tewi-transmission 2.3.1

Text-based interface for BitTorrent clients (Transmission, qBittorrent, Deluge)

Tewi

Text-based interface for BitTorrent clients (Transmission, qBittorrent, Deluge)

About

[!IMPORTANT] The PyPI package has been renamed from tewi-transmission to tewi-torrent to reflect multi-client support. If you have the old package installed, please uninstall it first. Future updates will be published only in tewi-torrent.

Tewi is a TUI (text user interface) for BitTorrent clients, supporting Transmission, qBittorrent and Deluge daemons.

Features:

• Connect to Transmission/qBittorrent/Deluge daemon by credentials
• Browse torrents list
• Different view modes: card, compact, oneline
• Display torrent details: overview, files, trackers, peers
• View and edit torrent categories and labels
• Add new torrents
• Torrent actions: start/pause, remove/trash, verify, reannounce, change priority
• View and toggle alternative speed limits
• View session statistics
• View torrent client preferences
• Dark and light color themes
• Search torrents on popular trackers (built-in search providers, Jackett, Prowlarr and bitmagnet integrations)
• Support for configuration files and different configuration profiles

Built With

• Python 3
• Textual
• transmission-rpc
• qbittorrent-api
• pyperclip

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Tewi requires Python 3.10+.

Installation

Recommended way to install is to use pipx, pip, or uv:

$ pipx install tewi-torrent

$ pip install tewi-torrent

$ uv tool install tewi-torrent

Usage

Launch Tewi from command line:

$ tewi

By default it connects to Transmission daemon on http://localhost:9091. To change these settings you could specify your connection details:

$ tewi --host XXXX --port XXXX

To connect to qBittorrent instead of Transmission:

$ tewi --client-type qbittorrent --port 8080

Check other command line options using help command:

$ tewi --help

View available hot-keys in Tewi by pressing ? key.

Roadmap

See the open issues for a full list of proposed features (and known issues).

Contributing

Feel free to open bug reports and send pull requests.

License

Distributed under the GPL3+ license. See LICENSE.txt for more information.