# transmission-remote-gui/transgui

🧲 A feature rich cross platform Transmission BitTorrent client. Faster and has more functionality than the built-in web GUI.

Repository: https://github.com/transmission-remote-gui/transgui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/transgui
Language: Pascal
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: torrent, transmission, transmission-daemon, bittorrent, p2p, gui, remote-control, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:01:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4191, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3457, forks 312 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.536858+00:00)

## What it is
Transmission Remote GUI is a cross-platform desktop front-end for remotely controlling a Transmission BitTorrent daemon via its RPC protocol. It offers a uTorrent-like interface with more features and better performance than the built-in Transmission web UI.

## Use cases
- remotely manage a transmission daemon from my desktop
- select individual files to download in a torrent
- set per-file download priorities
- view details about connected peers in my torrents
- a faster alternative to the transmission web interface
- monitor and control torrents on a headless seedbox

## When to choose
- you run Transmission on a server or NAS and want a rich native desktop client
- you need file selection, priorities, and peer details beyond the web UI
- you want one GUI that works on Windows, Linux, and macOS

## When to avoid
- you want a full BitTorrent client that downloads locally rather than a remote controller
- you prefer a web-based interface accessible from a browser
- you use a BitTorrent client other than Transmission

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, rpc
- domain: cross-platform, developer-tools, privacy
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: bittorrent, transmission, remote-control, torrent-client, p2p, lazarus, free-pascal, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- transmission-remote-gui/transgui (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.536858+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:37:29.639634+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/transmission-remote-gui/transgui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.536858+00:00, sha 83a75d89ab91)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.