Download torrent files without programs 2020

There are excellent ways to download torrent files without installing special programs . To download a torrent file, you normally need a special client compatible with the BitTorrent protocol and the ways to do this on a computer are many and also available on smartphones.

We were asked if comfortable web torrent clients were not available to be used directly via a browser (i.e. through the program used to navigate, to give some examples: Chrome, Firefox, Safari).

In this guide, we will see what web services allow torrents to be downloaded without installing special programs (clients) on your PC. Continue reading to discover them with us.

Download torrents from the browser and without using programs

βTorrent

It is a decidedly complete web client and the site acts like a Webapp . The service is not cloud but continues to download until its tab is closed on the browser. Using βTorrent to download torrents without programs is simple.

Anyone who has had to deal with a torrent client will be immediately at ease considering that the service is fast and complete enough: it allows you to choose the priority for each file and to pause and restart the download. βTorrent is based on the WebTorrent protocol which we will talk more about in the paragraph dedicated to Instant.io.

The operation is really simple, if you want to download a file you have to:

  1. find the file of our interest in a torrent search engine ;
  2. copy the magnet link - usually in the pages of the torrent search engines it is indicated with a magnet;
  3. go to the βTorrent page and paste the link in the space at the top left and press the " Download " button ;
  4. once the download is complete you can download the file.

Instant.io

It is a completely open source client , based on Webtorrent’s also open source technology.

Webtorrent is a project created to allow the streaming of video streams through torrents and is the technology that underlies discussed projects such as Popcorn Time. Instant.io is a really basic client; it only allows you to insert individual files and download them, nothing more. Instant.io is currently available in public beta and works on Chrome, Firefox and Opera. Using the site to download your torrents is really simple:

  1. open the Instant.io website ;
  2. find the file of our interest in a torrent search engine ;
  3. copy the magnet link, usually found indicated with a magnet;
  4. return to the Instant.io website, paste the link in the space provided and press the “Download” button;
  5. also in this case, once the download is complete, the file can be downloaded.

ÎĽTorrent Web and BitTorrent Web

They are two of the best known clients. If you install them you will notice that they are almost identical and both software are produced by the same foundation and share most of the code. They were placed in third position because they require the installation of a small program.

Both are the most complete solutions to download torrent files without programs and you can do everything you usually do on classic torrent clients .

In addition, if a media file has many sources, they allow you to stream it directly. The use is very simple: to have ÎĽTorrent Web and BitTorrent Web you need to go to the respective official sites and download the executables. After a quick installation you will have a complete client with modern graphics. We also have an article dedicated to uTorrent Web .

Good browser

Brave is a really interesting and complete browser . Besides its main function, it allows you to do much more. One of its most interesting features is the torrent client integrated into the download manager .

Obviously it is a very basic client but if you download often using the BitTorrent protocol, it can be an excellent solution. If you want to try Brave browser, you can download the updated executable suitable for your platform (Windows, Mac or Linux) directly from its official website .

Torrent without programs with cloud services

There are also valid torrents that are completely cloud-based , but these are tools that use a lot of traffic and to have economic sustainability, the ads are not enough and they ask users for payment . These tools are very comfortable and powerful: once you insert a torrent they download it for you and make it available on other devices as well.

For example, many support direct streaming to Chromecast , Kodi and iOS devices (iPhone, iPad).

Excellent solutions for downloading torrents on the cloud are:

  1. Offcloud - it is a very rich platform that allows not only to download from Torrent but also from a group of file sharing services.
  2. Bitport - is another very popular solution for downloading any type of file, even if it is focused more on torrents than anything else.
  3. Put.io - is a very complete cloud service which, in addition to downloading from torrents, allows streaming on various devices.
  4. Premiumize.me - is another service that, in addition to supporting torrents, also allows you to download from Usenet and many file sharing services.
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