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24 alternatives to PikaTorrent, a modern, multi-platform, open source BitTorrent app

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.…

PikaTorrent is an open-source BitTorrent client with a modern interface available across desktop (Linux and Windows), mobile (Android), web, and CLI. It allows users to remotely manage torrents through WebRTC without… 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. PikaTorrent, a modern, multi-platform, open source BitTorrent app launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   PikaTorrent▲97

   A modern, simple, connected and electric BitTorrent app

   2023 · pikatorrent.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   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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   P2P remote desktop – an alternative to TeamViewer / AnyDesk▲156

   🖥️ P2P Remote Desktop - Portable peer-to-peer remote desktop with no installation required. - miroslavpejic85/p2p

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Pion/handoff – Move WebRTC out of browser and into Go▲101

   Start WebRTC in the browser—run it somewhere else. Contribute to pion/handoff development by creating an account on GitHub.

   Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Synapse, a full featured BitTorrent client in Rust▲195

   Synapse BitTorrent Daemon. Contribute to Luminarys/synapse development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   WebTorrent Desktop▲289

   Stream torrents

   2016 · webtorrent.io · its alternatives →

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   PicoTorrent, a tiny BitTorrent client for Windows▲58

   2015 · picotorrent.org · 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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   Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust▲334

   What works now: user signups, org creations, private/public repos, and importing GitHub repositories (both as read-only mirrors and full migrations). So basically, you can create, push and pull to a repo, but we don't have many features quite yet (issues, PRs, CI). What is a bit unique is: 1) we built it in Rust and 2) the website is a little odd. Its design is inspired by CLIs (e.g., fzf, broot, vim) instead of web apps, and as such, lacks some affordances that you might typically expect in favor of keyboard-driven instant navigations (we have the very ambitious goal of an FCP of…

   Jun 2026 · gitdot.io · its alternatives →

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    TorrentPeek – Distributed search engines using BitTorrent and SQLite▲184

    Distributed search engines using BitTorrent and SQLite - torrent-net/README.md at master · lmatteis/torrent-net

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rqbit – bittorent CLI and desktop app written in Rust▲78

    A bittorrent client in Rust. Contribute to ikatson/rqbit development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pisth▲87

    Pisth is an open source SSH and SFTP client for iOS.

    2018 · pisth.github.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Easy Webserver for Node.js, Python, PHP, with Free SSL▲123

    Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids - caprover/README.md at master · caprover/caprover

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    We launched a new web browser▲203

    My company launched a new open source web browser built on Chromium. It supports decentralized domains on Handshake and is the first browser to support .eth DNS. It is also the first browser to support secure web browsing with DANE. Check it out: https://impervious.com/beacon https://github.com/imperviousinc/beacon

    2022 · 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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    Torrentinim – low memory-footprint, API-only torrent search engine▲117

    A very low memory-footprint, self hosted API-only torrent search engine. Sonarr + Radarr Compatible, native support for Linux, Mac and Windows. - sergiotapia/torrentinim

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    pion/ion, self-hosted conferencing software with single command deploy▲124

    A work-in-progress ION SFU remake. Contribute to pion/ion development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.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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    Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in Go▲204

    Hey HN! I just released weron, a P2P VPN that uses WebRTC for transport which I've been working on for the last couple of months. It can create both layer 2/Ethernet and layer 3/IP overlay networks, and the underlying transport layer can be easily embedded to write your own P2P apps with Go. Compared to for example Tailscale, WireGuard and ZeroTier, its much harder to block on a network level and also significantly easier to set up, while not sacrifing much performance. I'd love to get your feedback :)

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple SSH VPN client▲113

    SSH-based "VPN for poors". Contribute to ivanilves/xiringuito development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    pi pod – run your pi coding agent in sandboxes on your own serverfree▲121

    pi pod runs your pi session in a cloud pod. pipod.dev

    21d ago · pipod.dev · its alternatives →

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    BitRemote▲83

    Remote download task management app

    2024 · bitremote.app · its alternatives →

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    P2P/serverless browser to Go back end – no DNS/IP required▲15

    Demonstration of a browser connecting to Pion WebRTC without a signaling server. - pion/offline-browser-communication

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    BitBang – Reach machines behind NAT from a browser, no account▲97

    Turn your machine into a URL. Peer-to-peer over WebRTC -- no account, no client to install, no port forwarding. - richlegrand/bitbang-cli

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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