transmission-remote-gtk
A GTK desktop client for remotely managing a Transmission BitTorrent daemon over its RPC protocol.
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About transmission-remote-gtk
transmission-remote-gtk is a desktop application for controlling a Transmission BitTorrent client that runs on another machine, such as a home server or NAS. It talks to Transmission through its HTTP RPC protocol.
This gives you a native GTK window for adding and managing torrents instead of using Transmission's built-in web interface. It is a good fit for Linux desktop users whose downloads run on a separate always-on machine.
Strengths
- Native GTK interface for a remote Transmission daemon
- Uses Transmission's standard RPC protocol
Limitations
- Only controls Transmission, not other torrent clients
- Needs a separately running Transmission instance
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree; the source is published on GitHub.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The transmission-remote-gtk contributors
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Linux desktop users running Transmission on a server or NAS
- Categories
- Torrent clients
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to transmission-remote-gtk
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TrguiNG
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Tremotesf
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Transmission Remote GUI
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Transmissionic
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Transmissionic controls a Transmission daemon from desktop, Android, iOS or the browser, and can replace the default Transmission web UI.
Fragments
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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.
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
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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.
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 necessarily a direct replacement.
Transmission
A light BitTorrent client that behaves like a native app on each platform, with a headless daemon for servers.
