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Vuze is a great utility that brings the popular Java-based BitTorrent client to a new level of stability, usability, and speed.

Very actively developed, this latest version includes a new split-window MyTorrents view with support for categories and advanced downloading / seeding / queuing rules for powerful and automated torrent management, a customizable user interface, seeding from read-only media, and significant reductions in resource usage.

The multiplatform Vuze client greatly extends the original python client's feature set, with: managing multiple downloads at once from a single GUI window, detailed real-time download statistics with export to XML, advanced download and seeding management rules, configuration and torrent creation wizards, embedded tracker for easy and automated hosting of your own files, PeerGuardian IP address filtering, web browser and console UIs, 27 available languages, a powerful plugin interface, and much much more.

Features:

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

Many useful plugins are available:
· Auto-adjustment of your upload and download speeds according to your network charge with Autospeed
· Auto-download torrents with RSS Feed Scanner
· Schedule upload and download speed limits with Speed Scheduler
· Receive a mail when a download finishes with Status Mailer
· Add numerous info on torrents (Extra seeding columns, Country Locator)
· Remote control Azureus through the Swing Web Interface or the HTML Web Interface

What's New:

* UIvz | Added column to detail the linkage between content and associated subscription, where present
* Core | Async request processing for non-blocking tracker
* Core | Support HTTP redirects between http/https protocols in resource downloader
* Core | Add content to UPnP authentication dialogs
* Core | Support PList mods for app registration on OSX
* Core | Added http auth helper to support authenticated search templates/subscriptions
* Core | Fix built in RSS feed parser to handle Atom feeds
* Core | RSS based search templates
* Core | Light weight seeds to allow seeding of simple content such as subscriptions
* Core | Subscriptions
* Core | Added a 'prefer UDP connections' option
* Core | Config options for max queued outgoing connections
* Core | Support dht:// URL protocol
* Core | Advanced options for specifying TCP select timeouts
* UI | Added "Column Setup" icon to the iconbar
* UI | New console command - "plugin". Displays plugin information and can toggle startup status
* UI | Console command "show" can now filter to list only torrents which are transferring
* UIvz | SideBar (F7 to Hide/Show)
* UIvz | New ToolBar with hideable text
* UIvz | Library now has Large and Small view modes. Small view mode is classic My Torrents
* Plug | Added option to remove originators IP address from stored values
* Core | 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
* UIv3 | Friend Chat (double click on friend icon to chat)
* UIv3 | Ability to share content from your computer by dragging it to a Friend
* UI | Protocol overhead is now shown in the speed graph
* UI | Downloads can now be moved and renamed while running - torrent will be auto-paused
* UI | New "rename" action which renames torrent file, save file and displayed name at same time
* UI | Plugin log views now support autoscrolling, pausing and regex filtering
* UI | Plugin menu items which in the right-click menu now appear in the "Torrent" menu also
* UIv3 | Experimental option to use Mozilla/Firefox as browser widget on any platform (XulRunner or Firefox 3 must be installed)
* Plug | Added support for plugins to easily use an external configuration file for settings
* Plug | Plugins can now have full control over on-complete and on-removal file moving
* Plug | Added resource downloader to provide way to download files from Sourceforge
* Plug | Added API methods to generically pop up the message box to a user
* Plug | Added API methods to listen to download-complete events
* Plug | Added various convenience methods for using log views and config models
* Plug | Added API to allow native UI objects to be added to config views
* Plug | Added some more methods for plugins to control some transport mechanisms
* Plug | Added ability to add menus to status entry objects
* Plug | Plugins can now open files using default application handlers