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What is the best torrent client and is there a client that has a search feature? I mean not to search for local torrent files, but to search for files to download.

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  • At the moment your question is too broad but if you could reword it to let us know if you are specifically looking for a client with the search feature (as opposed to just the "best" client), we could help you maybe.
    – RolandiXor
    Dec 9, 2015 at 13:28

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Transmission will be your best bet since it is also written in GTK+, it is integrated well with elementary OS. Note that it doesn't have a search features but it is the best client in terms of CPU usage and RAM usage while downloading.

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  • sudo apt-get install transmission-gtk
    – Ray Zion
    Apr 16, 2021 at 18:34
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I quite like qBittorrent (sudo apt install qbittorent if the command-line is your thing)

I don't know if it is the best - I haven't done that much testing - but it satisfies your requirement for searching (it has a whole bunch of built-in searches, and you can add more), and I think the interface is quite nice

If you're new to Linux, you might find http://alternativeto.net useful, it allows for you to search for applications that you might be familiar with on other platforms and provides suggestions for possible alternatives.

The site features user ratings to give you an idea of what the replacement apps are like.

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I'm going to preface this with a nod to the fact that I work on elementary.io, and thanks to that have access to lots of lovely metrics mere mortals are not normally privy to.

Transmission (38%)

Transmission is by far the most popular torrent client, more than a third of torrent users use it and it comes with some reasonably nice GTK support. This provides a nice, clean, open-source client that is easy to use.

Transmission under a system that isn't elementary OS.

µTorrent (24% +1.6%)

Second up is µTorrent, sometimes uTorrent because it's easier to type. It's been around a long time and has had a lot of controversy over the years. It's ad-supported by default but does have some nifty features built in for finding torrents.

uTorrent on another system. Yeah, I gave up with their fancy name.

qBittorrent (16%)

qBittorrent is a Qt toolkit knock-off of uTorrent, and because of the mismatched toolkits probably doesn't look quite so nice on elementary.

qBittorrent

Deluge (6.6%)

Finally, Deluge is another open-source client, available for practically every system. This is a common linux-enthusiasts favourite.

Deluge on an older GTK system.

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