Three years after the formation of the last significant branch, the release of the Deluge 2.1 multiplatform BitTorrent client was published, written in Python (using the Twisted framework), based on libtorrent and supporting several types of user interface (GTK, web interface, console version). The project code is distributed under the GPL license.
Deluge runs in client-server mode, where the user shell runs as a separate process, and all BitTorrent operations are controlled by a separate daemon that can be run on a remote computer. Among the features of the application are support for DHT (distributed hash table), UPnP, NAT-PMP, PEX (Peer Exchange), LSD (Local Peer Discovery), the ability to use encryption for the protocol and work through a proxy, compatibility with WebTorrent, the ability to selectively limit the speed for certain torrents, sequential download mode.
Among the changes in the new release:
- Stopped support for Python 2. Retained the ability to work only with Python 3.
- The requirements for the libtorrent library have been increased, the build now requires at least version 1.2. The code base was cleaned from the use of obsolete libtorrent functions.
- Added support for tracker icons in SVG format.
- Provided hiding passwords in the logs.
- Implemented optional support for the pygeoip module to bind an IP address to a location.
- Added ability to use IPv6 in host lists.
- Added service for systemd.
- In the GTK interface, an option has been implemented in the menu for copying a magnet link.
- On the Windows platform, client-side window decoration (CSD) is disabled by default.
Source: opennet.ru