Current version: 3.4.2, released on April 4, 2004.
Available downloads:
- Windows
installer (If you don't know what you want, you probably want this).
- Mac OS X image
- Debian package: testing or unstable
- Red Hat package: try a search
- Python source: zip, tar or cvs
- To create .torrent files under Windows: CompleteDir
New in 3.4.2:
- Fixed some bugs, including an important tracker bug
- Added 'warning message' so trackers can send non-fatal human readable messages to clients
- Fixed problem where some users got 'could not find file' message
New in 3.4.1:
- Client no longer complains of connection to tracker problems when transfers are still working
- Lots and lots of bandwidth savings (the 'compact' tracker parameter)
- Better support for peers with dynamic IPs (the 'key' tracker parameter)
- Lots of bug fixes
New in 3.3:
- Files now only get allocated as they're downloaded and don't fragment the hard drive
- Large torrents no longer hose the CPU
- Better network utilization and more consistent download rates
- Poorly seeded torrents get out faster
- Several important bug fixes
New in 3.2:
- Better network utilization
- More even and consistent download rates
- Read-only files now supported for seeding
- The Windows build now takes command line arguments
- Several bug fixes