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# BitTorrent
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[BitTorrent](https://www.bittorrent.org) is a communication protocol for
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peer-to-peer file sharing.
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In BitTorrent context Leeching describes the process of only downloading a
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file, seeding describes the download followed by also uploading it.
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## Clients
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There are various clients to use for BitTorrent down- and uploading.
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The list below shows clients with an existing entry in this wiki.
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- [Transmission](/wiki/transmission.md) is an easy to use client
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- [qBittorrent](/wiki/qbittorrent.md) is a very feature rich client
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- [CTorrent](http://www.rahul.net/dholmes/ctorrent/) is a command-line utility
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that can be used as a client.
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## Personal Video Recorders
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There are a bunch of applications intended as personal video recorders for
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usenet or BitTorrent usage.
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These include the so called [\*ARR applications](/wiki/*arr.md).
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Usually an indexer application like [Jackett](/wiki/jackett.md) is needed.
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## Legal Situation
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This is not a legal advice.
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Take your local laws into account when downloading torrents.
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Some torrents can be copyright infringing and therefor illegal to download.
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Only download legal and safe torrents like the
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[Arch Linux ISO](/wiki/linux/arch-linux/arch-linux.md#iso-medium).
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Seeding it can help the community.
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