BitComet 1.05

BitComet is a fast and easy-to-use BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download client. It is P2P file-sharing freeware and one of the most popular P2P protocols designed for high-speed distribution. BitComet supports simultaneous downloads, DHT networks (trackerless), a download queue, selected downloads in the Torrent package, fast-resume, disk caching, speed limits, auto port mapping, proxies, and IP filtering.

Version 1.05 is a bug fixing release.

Taking a slightly different approach to solving the multimedia lover's dilemma of how best to download torrents is BitComet, which uses an interface heavily cribbed from Windows Explorer--with a dose or two from the basic BitTorrent template--to create something instantly recognizable to the user.

There's a familiar tree of features on the left, including links to torrent-aggregating Web sites and several promotional offers. The top of the app has big buttons with familiar icons, the center window shows the files being downloaded, and the bottom pane has tracker and peer info. The pane on the right rounds out the layout, with a torrent search feature and advertising. Among the usual features, BitComet offers chat capabilities, the ability to bookmark your favorite sites, a toolbar for Internet Explorer 7, and a context menu for Firefox 2.

While the app held its own against better-known competitors in terms of speed and handling multiple torrents, we found the ubiquitous advertisements to be annoying compared to the competition's ad-free environs. Overall, we think BitComet is worth trying and could become a major torrent app in the future.

WHY TO CHOOSE BITCOMET?

BitTorrent Downloadfast and powerful

Torrent Share: Exchange torrent while downloading

Preview while Downloading: Preview of MP3, rmvb, wmv, and qt is available during downloading process.

Align File to Piece Boundary: Better for making torrent, fully compatible with old versions.

Intelligent Connection Optimization: Configuration is automatically set to match your connection type.

Intelligent Disk Cache: Memory cache is used to reduce the read/write frequency of your hard drive, therefore increasing service life.

Quick Resume: The torrents can be seeded or resumed immediately without time consuming scans.

Auto Config ICF (Internet Connection Firewall) and ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) in Windows XP

Auto Config UPNP port mapping in router (UPnP support is required in router, Windows XP is required).

Option of Disabling and Setting Priority of Files in any torrent: Files can be disabled, so they are not downloaded, or set to higher or lower priority, allowing you to select which files finish first.

Also support Multi-tracker, DHT, utf-8 extension, and UDP tracker Protocol v2.

HTTP/FTP DownloadInnovative P2P Technology

P2P downloading: BitTorrent technology is integrated into HTTP/FTP download, with which BitComet automatically finds other clients and gets data from them to increase your download speed，without additional bandwidth usage of the HTTP server.

Intelligent File Rename: Automatic choose the best name for your download file.

Preview while Downloading: Preview of mp3, rmvb, wmv, and qt is available during downloading process.

Multi-Mirror download: Mirror servers are automatically found for the file being downloaded. Data from these servers are downloaded at the same time to increase download speed 300% or more.

Multi-Section download: Files are split into several sections which are downloaded at the same time to increase the download speed up to 500% or more.

Multi-Language Support: Multi-language web pages and encoded URLs can be correctly handled.

Quick Resume: Stopped download tasks can be resumed from where they left off from both HTTP and FTP servers.

Download ManagementCustomization Available

Global and Per-Task Speed Limit, for Both Upload and Download.

Bandwidth Scheduler

Easy to Use and Free!

User-friendly and very easy-to-use, we try to hide every complicated terms behind the interface

BitComet does not contain any adware or spyware.