Alternatives to transmission-remote-gtk

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

  • TrguiNG

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    TrguiNG is a lightweight Tauri-based rewrite of transgui that controls remote Transmission daemons and runs on Windows and macOS as well as Linux.

  • Tremotesf

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Tremotesf is an actively maintained native desktop interface for transmission-daemon, available on Windows as well as Linux, with a published changelog.

  • Transmission Remote GUI

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Transmission Remote GUI offers a full desktop interface for a headless Transmission daemon on Windows and Linux, with more features than Transmission's web UI.

  • Transmissionic

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    Transmissionic controls a Transmission daemon from desktop, Android, iOS or the browser, and can replace the default Transmission web UI.

  • Fragments

    A simple BitTorrent client for the GNOME desktop, built on the Transmission backend.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Fragments is a GNOME torrent client on the Transmission engine that can also control remote Transmission sessions, adding local downloading on Linux.

  • Electorrent

    A desktop remote control client for qBittorrent, Transmission, Deluge, rTorrent, uTorrent and Synology.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

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

  • Flood

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

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Flood moves remote control into a self-hosted browser interface supporting Transmission, rTorrent, qBittorrent and Deluge, requiring a Node.js server or container.

  • Transdroid

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

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Transdroid manages Transmission and other clients from an Android phone with home screen widgets, instead of a Linux desktop, though its codebase is old.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.