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Transmission

Fast, Easy, and Free BitTorrent Client

Media Servers ★ 15k stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Official Transmission BitTorrent client repository

Official site Source code

Strengths

Released under the GPL-3.0 license
Mature project with 15k GitHub stars
Written in C++
Tiny footprint — runs in 50 MB RAM

Transmission replaces

Self-hosted µTorrent alternatives

Tech specs

Category	Media Servers
License	GPL-3.0
Language	C++
Setup difficulty	Medium
Min. RAM	50 MB
Deployment	bare-metal
GitHub stars	★ 15,047
First released	2023

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FreeCross-PlatformBeginner-Friendly

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