In order to download torrents, you have to have a torrent client. A torrent client is a simple software program that manages your torrent downloads and uploads. Here are my picks for the best torrent clients on the Web.
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1. uTorrent
uTorrent is a lightweight, open source, torrent client that's easy to set up and easy to use.
2. BitLet
BitLet is simply an application that lets you download any torrent file directly in your browser instead of using a separate torrent client.
3. Transmission
Download torrents even easier with Transmission: "Transmission is a fast, easy, and free multi-platform BitTorrent client with a focus on being lightweight yet feature-filled."
4. XTorrent
XTorrent is a free Mac OS X client that allows you to find torrents and download them with one click: "Type keywords in and the results show up right in Xtorrent. One click later and you're downloading your content."
5. Azureus
Azureus is a free torrent client; "Azureus implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with many invaluable features for both beginners and advanced users."
6. TorrentFlux
Torrent Flux is an open source torrent client that allows you to manage your torrent downloads from anywhere.
7. BitComent
You can use BitComet to download torrents more easily: "BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download management software, which is powerful, fast, very easy-to-use, and completely FREE. It contains many advanced features for BitTorrent download and extends its leading BitTorrent technology to HTTP/FTP to accelerate downloading up to 5 - 10 times faster, or more."
8. Deluge
Deluge is a free torrent client that makes torrent downloads a bit easier on your system: "Deluge was created with the intention of being lightweight and unobtrusive. It is our belief that downloading shouldn't be the primary task on your computer and therefore shouldn't monopolize system resources."
9. BitPump
BitPump is a free torrent client: "AnalogX BitPump is a sophisticated BitTorrent client that supports many of the important features needed to get the most out of torrent files - multiple torrents using a single port and a single instance of the application, advanced seeding methods, detailed information related to the transfer, both manager and dialog based user interfaces, and much more."
10. BitTornado
BitTornado is a free torrent client that you can use to find and download torrents on the Web.
