Azureus BitTorrent Client for Mac

Peter Rukavina

I normally avoid Java applications, mostly because, at least in the early days of Java, such applications tended to be clunky, slow, and easily breakable. A lot has changed, and without speaking directly to the “is Java still evil?” question, I point to Azureus as a very positive example of a non-clunky, non-slow, and, at least so far, non-easily-breakable Java application.

Azureus is much more capable BitTorrent client than the ‘official’ Mac client: it gives you a lot more information about what’s flowing up and what’s flowing down, and it allows you to throttle bandwidth used in both directions.

I’ve been taking it for a ride this afternoon, and so far I’m quite impressed. Thanks to Ben Hammersley for the pointer.

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Submitted by Jevon on

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It also works with uPnP Routers to open up the appropriate ports, which seems to result in much better speeds. A great application.

Submitted by Peter Rukavina on

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Update: I still like the client, but I’ve now run into two separate “can’t close the application unless I Force Quit” instances, the latest one after leaving it open overnight.

Submitted by Isaac Grant on

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I’ve noticed similar behaviour on OS X and Windows XP - it seems to be a problem with azureus using more memory than java gives it or some such thing. I have yet to be able to find a solution for the issue - and regardless of how little or how much you torrent, it seems to eventually crash.

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