PicoTorrent is pretty basic compared to the likes of qBittorrent, Deluge and the rest. You'll need the Visual C++ 2017 redistributable installed on your computer for PicoTorrent to work. Manual scans via Windows Defender, Malwarebytes and Emsisoft Emergency Kit turned out to be clean (for all versions). Warning: I scanned the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the program (installer and portable) on VirusTotal, and it found 2 detections for the x-86.zip. The Proxy tab is useful for configuring the network protocol manually. The program supports DHT, LSD, PeX, all of which are enabled by default. You can enable encryption for incoming/outgoing connections, which is recommended. The Connection settings can be used to bind PicoTorrent to use a specific network adapter or port. And you can define the total number of active torrents, active downloads and seeds. The program has a global speed-limiter to restrict the download and upload speeds (in KB/s), which is good if you don't want to hog all the bandwidth. The default save path can be chosen from the "Downloads" tab. You can set the program to start with Windows, minimize or close to the system tray. SettingsĬlick on View > Preferences to manage PicoTorrent's settings.
It may not be a huge deal breaker, but is a convenient option to have.Įnough of what it can't do, the options that the context-menu lists are Resume, Force Resume, Force Announce, Force Recheck, Move (to a different folder), Remove (Torrent or torrent and files), Queueing, copy info hash and open in Explorer. If I remember correctly, it was the lack of this feature that made me switch from Deluge to qBittorrent many years ago.
Sadly, PicoTorrent does not have a copy magnet link option in the torrent context menu. There is no option to set tags or categories either. This is where the program felt too bare bones to me, because you can't limit the download/upload speed or share ratio of a torrent.
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