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SilverCoin

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Aug 14, 2024
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I don't know how relevant torrent clients are now, but I'm sure that some people still use them. But torrent clients are full-fledged desktop programs that download content directly to your computer and have their own graphical interface.

However, there is another category of torrent clients that does not have its own graphical user interface, although it may have a web interface. These clients do not work on a computer, but on a "remote machine". Such bittorrent clients are sometimes called "daemons". The "remote machine" can be a server somewhere on the Internet, your NAS or even a home router. "Demons" have one big advantage - you don't need to keep your computer on all the time. The main disadvantage of a "daemon" is either a complete lack of a graphical user interface, or the presence of an extremely peculiar web interface.

So. That was all the preamble. There is such a wonderful torrent client qBittorrent-nox. It can work on almost any server, NAS or router. This daemon has its own web interface, but it needs to be opened in a browser and it has an alien / outdated look. And here comes the exclusive graphical user interface for qBittorrent daemon on Mac - Lizard. This is a young project, but the application has a nice interface, good functionality and some functions that are not available in web interface. There is no point in describing the functions of the application here since everything is on the site, I will make only one reservation, I have not used such things as categories and tags before, now I do)).

I am a developer of this app. and I’d love to get feedback from the community. Any suggestions or concerns are welcome!

Download - https://nagornyi.su/lizard

All the best! 👋
 
Your app is great, but I'm not from Russia and I'd like to unlock the Pro version.
 
Your app is great, but I'm not from Russia and I'd like to unlock the Pro version.
Hello. I am glad that you like Lizard. I am currently looking for a suitable partner to accept payments worldwide. I hope this issue will be resolved positively in the near future.
 
The new version of Lizard is now available for downloading.
Release notes:
  • Ready for qBittorrent v5.x;
  • The application is now completely free. Financial support is based on voluntary donations;
  • Added the ability to set the highest and lowest priority for torrents;
  • The application utilises modern APIs for managing torrents, which is expected to have a positive effect on its performance;
  • The torrent context menu has become smarter and now also uses a modern API;
  • The torrent list and torrent content list now remember column width, order and visibility;
  • The list of torrents in the add torrent window now supports sorting and selection;
  • The add torrent window now remembers the previously selected category and tags;
  • Fixed a bug where changes made in the application settings in the Power Management section might not be applied;
  • Improved Tags and Categories menus of torrent context menu;
  • Minor UI fixes and improvements;
 
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