The go-to BitTorrent client for OS X and Linux users Transmission is now rolling out to Windows after roughly 10 years since it launched.
Now, there are a couple of reasons why millions of users prefer it over all else in the competition. First off, it doesn't have ads, which costs $4.95 a year on BitTorrent or uTorrent. Second, it's available free of charge, including all the features it has in store. Third, it doesn't take too much space, with the Windows version coming in at a paltry 25 MB. Fourth, it has encryption support. Fifth, it has the capability of setting different speed limits for each torrent. Lastly, it has a Web UI.
To find out why now and why Windows, TorrentFreak got in touch with Transmission developer Mike Gelfand, who's leading the Windows front for the client. According to Gelfand, the move is because of a conversation with fellow developer Jordan Lee, who said that the "biggest missing feature" is support for Windows.
"Since then I saw many people showing up either willing to use Transmission on Windows since they already use it on another platform, or looking for an alternative to their current BitTorrent client on Windows for this or that reason," Gelfand tells TorrentFreak.
Transmission for Windows is said to be more or less the same as the original, from the interface to the features. However, Gelfand notes that it'll possibly have more features that are "specific to Windows" that other platforms don't need.
As of right now, there's no readily available download link for it yet, but it's already up on the directory download page of Transmission. Just look for transmission-2.92-x64.msi for Windows 64-bit or transmission-2.92-x86.msi for the 32-bit edition at the very bottom of the list.
The official Transmission for Windows is expected to turn up at the download page at the same time of the next version's rollout.
Long story short, Windows users can now enjoy a "fast, easy and free" BitTorrent client.
