

The 0.5.x branch added support for encryption, peer exchange, binary prefix, and UPnP. The 0.5.x release marked a complete rewrite from the 0.4.x code branch.

When the first version was released on September 25, 2006, it was renamed to Deluge due to an existing project named gtorrent on SourceForge, in addition to the fact that it was finally coded to work not only on GNOME but on any platform which could support GTK+. In its first stages, Deluge was originally titled gTorrent, to reflect that it was targeted for the GNOME desktop environment. Historyĭeluge was started by two members of, Zach Tibbitts and Alon Zakai, who previously hosted and maintained the project at Google Code, but have now moved it to its own website. PortableĪ portable version for MS Windows is also offered that doesn't require installation. It has been one of the first clients to support magnet links, introducing this feature with version 1.1.0 released on January 2009. Starting with version 1.0, Deluge separated its daemon (server/core) from its interface, allowing users to remotely manage the application over the web. To help achieve this, most of its features are part of plugin modules which were written by various developers. Deluge aims to be a lightweight, secure, and feature-rich client.
