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I just wonder Is there any command line torrent client ? Like wget downloader.

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Most of the common command-line clients should compile under cygwin in Windows. I have rtorrent running this way on a couple of Windows machines.

Edit: another thought: I assume that Python based clients should run under Windows too if you install Python. Though off the top of my head I can't think of such a client that is actively maintained (the original "official" client was Python based, but IIRC uTurrent has replaced that).

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    +1 Cool, rtorrent is awesome never thought of cygwin!
    – Mitch
    May 14, 2010 at 14:46
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    Guys. Why does cygwin compile, configure SOOOOO slow I get tired of my life ? Is there a way to speed it up? Shouldn't be it faster..somewhat?
    – Apache
    May 14, 2010 at 15:26
  • configure/autoconf/similar fork a lot of separate processes, especially for some packages like libtorrent+rtorrent. Creating a new process is an expensive procedure in Windows compared to Unix-a-like OSs (which is part of the reason why threading is a far more popular concurrency model under Windows) so this is going to be slower under cygwin then Linux even without accounting for any OS call translation layer employed by the cygwin libraries. May 14, 2010 at 17:19
  • @Shiki Cygwin has always been super slow. I avoid it like the plague, pretty much any open source tool I need under windows already has a native port (usually thanks to mingw32 / msys).
    – davr
    May 14, 2010 at 19:01
  • Ah thanks for the info,explanation. I'll try compiling stuff with ming32/msys then.Wanted to use mcabber for example which is a great tool.
    – Apache
    May 14, 2010 at 20:07
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aria2 is a command line downloader with BitTorrent support and Windows binaries available.

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I know Transmission has a command line client for its Unix releases that is called transmission-cli.

And I know they have a Windows client, but its newish.

It might have a command line interface. It's worth checking out

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