Torrent File Editor For Linux

Creating a torrent file is not at all difficult, especially since most OSes provide a set of basic tools to get the job done. Be that as it may, having a specialized app for this particular task can be of some use, as it provides a much broader range of features.

Torrent File Editor is one such application, a free and open-source, Qt-based GUI tool that allows you to create new or edit already existing torrent files (.torrent and .dat files).

As mentioned before, Torrent File Editor is perfect if you want to create torrent files from scratch. However, it's also good for editing and tweaking already existing ones. For example, you can add new files to and remove files from a specific torrent file.

You can also change the order of the files within a torrent file. One of the best features is that it allows you to change the main file information within a torrent file such as the name, the comments, the publisher, URL, creation date, trackers, author, and so forth.

The data can be edited as JSON format, but in this mode non-ASCII symbols are not supported. Other capabilities include the option to edit a torrent file as a binary tree, search and replace directly in the tree structure, remove files from the file list with filters, and it even has a command line mode.

Torrent File Editor is a simple, non-impressive, but decently efficient Qt-based app. Even though it's not the most gorgeous app out there, it's one of the few apps that allow you to actually edit and create torrent files from scratch.

It also works with various encodings, it's quite lightweight, and it's translated to various popular languages.