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Tremotesf vs transmission-remote-gtk: catalog facts
Tremotesf	transmission-remote-gtk
Best for: Controlling a remote Transmission daemon from a Linux or Windows desktop	Best for: Linux desktop users running Transmission on a server or NAS
Free Free and open source.	Free Free; the source is published on GitHub.
Windows, Linux, Android	Linux
Native desktop interface for transmission-daemon Available for both Linux and Windows All 3 strengths for Tremotesf Native desktop interface for transmission-daemon Available for both Linux and Windows Actively maintained with a changelog	Native GTK interface for a remote Transmission daemon Uses Transmission's standard RPC protocol
Works only with Transmission Needs a separately running transmission-daemon	Only controls Transmission, not other torrent clients Needs a separately running Transmission instance
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Tremotesf github.com/equeim/tremotesf2 f-droid.org/packages/org.equeim.tremotesf Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for transmission-remote-gtk github.com/transmission-remote-gtk/transmission-remote-gtk Catalog checked September 24, 2026

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