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Vuze

Vuze

Vuze (previously known as Azureus) is a popular, powerful, fully-featured Java based BitTorrent client.

It has support for the I2P and Tor anonymous communication protocols.

Vuze offers a range of plugins designed to make the program easier to use or to give the more experienced user more options and more specialist configuration tools.

These include:

Advanced Statistics - Gives advanced information on the progress, activity and transfer of torrents.
Sudoku - Open up a sudoku puzzle to solve while you wait for torrents to download
Auto Categorizer - Automatically categorized torrents depending on their file types.
Auto Speed - Automatically adjust global upload speed limit based on network latency.
Auto Seeder - Automatically seeds files based on the contents of torrent and data directories.
Chat - Lets users chat by cr3.2 Enhanced Protocol

 Vuze 4.6.0.2

Price
Free to download

Size
8.8MB
License

GNU GPL (with modifications)

Developer
The Azureus Team

Website
azureus.sourceforge.net

System Requirements
SWT
Java

Support Sites:
Installation How To, AzureusWiki, SourceForge Project Page

Selected Reviews:
Webuser, Softpedia, OSWeekly

Features include:

  • Multiple torrent downloads
  • Upload and download speed limiting, both globally and per torrent
  • Advanced seeding rules
  • Adjustable disk cache
  • Only uses one port for all the torrents
  • UPnP sets the forward on your router
  • Can use a proxy, for both tracker and peer communications
  • Fast resume
  • Can set a default download dir and move completed files
  • Can import torrents automatically from a set dir
  • Highly customizable interface
  • IRC plugin included for quick help
  • Embedded tracker, host your own torrents, automate your shares (periodic scanning of a dir)
  • Distributed Hash Table: host on it a completely decentralised torrent and/or benefit from it when the tracker is offline

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Last Updated Sunday, April 17 2011 @ 05:09 AM EDT



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