Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

PicoTorrent is a lightweight BitTorrent client designed for Windows users who need a minimal download manager. It allows users to download files shared through the BitTorrent protocol without the resource overhead of… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. PicoTorrent, a tiny BitTorrent client for Windows launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   PicoTorrent 0.10 released – WebSocket API included▲38

   A tiny, hackable BitTorrent client. Contribute to picotorrent/picotorrent development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   PicoTorrent▲2

   A tiny, hackable BitTorrent client

   2019 · its alternatives →

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   PikaTorrent▲97

   A modern, simple, connected and electric BitTorrent app

   2023 · pikatorrent.com · its alternatives →

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   PikaTorrent, a modern, multi-platform, open source BitTorrent app▲65

   I find existing BitTorrent clients offer a rather old user interface, and it's hard to set up remote access, involving setting up a web server, a TLS certificate, domain name, configuring the router, etc... PikaTorrent tries to offer a modern and easy UI. It is available on desktop (Linux & Windows for now), mobile (Android for now), as CLI as an npm package, and even on the web (as a frontend for remote control). Thanks to WebRTC, one can link the mobile or web app with the desktop or CLI app. This way, it's possible to remotely manage torrents securely and without any complicated setup.…

   2023 · pikatorrent.com · its alternatives →

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   WebTorrent Desktop▲289

   Stream torrents

   2016 · webtorrent.io · its alternatives →

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   I wrote a new BitTorrent tracker in Elixir▲394

   Hello everyone! I'm currently in a journey to learn and improve my Elixir and Go skills (my daily job uses C++) and looking through my backlog for projects to take on I decided Elixir is the perfect language to write a highly-parallel BitTorrent tracker. So I have spent my free time these last 3 months writing one! Now I think it has enough features to present it to the world (and a docker image to give it a quick try). I know some people see trackers as relics of the past now that DHT and PEX are common but I think they still serve a purpose in today's Internet (purely talking about public…

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   anonymous, ephemeral picture-sharing site built at Rackspace's HackDay▲28

   Your digital partner to make technology human.

   2013 · pictr.io · its alternatives →

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   BitRemote▲83

   Remote download task management app

   2024 · bitremote.app · its alternatives →

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   Picreator▲320

   Create realistic photo, illustrations and more using text

   2022 · its alternatives →

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    Image Extractor▲204

    Extract, view and download images from any public website

    2021 · extract.pics · its alternatives →

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    PicoMQ – Durable Streams over HTTP, on object storagefree▲159

    PicoMQ is a Rust server for Durable Streams, built on Object Store. Cheap, URL-addressable, granular streams (create/append/read/long-poll/SSE), with Pico Protocol or Durable Streams Protocol as the facade. S3Stream is the stream storage primitive, used in AutoMQ, shipped as a Rust library. Coordination is a command log in Postgres.

    Aug 2026 · picomq.com · its alternatives →

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    Bt – BitTorrent library in Java 8▲254

    BitTorrent library and client with DHT, magnet links, encryption and more - bt/README.md at master · atomashpolskiy/bt

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Picyard▲286

    Turn your boring screenshots into beautiful looking images

    2023 · picyard.ubout.in · its alternatives →

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    BlackHole File Transfer▲198

    Blockchain-based file transfer. Designed for everyday use.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Picyard▲122

    Transform your images into stunning visuals with Picyard

    2023 · picyard.ubout.in · its alternatives →

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    Pictorian▲55

    Unique photo storage app optimized for GIFs

    2014 · snarkybits.com · its alternatives →

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    Exatorrent – Self-hostable Torrent client written in Go▲179

    🧲 Easy to Use Torrent Client. Can be hosted in Cloud. Files can be streamed in Browser/Media Player. - varbhat/exatorrent

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I Made a Decentralized Web Browser Built Built on BitTorrent Sync▲59

    2014 · jack.minardi.org · its alternatives →

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    Picyard Screenshots▲149

    Create beautiful screenshots with ease

    2024 · new-picyard.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Sync by BitTorrent▲131

    Fast, private file sharing for teams and individuals

    2015 · resilio.com · its alternatives →

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    Fotobit▲89

    Display your digital memories and bring them to life.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Picosnitch – a reliable and lightweight security/privacy tool for Linux▲92

    Per-executable network bandwidth monitoring for Linux

    2022 · elesiuta.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Mabel – a fancy BitTorrent client for the terminal▲86

    A fancy BitTorrent client for the terminal. Contribute to smmr-software/mabel development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Subchan▲74

    A simple subtitle downloader for Windows

    2018 · subchan.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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