µTorrent (or uTorrent; commonly abbreviated as "µT" or "uT") is a freeware, closed source
BitTorrent client owned by BitTorrent, Inc. It is the most widely used
BitTorrent client outside China, where Xunlei is more popular. It gets
the "µ" in its name from the SI prefix "micro-", referring to the
program's small memory footprint: the program was designed to use minimal computer resources while offering functionality comparable to larger BitTorrent clients such as Vuze or BitComet.
The program has received consistently good reviews for its feature set,
performance, stability, and support for older hardware and versions of
Windows. A report showed that µTorrent is the second most popular
BitTorrent client (after the Chinese Xunlei).
It is available for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A µTorrent Server is available for Linux. All versions are written in C++.
The program has been in active development since its first release in
2005. Although originally developed by Ludvig Strigeus, since December
7, 2006, the code is owned and maintained by BitTorrent, Inc. The code
has also been employed by BitTorrent, Inc. as the basis for version 6.0
and above of the BitTorrent client, a re-branded version of µTorrent.
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