The best BitTorrent clients that we know of, for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

BitTorrent Clients

Miro

Beautiful interface. Plays virtually any type of video file. Torrent support. Subscribe to video RSS, download, and watch all in one. Search and download from YouTube and others. Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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Transmission

Very nice torrent downloader. Mac and Linux.
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uTorrent

A simple, fast BitTorrent client that will download your files without slowing down your computer. Windows and Mac.
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Vuze

A powerful torrent client with Tor support for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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BitSpirit

A torrent client for Windows.
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BitComet

A powerful torrent client for Windows that also handles FTP.
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Limewire

The world's most popular search and download filesharing program. Handles torrents, works great for music and video. Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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About this Site

Blog Torrent is a simple list of the best bit torrent clients for Windows, Mac, and Linux. We aren't trying to be a comprehensive listing of every torrent client, instead we want to showcase the best, most important, and easiest to use. If you think we're missing any great apps, please let us know.

Note to software creators: first of all, thanks so much for making free, open-source software-- we love you.

Second, if we linked to macupdate or versiontracker as the download page, it's because we think your download page is too confusing for new users. It's usually very easy to improve-- just add a big 'Download Now' link towards the top of the page, without too much clutter around it (use mozilla.org or adiumx.com or bittorrent.com for inspiration).

Here's some more unsolicited advice for getting more people to download your software:

a. if you have a nice icon, show it off prominently.

b. put a download link and a screenshot on your front page.

c. if you use mirrors, use a script to pick a random mirror and just give people one link that says 'download now'

d. if there's any way you can avoid sending people to the sourceforge download mirror page, you should (we know it's not your fault, but it baffles lots of folks).

e. if you really want to make things easy for people, and you have a cross-platform app, detect what OS they are on and give them the correct link.

f. test your page on a novice! See if they can understand what the software does and how to get it.

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