NAME¶

transmission-qt — a bittorrent client

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

transmission-qt is a fast and easy BitTorrent client.

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol which uses a metainfo file (usually with the .torrent file extension) and a central tracker to distribute file data amongst a group of peers. For more information on the BitTorrent protocol see http://www.bittorrent.org/

OPTIONS¶

-h --help

Show help options

-g --config-dir directory

Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients. See https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/main/docs/Configuration-Files.md for more information.

-m --minimized

Start minimized in notification area

-p --port port

Port to use when connecting to an existing session

-r --remote host

Connect to an existing session at the specified hostname

-u --username username

Username to use when connecting to an existing session

-v --version

Show version number and exit

-w --password password

Password to use when connecting to an existing session

Multiple .torrent files may be added at startup by appending them on the command line. If transmission-qt is already running, the torrents will be added to the running instance.

ENVIRONMENT¶

TRANSMISSION_HOME

Sets the default config-dir.

FILES¶

~/.config/transmission

The config-dir used when neither [TRANSMISSION_HOME] nor [-g] is specified.

AUTHORS¶

transmission-qt was written by Charles Kerr, Josh Elsasser, Eric Petit, Mitchell Livingston, and Mike Gelfand.

SEE ALSO¶

transmission-create(1), transmission-daemon(1), transmission-edit(1), transmission-gtk(1), transmission-qt(1), transmission-remote(1), transmission-show(1)

https://transmissionbt.com/