Alternatives to Webtor
A web tool that streams or downloads the contents of torrents and magnet links in the browser. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Webtor
A web tool that streams or downloads the contents of torrents and magnet links in the browser.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Webtor.
Seedr
A web-based cloud service that fetches torrents and links to online storage for streaming.
Seedr is a closed-source freemium cloud service that stores fetched torrents online, with a player, TV casting, WebDAV and Plex, Jellyfin and Roku connections.
put.io
A paid cloud service that fetches torrents, magnet links and URLs to private storage for streaming.
put.io is a paid closed-source cloud service with no free tier, storing torrents privately and offering TV streaming apps, FTP, WebDAV and an API.
Instant.io
A browser-based WebTorrent tool for sharing and downloading files peer to peer.
Instant.io runs WebTorrent in the browser itself rather than on remote servers, so your connection joins the swarm and sharing lasts only while the tab is open.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Webtor as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
TorrServer
A self-hosted server that streams media from torrents over HTTP without waiting for downloads.
Webtor streams torrent contents in the browser without self-hosting and keeps your IP out of the swarm, but torrents are processed on its servers with free-tier speed limits.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
WebTorrent Desktop
A desktop torrent app that streams video and audio while the files are still downloading.
RDT-Client
A self-hosted web interface for downloading torrents and usenet files through debrid services.
BTFS
A FUSE filesystem that mounts a torrent file or magnet link as a read-only directory.
