Tixati

Tixati
Developer(s)Tixati Software Inc.
Initial releaseJune 27, 2009
Stable release2.84 (June 24, 2021; 49 days ago[1]) [±]
Written inC++
Operating systemLinux, Windows
Available inEnglish
Type
LicenseProprietary
Websitetixati.com

Tixati is a proprietaryLinux and WindowsBitTorrent client written in C++ designed to be light on system resources. Its developer, Kevin Hearn (also known for WinMX) releases standalone and portable versions with each new client versions. In addition to standard BitTorrent client sharing functions, Tixati provides integral chatrooms with the channel chat as well as private messaging being strongly encrypted.[citation needed]

Tixati: free. software download for olderv versions of windows, linux. Tixati is a proprietary Linux and Windows BitTorrent client written in C designed to be light on system resources. Its developers release standalone and portable versions with each new client versions. Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September. Tixati has a 90s hacker-movies inspired high-contrast color interface that can be considered aggressive and unpleasant by some. Color scheme can be changed in the settings. Additionally, the amount of information Tixati presents that can be difficult to parse. Tixati not only shows the IP address of each peer, you can even see the country that they’re from. Unfortunately, this is a necessary feature of p2p file-sharing technology (each peer needs to know how to connect to your computer to upload/download the torrent). Tixati for Windows or Linux (such as Ubuntu & Redhat) is the best free Torrent client but not an open-source one. It is meant for those who want a simple interface, powerful features without any ads and malware.

Features[edit]

In addition to standard BitTorrent client sharing functions, Tixati provides integral chatrooms with the channel chat as well as private messaging being strongly encrypted.[citation needed] According to Tixati's support page, 'the Channels feature of Tixati is a particularly good demonstration of how to build a decentralized networked application that supports very high throughputs while remaining cryptographically secure in a 100% decentralized environment. This includes a linear network-coded decentralized media streaming feature, which is secured by a homomorphichash function and elliptic-curve signatures (the first system of its kind to be implemented successfully.)'[2] Chatrooms can be either public or secret. Users are allowed to optionally share lists of magnet or URL links which are then searchable across all channels a user is joined to. Browsing a specific user's share list is also supported. The channels also allow for streaming audio and video media.[3]

Fopnu[edit]

Since July 20, 2017, the developers of Tixati have released regular updates of a new P2P system (network and client) called Fopnu.[4] It's visually similar to Tixati but Fopnu is not a torrent client. Fopnu is a decentralized network with the latest advances in P2P technology, pure UDP and with all communications being encrypted. The ad-free freeware client includes chat rooms, contacts list (with private messages), search windows, browsing of a contact's library and creation of contacts groups (to control access to your library). Sharing massive amounts of files is much easier (than creating a lot of Torrent files) and has very little overhead.[5]

Reception[edit]

In 2012, TorrentFreak listed it among the top 10 uTorrent alternatives.[6] The same year, it received a positive review from Ghacks.[7] A 2014 review at BestVPN.com praised it for its lightweight design.[8]In May 2015, Tixati was the fifth most popular torrent client by the audience of Lifehacker.[9]

On January 6, 2017 the developer announced the release of version 2.52 for user alpha testing, which added an encrypted forum function to the channels. Posts to the forum may be visible to all users in the channel or may be private, between only 2 users. In March 2017, it was listed as a popular Bittorrent client by Tom's Guide.[10] In December 2017, it received a positive review by TechRadar.[11] In January 2018, it was reviewed positively by Lifewire.[12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^'Tixati News'. tixati.com. Tixati Software. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  2. ^Tixati Support Team (February 3, 2017). 'Decentralized Sharing Channels'. Tixati.com.
  3. ^Tixati Support Team (February 3, 2017). 'Streaming'. Tixati.com.
  4. ^Fopnu.com/news/
  5. ^'FOPNU is here'. Tixati.com.
  6. ^Ben Jones (August 19, 2012). 'Top 10 uTorrent Alternatives'. TorrentFreak.
  7. ^Martin Brinkmann (August 17, 2012). 'Tixati Bittorrent client review'. GHacks.
  8. ^Douglas Crawford (July 15, 2014). '5 of the best free BitTorrent clients'. BestVPN. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014.
  9. ^Henry, Alan (19 May 2015). 'Most Popular BitTorrent Client: µTorrent'. Lifehacker. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  10. ^John Corpuz (16 March 2017). '15 Best Desktop Bittorrent Clients for P2P Sharing'. Tom's Guide. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. ^Sofia Wyciślik-Wilson (1 December 2017). 'The best free alternative to uTorrent 2018'. TechRadar. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. ^Paul Gil (7 January 2018). '9 Best Torrent Downloader Software Tools'. Lifewire. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tixati&oldid=1034861896'

Package Details: tixati 2.84-1

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Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/tixati.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: tixati
Description: Tixati is a peer-to-peer file sharing program that uses the popular BitTorrent protocol
Upstream URL: http://www.tixati.com/
Keywords:
Licenses: custom:tixati
Submitter: goll
Maintainer: goll
Last Packager: goll
Votes: 68
Popularity: 1.94
First Submitted: 2015-08-09 14:31
Last Updated: 2021-07-21 17:14

Dependencies (5)

  • dbus-glib(dbus-glib-git)
  • gtk2(gtk2-patched-gdkwin-nullcheck, gtk2-ubuntu, gtk2-git, gtk2-minimal-git, gtk2-patched-filechooser-icon-view, gtk2-maemo)
  • hicolor-icon-theme(hicolor-icon-theme-git)
  • gconf(gconf-gtk2)(optional) – for shell integration
Tixati

Sources (3)

  • https://download2.tixati.com/download/tixati-2.84-1.i686.manualinstall.tar.gz(i686)
  • https://download2.tixati.com/download/tixati-2.84-1.x86_64.manualinstall.tar.gz(x86_64)

pranaypratyush commented on 2021-07-19 18:20

Tio commented on 2020-12-06 14:40

Tixati vpn

Can you please make the icon path as relative? We are making custom icons for Linux and we can't deal with these non-relative paths. Thanks!

Tixati Portable

asm0dey commented on 2019-12-26 06:47

AquilaIrreale commented on 2019-04-27 14:26

Free Tixati

@goll the Tixati developers also provide i686 builds, could you reflect that in the PKGBUILD? It's a small addition (example patch https://pastebin.com/rUnHerM7)

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spritwar commented on 2018-10-23 23:46

Please, include traceroute in 'depends'. The auto bandwidth limiter doesn't work without this..

fifi_fifito commented on 2018-04-25 12:58

0curl: (6) Could not resolve host: download2.tixati.com> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://download2.tixati.com/download/tixati-2.57-1.x86_64.manualinstall.tar.gz

Zarloc commented on 2018-01-04 09:24

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aneeshd00812 commented on 2016-07-15 11:08

goll commented on 2016-07-15 06:24

Download Tixati For Windows 10

@aneeshd00812: maybe the downloaded file got corrupted, verify the sha1sum after download, here is my output: https://bpaste.net/show/61ac8fd6317b