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Transmission Remote GUI vs Flood: catalog facts
Transmission Remote GUI	Flood
Best for: Controlling Transmission on a server or NAS from a desktop	Best for: Managing a torrent client on a home server or seedbox from the browser
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, Linux	Web, Self-hosted
Full desktop interface for a headless Transmission daemon More features than Transmission's web UI All 3 strengths for Transmission Remote GUI Full desktop interface for a headless Transmission daemon More features than Transmission's web UI Cross-platform	One interface for four different torrent clients Runs in Docker All 3 strengths for Flood One interface for four different torrent clients Runs in Docker Usable from any browser
Only works with Transmission Needs a running Transmission daemon to connect to	Needs a separate torrent client running behind it Requires setting up a Node.js server or container
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Transmission Remote GUI github.com/transmission-remote-gui/transgui Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Flood github.com/jesec/flood Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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