Command-line tool

transmission-cli

brew/transmission-cli

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

Lightweight BitTorrent client

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install transmission-cli

macOS

brew install transmission-cli

Linux

brew install transmission-cli

Download a specific torrent

transmission-cli url

Download a torrent to a specific directory

transmission-cli -w path/to/download_directory url

Create a torrent file from a specific file or directory

transmission-cli --new path/to/source_file_or_directory

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