Alternatives to Tribler

An open-source BitTorrent client with built-in search and Tor-inspired onion routing for more private downloading. 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 Tribler.

  • qBittorrent

    A full-featured BitTorrent client with no ads, built as an open source replacement for µTorrent.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    qBittorrent drops onion routing, so peers see your IP unless you use a VPN, but adds RSS filters, integrated site search and a web interface.

  • BiglyBT

    An open-source, ad-free BitTorrent client built on the former Azureus and Vuze codebase.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    BiglyBT offers privacy through I2P integration and a VPN kill switch instead of onion routing, along with swarm merging, tagging and meta-search.

  • Transmission

    A light BitTorrent client that behaves like a native app on each platform, with a headless daemon for servers.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand lineSelf-hosted

    Transmission is lighter and simpler with a headless daemon option, but has no built-in search or anonymity layer, exposing your IP without a VPN.

  • Deluge

    Plugin-driven BitTorrent client that can run headless with several front ends.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxSelf-hosted

    Deluge replaces onion routing with a plugin system and daemon-plus-thin-client design, without built-in search or anonymity features.

  • qBittorrent Enhanced Edition

    An unofficial qBittorrent fork that adds automatic blocking of leeching clients and other extras.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    qBittorrent Enhanced Edition is a qBittorrent fork that adds automatic leecher blocking but has no onion routing or decentralised search.

  • Tixati

    A free, ad-free BitTorrent client with detailed bandwidth charts and peer controls.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Tixati is closed source with no macOS version and no anonymity layer, but offers detailed bandwidth charts, peer controls, RSS and IP filtering.

  • FrostWire

    A BitTorrent client, video downloader and media player with search built into the app.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    FrostWire keeps in-app torrent search and adds a media player and Android builds, but lacks onion routing and has fewer advanced torrent controls.

Also worth comparing

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

  • Fragments

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Tribler adds onion routing and decentralised search for privacy on Linux, Windows and macOS, though onion routing can slow downloads.

  • KTorrent

    KDE's BitTorrent client for Linux, with queuing, speed limits, file selection and plugins.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Tribler adds onion routing and decentralised search for privacy on Linux, Windows and macOS, though onion routing can slow downloads.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.