Linux BitTorrent client with support for magnet links

Question

Is there a Linux application (bonus points for being console/headless) that supports magnet links - like the ones provided now by some famous "bay" for pirate BitTorrent users?

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:04

rTorrent has support for magnet links since v0.8.7 released in October 2010. To load one, just hit backspace in rTorrent and paste the magnet information.

The information provided below is three years old and outdated.

Maybe the tutorial How To Compile rTorrent From SVN In Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala / Debian 5 Lenny With Magnet Link Support will help you.

score 8 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:05

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Also, Transmission development version 1.80b1 supports magnet links. See changes.

edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:05

Peter Mortensen

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answered Dec 11 '09 at 01:30

Mad Fish

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score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 18 '12 at 17:59

Deluge 1.1.9 supports magnet.

Deluge is a full-featured BitTorrent client for Linux, OS X, Unix and Windows. It uses libtorrent in it's backend and features multiple user-interfaces including: GTK+, web and console. It has been designed using the client server model with a daemon process that handles all the bittorrent activity. The Deluge daemon is able to run on headless machines with the user-interfaces being able to connect remotely from any platform.

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:12

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Here's a useful script to enable magnet URLs in Firefox and Chrome / xdg-open:

http://sam.nipl.net/code/nipl-tools/bin/magnet-enable

For example:

./magnet-enable vuze

edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:12

Peter Mortensen

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answered Aug 12 '12 at 16:24

Sam Watkins

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:06

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KTorrent, as far as I know, supports them.

edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:06

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jan 19 '11 at 14:07

jet

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 11 '09 at 02:29

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Azureus has support for magnet links.

answered Dec 11 '09 at 02:29

Oracle2b

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score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:06

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The new Transmission version (1.82) accepts magnet links. It works fine!

edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:06

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jan 23 '10 at 23:38

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:12

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With Transmission it is very simple. Just go to that "bay" and copy the magnet link address. Then in Transmission go to file->Open URL and paste it there. :)

edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:12

Peter Mortensen

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answered Mar 29 '14 at 11:54

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score -2 · Answer 9 · edited Jun 25 '16 at 09:08

HEADLESS OPERATION WORKS!

The problem we faced lies in the instability of older versions of rTorrent and libtorrent. rTorrent 0.8.9 and libtorrent 0.12.9 are stable and will correctly load magnet links if the magnet link is wrapped as given by the script provided by rTorrent.

As far as I know, rTorrent is the only client that can handle magnet links dropped in to the client as easily as torrents.

Linux BitTorrent client with support for magnet links

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