Tribler: A Next Generation BitTorrent Client?

Written by Ernesto on May 21, 2007 

The latest version of the “social” BitTorrent client Tribler integrates BitTorrent with YouTube while offering the best of both worlds: ease of use, browsing with thumbnails, HDTV quality, and Video on Demand support. The client uses an Amazon.com-like recommendation system to suggest what you might enjoy.

Tribler
After you’ve downloaded a few files the application should know if you are the Madonna type or more a Britney person. Moreover, it is the first P2P system which has merged online friends and a sense of community without using any central server. Tribler also runs on a Linux set-top box and is expected to hit the shops before the end of this year.

After a long weekend of testing we gave a thumbs-up and wish the development team many more releases. Not all BitTorrent users see the need for all these extra functionalities (I still prefer uTorrent), but those who do should definitely try Tribler.

Some of the features of Tribler which set it apart from other BitTorrent clients are:

  • Easy downloading: Moves P2P beyond keyword search, YouTube grid of thumbnails
  • Recommendation and Friends: See what other people like, related files, find person with the same taste
  • Video on Demand: When the download is on its way, you can use the integrated video player to start watching ASAP
  • Wealth of content: Search both BitTorrent, Youtube, and Liveleak for content

    • Yes, we are probably a little biased! This is made-in-Holland, which means a part of the tax money I paid went to Tribler because the project is state funded.

    Here is a screenshot of the file view with Youtube-like thumbnail grid. You can download download Tribler V4.0 here.

    tribler 4

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    65 Responses

    1 May 21, 2007 at 15:46 by Jasper van Weerd

    Great to know were my tax is going to outside friend-to-friend politics.

    2 May 21, 2007 at 18:17 by Cong

    hi. . . its me again. can i make a responses here thats not connected to the topic right now. . . can somebody pls invited me[Demonoid] i need a invitation code soo badly

    3 May 21, 2007 at 18:19 by Cong

    [quote comment="103155"]hi. . . its me again. can i make a responses here thats not connected to the topic right now. . . can somebody pls invited me[Demonoid] i need a invitation code soo badly
    my email is curesdbybirth_subaro@yahoo.com[/quote]

    4 May 22, 2007 at 00:29 by Kevin

    “Social Bittorrent”? That’s an oxymoron.

    If anything, make a “Darknet Bittorrent” instead

    5 May 22, 2007 at 01:13 by Yatti

    [quote comment="103157"][quote comment="103155"]hi. . . its me again. can i make a responses here thats not connected to the topic right now. . . can somebody pls invited me[Demonoid] i need a invitation code soo badly
    my email is curesdbybirth_subaro@yahoo.com[/quote][/quote]

    Registration Opens Weekly, if my memory serves me correctly… You will get in for sure…

    6 May 22, 2007 at 01:13 by Smoko

    @cong You’re not going to get any invites if you go around spamming places up asking for one.

    Be patient and wait for the registrations to open again.

    7 May 22, 2007 at 01:41 by Generalkhaos

    This program sounds decent, but from the description its nothing new that Azureus hasn’t done with its updated client “vuze”

    8 May 22, 2007 at 04:53 by Chieferer

    Wow. I’m just surprised that the name was Tribler rather than Triblr ;-)

    9 May 22, 2007 at 07:36 by Omer

    Packages for Debian? Some instructions here:
    http://ostoolbox.blogspot.com/2007/05/who-needs-joost-when-theres-tribler.html

    10 May 22, 2007 at 08:48 by gamernaveen

    Yo Yo , yo dawg.
    Wow. Another software to do the job.
    I bet this wouldnt be my choice as torrents are torrents for me in the same manner. Am not even using todays bittorrent client , I go with utorrent , now you know who I am. I like cracked and illegal files and thats what I consider torrents are.

    11 May 22, 2007 at 11:45 by Funk dat!

    You can’t help but love the Dutch. God bless ‘em. If only they could keep their dogs off the sidewalk.

    12 May 23, 2007 at 10:26 by Kamo

    @gamernaveen
    Wow. I don’t usually criticize other peoples posts, but when I read yours my eyes hurt. Please just get off the internet, moron.

    13 May 23, 2007 at 21:18 by Ludde

    sounds bloated …

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    -M-

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    22 Sep 05, 2007 at 07:23 by PhackU

    I just downloaded and instantly uninstalled it. Sucks! Why the heck do i want youtube videos? Very bloated! I will check again next year!

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