Torrent clients
Torrent clients with proxy support: all 15 ranked by how easy, and how cheap
15 torrent clients ranked by how easily they take a SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy, which traffic goes through it, what happens to UDP, and what seeding costs per GB.
Read →qBittorrent proxy settings: the two boxes nobody ticks
Set a SOCKS5 proxy in qBittorrent, check the two tracker and peer boxes a fresh install leaves off, then price a seeded Linux ISO on a metered proxy.
Read →Deluge proxy settings: one page, five checkboxes, sane defaults
Set a SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy in Deluge, what each of its five proxy checkboxes does, why Force Proxy Use no longer matters, and what seeding costs per GB.
Read →Tribler proxy settings: your proxy, its hops, and why they do not stack
Where Tribler’s torrent proxy settings live, why they only apply to zero-hop downloads, and when a plain SOCKS5 proxy beats Tribler’s own anonymous hops.
Read →µTorrent proxy settings: SOCKS5, HTTP Connect and the plain-HTTP trap
Set a SOCKS5 proxy in uTorrent Classic, why plain HTTP leaves peers on your real IP, what we could not confirm for the Web edition, and what seeding costs.
Read →BitTorrent client proxy settings: the µTorrent twin, checked line by line
Proxy settings in the BitTorrent desktop client: the menu path, which of its four proxy types carries peers and UDP, and the gaps its help centre leaves open.
Read →BitComet proxy settings, and why long-term seeding needs a budget
Set a SOCKS5 proxy in BitComet’s Options, use its tracker and peer bypass switches as a cost dial, and stop long-term seeding running up a per-GB bill.
Read →Tixati proxy settings: peers yes, DHT never
Point Tixati’s trackers and peers at a SOCKS5 proxy, why its DHT always goes direct and must be switched off, and how to check the bandwidth it costs you.
Read →BiglyBT proxy settings: the best-documented proxy page in torrenting
Set up a SOCKS5 proxy in BiglyBT label by label, close the peer-source and DHT plugin leaks its wiki warns about, and price a long seed before you start.
Read →Vuze proxy settings in 2026: a frozen client, offline docs, and where to move
Why Vuze proxy settings cannot be verified in 2026, what we could confirm about the client, how to test an old install, and why BiglyBT is the place to move.
Read →Transmission proxy settings: there is no box, and that tells you something
Transmission has no proxy field: set proxy_url in settings.json, see why it covers HTTP(S) tracker requests but never peers, and when to use another client.
Read →rTorrent SOCKS5 proxy: network.proxy.global.set and the password catch
Set a SOCKS5 proxy in rTorrent 0.16.16+ with network.proxy.global.set, why credentials in the URL are not safe to rely on yet, and what a 24/7 seed costs.
Read →aria2 proxy settings: --all-proxy, torrents, and the traffic that goes direct
Use aria2c --all-proxy for HTTP downloads, see why its BitTorrent peers, DHT and UDP trackers never use the proxy, and why the HTTP mirror is cheaper.
Read →Free Download Manager proxy settings: what we could and could not confirm
Where Free Download Manager’s proxy setting lives, what its docs leave open for torrents, and a ten-minute meter test that shows what really goes through.
Read →Flud proxy settings on Android: what the listing promises, and how to check it
Flud says it supports proxies for trackers and peers. What we could confirm, what we could not, and a meter test that shows if peers really go through it.
Read →WebTorrent Desktop and proxies: there is no setting, so here is the plan
WebTorrent Desktop has no proxy setting. What that means for your IP and the meter, why its WebRTC peers matter, and which client to use for a proxy.
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