Vuze (formerly Azureus) 3.1.1.1 Beta 73 / 3.1.1.0 Stable

Vuze (formerly Azureus) 3.1.1.1 Beta 73 / 3.1.1.0 Stable offers users a professional yet totally free Java based BitTorrent client that offers multiple torrent downloads, queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop seeding options and instant access to numerous pieces of information about your torrents.

The Azureus jar snapshot provided here is compiled from the very latest Azureus CVS [HEAD] source code. To use, rename the downloaded AzureusXxxx-Bxx.jar file to Azureus2.jar to replace your old jar in the Azureus program dir.

Azureus is a BitTorrent client with multiple torrent downloads and instant access to information.

Azureus also features an embedded tracker that is easily set up and ready to use.

This program is marked as adware:

• Offers to download or install software or components (Vuze toolbar) that the program does not require to fully function.
• Attempts to change the homepage for web browsers installed on the system.

Major Features:

1. Multiple torrent downloads
2. Upload and download speed limiting, both globally and per torrent
3. Advanced seeding rules
4. Adjustable disk cache
5. Only uses one port for all the torrents
6. UPnP sets the forward on your router
7. Can use a proxy, for both tracker and peer communications
8. Fast resume
9. Can set a default download dir and move completed files
10. Can import torrents automatically from a set dir
11. Highly customizable interface
12. IRC plugin included for quick help
13. Embedded tracker, host your own torrents, automate your shares (periodic scanning of a dir)...
14. Distributed Hash Table: host on it a completely decentralised torrent and/or benefit from it when the tracker is offline.
    

Enhancements:

• Added Auto Starting rule to seed large swarms first; useful when many overseeded torrents are in the queue or the upload capacity is far above average
• Friend Chat (double click on friend icon to chat)
• Ability to share content from your computer by dragging it to a Friend
• Protocol overhead is now shown in the speed graph
• Downloads can now be moved and renamed while running - torrent will be auto-paused
• New "rename" action which renames torrent file, save file and displayed name at same time
• Plugin log views now support autoscrolling, pausing and regex filtering
• Plugin menu items which in the right-click menu now appear in the "Torrent" menu also
• Experimental option to use Mozilla/Firefox as browser widget on any platform (XulRunner or Firefox 3 must be installed)
• Added support for plugins to easily use an external configuration file for settings
• Plugins can now have full control over on-complete and on-removal file moving
• Added resource downloader to provide way to download files from Sourceforge
• Added API methods to generically pop up the message box to a user
• Added API methods to listen to download-complete events
• Added various convenience methods for using log views and config models
• Added API to allow native UI objects to be added to config views
• Added some more methods for plugins to control some transport mechanisms
• Added ability to add menus to status entry objects
• Plugins can now open files using default application handlers