Transmission Remote GUI

Monitoring and managing file transfers, especially when they occur over peer-to-peer connections using the BitTorrent protocol can be done usually from inside the dedicated application that is used for downloading data.

Nonetheless, if you someone is not at their PC and there are active transfers on the PC that they want to know of or control, a sort of remote control solution is a must. For the users of the Transmission BitTorrent client there is a quite simple solution at hand.

Called Transmission Remote GUI, this application will allow users to connect remotely to the file sharing software that runs on their computer. This is possible thanks to the Transmission daemon that uses a remote procedure call (RPC) protocol to allow access to all the resources.

Through a simple yet well organized interface, this software is able to provide all the details one would need, just like the main program would be right in front of them. Thus, one can check out the currently running downloads, view the completed transfers, the active and inactive torrents, as well as the stopped or erroneous connections.

With Transmission Remote GUI many details regarding each file are displayed in the 'General' tab right inside the main window. Transfer stats which include download and upload speed, limits and amount of transferred data are available alongside peers, seeds and tracker information.

There are several viewing options that one can opt for and a really neat thing about this particular tool is the fact that it enables users to adjust the settings of their Transmission torrent client directly from the 'Tools' menu of the remote GUI.

Thanks to a well-thought-out feature set, Transmission Remote GUI offers a lot of facilities for all those who wish to control their torrent downloads even if they are not in front of their PCs.

You can download both the installer and portable versions from this page.