WizTorrent

Torrenting may seem like a bit of an outlier in today’s technological climate, where cloud services hosted by major corporations are too prevalent to ignore. Cloud is safe, convenient, and readily available, while torrenting is much less so. At least that’s what some internet rumors may lead you to believe.

There are risks involved in torrenting, and the peer-to-peer nature of the file transfers can be unreliable at times. But this decentralization is also part of the appeal: WizTorrent is an app that facilitates torrenting for users, offering them a solution that is also capable of streaming media files as they download.

Torrenting multimedia allows users to really get a feel for the software’s capabilities. While it can download virtually anything without a problem, the transcoding feature is no doubt the highlight.

In short, this will allow users to play a video or audio file as it is downloading. This makes the program behave like a peer-to-peer streaming service, where users can enjoy their content as it is downloading.

The modern interface is also of note, as it makes torrenting accessible to virtually any user. Before starting a download, you can opt to only download the files you need, and if we’re talking multimedia, it’s best to leave the background transcoding toggled in case you want to start watching right away.

Given this is an Electron app at the end of the day, it’s expected to be a bit heavier than alternatives. Modern systems shouldn’t have problems managing this, but even so, if a lightweight client is what you’re after, this is not it.

I should also mention the integrated torrent search, whereby users can set up Searx, Jackett, or RSS instances to look for their stuff directly through the program. If you don’t have anything of the sort, searches will simply be redirected via a search engine: Google is the default choice, but you can also opt for Brave or DuckDuckGo.

WizTorrent promises to deliver a torrenting experience devoid of ads, tracking, and crypto miners, while also packing some interesting quality-of-life features that may catch your eye, such as the integrated search engine and transcoding capability, ultimately making for a viable solution for anyone who’s not particularly fond of the alternatives.