Transmission 4 is the new major version of the app that you can find in any listing the best clients for BitTorrent networks. Among its innovations, the efficiency of the consumption of PC resources, the strengthening of privacy and the increase of support for new technologies stand out.

P2P file sharing networks remain one of the most popular methods of content distribution on the Internet, although they have lost users in recent years following the massive launch of streaming services. BitTorrent is the most used of all and has a good range of “clients”, some free and open source like the one in question.

These applications are essential because they allow you to interpret the data of .torrent files, connect them to users, control upload and download speeds, perform multiple downloads, and finally inspect and mount files and folders once the parts have been downloaded. it was completed.

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One of the main novelties of the new version is reducing memory consumption and CPU cycles. Resource reduction will vary depending on program settings, operating system, and active torrents, but most users should notice significant improvements in this area. The developers performed a stress test with 25,000 torrents, which managed to reduce CPU cycles by 50% and memory consumption by 70%.

Also new is that Transmission 4.0.0 is the first version of the client that it supports Bittorrent v2 and hybrid torrents. At the moment, it only has support for uploading and not for torrenting in these formats, but the developers promise to add it in a future version. It should be said that other clients like qBittorrent (by far the best for Windows in my opinion) have been supporting them since last year.

In terms of privacy, let’s say a version can hide certain information, such as the user agent. There is also a new IPv6 blocklist and a rewritten web client that supports mobile use.

Finally, note that the developers have modernized the project code by migrating from C to C++ by removing “thousands of lines of custom code” during. The core code is 18% smaller and as a result is “easier to maintain and verifiable in audits”they explain.

Transmission 4 is an app free and open source. You can view the release notes on their official GitHub repository. and its download in versions for Windows, macOS and Linux.