I’d rather ask my piracy and privacy respecting community here where it can benefit us all than read some dumb gismodo link called “top 15 android torrent clients,” so, what are people using for some light android torrenting these days? Preferably something on f-droid if ya got it!
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Using Flud here.
LibreTorrent is great
We even have a community for it: !libretorrent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
I’ve joined your ranks (as in I downloaded the app lol). Worked great for the torrent I tested it on!
LibreTorrent is the standard if you’re looking for an open source client that works well. You can install from the Google Play Store but from what I’ve read it works better if you install it from elsewhere / sideload the .apk so it can better access the Android storage.
BiglyBT is also open source and available on Android (never used it myself).
There’s also FrostWire, it is open source though it tries to do a bit more than just torrents so it’s not always quite what people are looking for. I remember the main dev used to active over on Reddit not sure if he ever made it over to the Lemmyverse.
A lot of people do like Flud, not open source or anything like that but it does have its fans.
BiglyBT is also open source and available on Android (never used it myself).
BiglyBT is advertised as the most feature-rich free-as-in-freedom option for Android. However, it seems unmaintained, especially when compared to the desktop version.
Also, it has a HORRENDOUS UI. I prefer function over form so it isn’t important for me, but some folks might find that important.
I once did an extensive investigation into this topic, and the only maintained, free-as-in-freedom option I could find was LibreTorrent.
I use LibreTorrent since I only have mobile data. It’s nice.
I don’t know how to share URL from F-Droid app, it just tries to export the APK file…
Thanks, I’m switching from Flud to LibreTorrent.
LibreTorrent (Copylefted libre software torrent client.) https://f-droid.org/packages/org.proninyaroslav.libretorrent/
