Command-line tool

rtorrent

brew/rtorrent

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Ncurses BitTorrent client based on libtorrent-rakshasa

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install rtorrent

Linux

brew install rtorrent

Add a torrent file or magnet to be downloaded

rtorrent torrent_or_magnet

Start the download

<Ctrl s>

View details about downloading torrent

<ArrowRight>

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