in-app search and an Android version and is still in beta.
PikaTorrent
A cross-platform open-source torrent client for desktop and mobile that can stream media.
PikaTorrent is also open source and streams media on desktop and Android with a simpler interface, but it has no in-app torrent search listed.
BitLord
A free BitTorrent client for downloading torrents with built-in streaming of audio and video.
BitLord streams audio and video from torrents with a simple interface, but it is closed source and runs only on Windows and macOS.
BitTorrent
The official BitTorrent client, available as a desktop app and a streaming web version.
BitTorrent is closed source, with a desktop app for downloads and a web app for streaming, but has no Linux build listed.
µTorrent
A BitTorrent client offered as a small desktop app and as a browser-based player.
µTorrent is closed source and freemium, pairing a small desktop client with a browser version that plays media while it downloads, on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
qBittorrent
A full-featured BitTorrent client with no ads, built as an open source replacement for µTorrent.
qBittorrent is a dedicated torrent client with integrated search and regex RSS filters, dropping FrostWire's media player and library and having no Android build.
Tribler
An open-source BitTorrent client with built-in search and Tor-inspired onion routing for more private downloading.
Tribler keeps built-in search but makes it decentralised and adds onion routing for privacy, without FrostWire's media player or an Android version.
BitComet
A long-running BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP download client with long-term seeding and disk caching.
BitComet is closed source, offers video preview while downloading and adds HTTP and FTP downloads, on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
Also worth comparing
These listings name FrostWire as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
LibreTorrent
A free and open-source BitTorrent client for Android with no ads.
FrostWire is also open source and runs on Android, adding in-app torrent search and a media player, but is more of an all-in-one media app.
YTDLnis
An Android app that downloads audio and video from websites using yt-dlp.
FrostWire is an open-source app for Android and desktop that combines a video downloader with BitTorrent search and a media player.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
TorrServer
A self-hosted server that streams media from torrents over HTTP without waiting for downloads.
Webtor
A web tool that streams or downloads the contents of torrents and magnet links in the browser.
Seedr
A web-based cloud service that fetches torrents and links to online storage for streaming.
put.io
A paid cloud service that fetches torrents, magnet links and URLs to private storage for streaming.
Free Download Manager
A download accelerator and organizer that splits files into segments and includes a BitTorrent client.
