TransmissionSwift

A native Transmission remote control for macOS. A lightweight, SwiftUI-based alternative to Transmission Remote GUI (transgui) for managing a remote Transmission BitTorrent daemon.

Transmission remote control for macOS

TransmissionSwift is a native macOS Transmission remote client. It connects to a remote Transmission BitTorrent daemon over RPC, so you can manage your torrents from your Mac without a browser or a web UI — a modern replacement for Transmission Remote GUI (transgui).

There's a remote setup guide, an FAQ and a comparison with Transmission Remote GUI on the project site.

Features

• Manage active torrents
  • Start/pause
  • Delete, with or without data
  • Verify
  • Update tracker
  • Set priority, set files as unwanted
  • Change download location
• Add new torrents
  • via .torrent files (drag+drop, or register handler for .torrent files)
  • magnets links via UI
• Change server settings
  • Enable slow mode
  • Networking config
  • Seeding config
• Combining filters in the sidebar
• Managing torrent labels and assigning colour coding to them
• Path mapping via custom URI patterns, open your files with whatever app you want
  • A few ready presets to open in Cyberduck, reveal in Finder (mounted or not), Open in default app, View in Swizzin web
• App self-updating via Sparkle
• Automatable via Shortcuts.app, Spotlight and Siri
  • Get servers and torrents, and open a torrent from Spotlight
  • Add torrents or magnet links (start paused, choose destination, labels, priority)
  • Pause/resume torrents, remove (with or without data), verify, re-announce
  • Get server and torrent stats, and free space
  • Toggle slow (turtle) mode; set server and per-torrent speed limits

It is written in Swift and SwiftUI, compiling down to a ~4MB app with minimal resource use.

How to open it

1. Download latest unsigned release

2. Find in your downloads, and unzip

3. Try to open the unsigned app (it will fail). Do not move to trash, just select "Done"

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4. Follow instructions here to bypass the verification (duplicated below for the lazy)

   Screenshot + Instructions

   

   1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Privacy & Security in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
   2. Go to Security, then click Open.
   3. Click Open Anyway. This button is available for about an hour after you try to open the app.
   4. Enter your login password, then click OK.

5. Open again

Alternatively, you can open the project in Xcode and build it from there.

What's being planned

1. Separate polling loop for active torrents
2. iCloud Sync for settings
3. iPhone Version

Contributing

I will prioritise reviewing any contributions that help overall stability, performance, and the above mentioned plans.

Please familiarise yourself with the architecture and then feel free todo your thing.