Transmission

Transmission is a fast, lightweight BitTorrent client available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, designed for easy setup with sensible defaults and features like watch directories and a web interface. It is open-source and privacy-focused, avoiding ads or bundled toolbars, and it runs with a low resource footprint while integrating natively with each operating system. It offers full peer communications, tracker editing, and speed limits, and has been chosen as the default BitTorrent client in Ubuntu due to its simplicity.

AI named Transmission from December 2025 to January 2026.