Download PicoTorrent 0.11

Version 0.11 of PicoTorrent has been released. PicoTorrent is a relative new player in the bittorrent market. The program is written in C++ 14 and like many other clients uses libtorrent. PicoTorrent is, in its own words, modern, fast and easy to use. Despite the core being cross-platform, the program is currently only available for Windows. The changelog for version 0.11 shows the following changes and improvements:

release notes

It’s been a long time since the last release, but finally, here’s 0.11 for all your BitTorrent needs. This new version has been refactored almost from the ground up and contains a brand new plugin API as well as a lot of bug fixes and other features.

Do not update if you rely on the WebSocket functionality. It will be added back in v0.12

bug fixes

• Validate rate limits (#273†
• Fix a crash when opening an invalid torrent file from Windows Explorer (#276†
• Fix an access violation exception on Windows 7 (#343†

Features

• Major refactor, easing development (#324†
• Added a brand new plugin API (#330†
• Moved update checking to a plugin (#330†
• Added a new Importer plugin which helps new users migrate torrents from existing torrent applications (#333†
• Added a privacy page with encryption options (#335†
• Added an option to move completed downloads to a specified directory (#336†
• Added ability to enable and disable DHT and LSD (#337†
• Extended notification area configuration (#338†