Electorrent For Linux

Controlling your torrent apps remotely is not a new concept, especially because most modern torrent downloaders have pretty decent web interfaces.

Even though most web GUIs of torrent clients are quite decent, they still force you to use a browser in order to get the job done. This might not seem like a problem until you have to upload scores of files through said web interfaces (or copy/paste large numbers of magnet links).

This is where Electorrent comes into play. Electorrent is a new-age desktop remote GUI for some of the most popular torrent apps that allows you to remotely control your NAS, VPS, seedbox, etc.

Before anything else, it's worth noting that Electorrent is free and open-source. It's also built with web technologies such as Electron, AngularJS, and SemanticUI.

For those of you who have reservations about Electorrent's performance, the app is remarkably snappy, the resource consumption is pretty similar to that of a torrent client, and the GUI is modern and stylish (with nice transition effects between menus).

Another crucial set of information is the fact that Electorrent can connect to various popular BitTorrent clients such as µTorrent, qBittorrent, Transmission, rTorrent, Deluge, and Synology Download Station

Besides allowing you to connect to your favorite torrent client remotely, Electorrent has a lot of other nice features which include drag-and-drop support for torrent files, the ability to paste magnet links directly from the clipboard, a nice fuzzy search function, native desktop notifications, and the option to quickly toggle between two or more server configurations.

What's really surprising about Electorrent is the level of configuration it provides. A quick visit to the app's Settings section allows you to tweak anything from the default startup connection, the layout, and servers, to the app's GUI theme, the display size of various elements, and synchronization speeds between Electorrent to the remote client.

Electorrent is a well-thought-out and stylish desktop remote torrenting application that provides a far better experience when dealing with torrent clients remotely than the basic web GUIs most of them employ.