Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

gsteele reviewed v5.6.0.1 Beta 30 on May 16, 2015

Bloated and slow.

Gripweed reviewed v5.3.0.1 Beta 45 on Jul 18, 2014

Hall9000,
Although I personally use Vuze I couldn't care less about what bittorrent client you decide on using. But to make your decision based on a BT client's Search feature is crazy. You're crazy for doing searches on Public torrent sites. You are just asking to be sent a letter from your ISP at the very least or worse a pay-up-now letter from someone's lawyer. Of course odds are less if you are using a VPN but you don't seem on the surface to be the VPN-type.
Get yourself invited somehow (buy your way in if you have to) to a limited number of good private torrent sites that has a fair amount of members and do your searching from within.

http://www.btracs.com/index.htm will get you started in finding a good private site that will fill your needs.

Hall9000 reviewed v5.3.0.1 Beta 15 on Apr 22, 2014

I actually just uninstalled VUZE. For some strange reason this version gives tons of absolutely unrelated results. Plus the fact that it came with an absolute bare bone list of sites to search. What the hell???

Hall9000 reviewed v5.3.0.1 Beta 14 on Mar 21, 2014

If there is one absolute thing I'd like Vuze to change it's the search option. At the moment you input what you want to find then you get the results. Then and only then can you chose the type of results you want. As in music or video. That type of search option should be available BEFORE the search. That way you wouldn't end up with tons of useless results. Also, where the hell can we find up to date search templates?

Gripweed reviewed v5.1.0.0 on Aug 20, 2013

I just don't understand all the negativity about this program. I'm running just a regular i5 computer with 8 gigs of memory and I'm not seeing any of this slowness and CPU hogging that others write about. I do a fair amount of leaching and seeding. Nothing over the top but I'll usually have 5-10 things going all the time with probably 75% of my Internet bandwidth allowed to be used. Usually I'm using much less than that max. Right now with 6 seeds going I'm seeing 44% of my RAM used and about an average 24% of my CPU going. That is with all my other normal computer background programs running as well. Looking at my Process Lasso report over the last 2 days Vuze has itself used 0.19% CPU and 148,468K of memory. Looking at the report my browser (Pale Moon) that I'm using to write this has used more than double that and I don't run it all the time like I do Vuze. All I'm saying is if you are looking around for a different BT program don't be scared off by the thought of Java and all the negativity here.

dragonsmama reviewed v4.8.1.2 on Jan 31, 2013

I've used bittorrent in the past, but after many issues the past few months I decided to try a couple of others, Vuse and qbittorent. The only positive thing I can say is that Vuse does make it easy to manage downloads. It uses 100% of my cpu and it often freezes changing windows within Vuse.
Vuse is bloated crap, I'm sticking with qbittorent, nothing fancy but effective

eMWu reviewed v4.8.1.2 on Dec 19, 2012

Although I agree uTorrent is better in many respects (especially the 2.x branch), I switched to Vuze to take advantage of 3rd party plugins that are available for it. It lets me fully automate my torrent downloads, like auto assign categories and then put them in specific folders based on the category.
Couldn't find a way to achieve that in uTorrent, or any other windows client for that matter.

FatBastard reviewed v4.8.1.2 on Dec 18, 2012

I love to hate this program :>

YoungOldies reviewed v4.8.0.0 on Oct 26, 2012

slow and cpu eating JAVA is so passé.

Ball Sacks reviewed v4.7.2.0 on Oct 11, 2012

if you have 1tb of ram then go for it.

My Computer Specs:
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*CyberpowerPC*
-Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. "M4N68T-M-V2"
-1 TB HD (also a External 1TB, 1TB, & a 200GB HDs)
-Ram DDR3: 16GB (2 x 8GB) Kingston Technology HyperX Blu Red Series 1600MHz OC "KHX16C10B1RK2/16"
-Video Card 560 SC (EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 560 "01G-P3-1461-KR")
-750 Watt PSU CORSAIR Enthusiast Series "TX750"
-Acer 20'"1600x900Max Rez" LCD (Acer X203H bd 20-Inch 720p LCD Monitor)
-Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz AM3
-Win 7 64bit
-Win 7 Rating: 5.9

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More PC Info:
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-CPU Rating: 7.3

-Ram Rating: 7.5

-Video Card Rating: 7.6

-HD Rating: 5.9

-Paging File Size 24,574GB (Fixed Size)

-Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows (Black!)
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holy1661 reviewed v4.7.2.0 on Sep 24, 2012

I've been using it for a few years ever since it was called Azureus. Still great.

FatBastard reviewed v4.7.1.2 on Jul 20, 2012

Makes me wanna puke...

FatBastard reviewed v4.7.0.3 Beta 50 on Jun 2, 2012

the very definition of crapware !!

HeilNizar reviewed v4.7.0.3 Beta 50 on Jun 2, 2012

Java based? lol

testmenot reviewed v4.7.0.1 Beta 5 on Nov 12, 2011

I can't understand why people are criticizing this program so much.
It's actually very useful.

I do agree however it is lacking in the customer support area.
For that I will give it a low rating however I don't agree with all of the previous antagonistic and threatening reviews.

FatBastard reviewed v4.7.0.1 Beta 5 on Nov 12, 2011

die die die

Hall9000 reviewed v4.7.0.1 Beta 5 on Nov 12, 2011

While I do give it a 4 I'm stuck giving it a -10 when it comes to support. Can anyone tell me how the hell to delete the damn library list? I've looked on their website and the only thing I found was someone asking the same question but having no one answer him. If memory serves me well that one dated back to 2010!!!

johnk119 reviewed v4.7.0.0 on Sep 24, 2011

This software used to be great back in the days when it was called Azureus... It still does its change and it's configurable, but it's bloated with features unrelated to its core function

FatBastard reviewed v4.6.0.4 on Mar 16, 2011

Idiots use Vuze. Smart people use uTorrent.

logandros reviewed v4.6.0.4 on Mar 16, 2011

I'm just curious... in regards to Utorrent... are there many user created plugins? The one feature I would be interested in (built-in or via plugin) before switching would be the ability to set an upload auto remove ratio on what I'm seeding. Any Utorrent experts that can point me in that direction would be appreciated.

some guy reviewed v4.6.0.2 on Feb 4, 2011

crapware

roj reviewed v4.6.0.2 on Feb 4, 2011

Amendment to previous review:

If you're running Ubuntu, qBittirrent rules.

This was, is and will always be CRAP.

ONE star and I'm being charitable.

FatBastard reviewed v4.6.0.2 on Feb 3, 2011

Crap!

FatBastard reviewed v4.6.0.0 on Jan 18, 2011

This program is crap. Why do people still use it?

roj reviewed v4.6.0.0 on Jan 17, 2011

A horrid and bloated mess.

On Windows uTorrent rules (no more need be said).

On Linux kTorrent rules (most features / low footprint).

This thing lost its way a long time ago and only gets worse with each iteration. It's number one problem? It's written in that disaster known as Java. It's other problem? Trying to be all things to all people and doing NONE of it very well.

ONE star.

dstream reviewed v4.5.1.0b on Dec 4, 2010

still a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUge install. the proloader of this then downloads loads of other stuff to get it running java for some 200 meg. Needs a town dedicating to it for its pc imprint size. Much much smaller programs do better. Utorrent. Bittorrent. deluge. etc.

Amazing mega bollox installed with vuze your never ever ever going to use for regular downloading.

SLow on a standard pc unless youve got dual or quad core processing power.

mentallo666 reviewed v4.5.1.0b on Nov 20, 2010

Yes its a big program and it uses a lot of memory BUT the download speeds are better than uTorrents and the plugins are amazing and very useful for the advanced user.

johnk119 reviewed v4.5.1.0b on Oct 26, 2010

Great program uses resources, but takes care of everything for you... I prefer the classic interface.

Prospero424 reviewed v4.5.0.5 on Oct 8, 2010

I understand the complaints about bloat and unwanted features, and I prefer uTorrent myself, but this is NOT a one-star or even two-star program. It's a good torrent client as long as resource usage isn't a primary concern, and NOTHING can beat it for feature completeness.

Many of the features we take for granted in modern Bittorrent clients (including Transmission, uTorrent, Deluge, etc.) came out of this project. Yes, it has changed drastically over the years and has become commercialized, but the underlying client is still quite good if you configure the unseemly interface to get out of your way, which is quite easy. And the contribution it has made to the greater community cannot be overestimated.

As of uTorrent 2.2, Vuze no longer has a monopoly on plugins, but its library of plugins is certainly MUCH larger and far more mature and almost everything is supported on almost any operating system you might choose. Cross-platform support is second to none.

I prefer other software, but this bashing of Vuze has gotten out of hand. It deserves better.

dstream reviewed v4.5.0.5 on Oct 7, 2010

huge huge install of bloatware thats just getting bigger and bigger with more mega bollox added everytime.

you just want to download a torrent and this does it with an install that needs its own postcode on your pc.

any bigger and they would name a town after it.

complete overkill program thats javascript based.

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE install size.

Coltman45 reviewed v4.5.0.5 on Oct 7, 2010

This build has something extra with it. Every time i launch the program i loose my internet connection. It might be my isp,optimum online or vuze. It only happens when i try to use vuze.

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v4.5.0.0 on Aug 6, 2010

Still too much BLOAT !!!

µTorrent works faster with smaller memory usage...
http://torrentfreak.com/...-beat-vuze-by-16-100607/

FatBastard reviewed v4.5.0.0 on Aug 5, 2010

Crap !!

Use µTorrent instead...

Betachecker reviewed v4.4.0.6a on Jun 25, 2010

VuzeVuzela

soldier1st reviewed v4.4.0.6 on Jun 19, 2010

very good client and it's not bloated like others may think and it beats utorrent easily. it gets a 4 as the windows version includes alot of extra bundled junk that is not included in the linux version but other than that it would get a 5.

cycleofachilles reviewed v4.4.0.0 on Apr 26, 2010

positive objectivity...it's only habits

vuze : known for freedom power to explore ( for people who have strong will to learn)
utorrent : known for simplicity (for people who want everything get it done quickly)

for memory cons !?
ram is cheap these day...

btw,i tried them both, and stick with vuze.

Aegis69 reviewed v4.4.0.0 on Apr 12, 2010

Proof that being open source does not always lead to something good.

radiomaffia reviewed v4.3.1.4 on Feb 11, 2010

I keep asking myself why a devoloper of software when it is populair destroys his own creation. That is very strange isn't it? When words like bloatware comes a long you just can forget about it or directly rewrite the source and come quickly back with a stable and fast update if you don't want to loose intrest in your tool.New features, ok, but do not trow away what users like in a piece of software.

johnk119 reviewed v4.3.1.4 on Feb 11, 2010

vuze is a great program if run in classic mode... if anyone knows anothe rprogram with encryption, ip blocking and lazy bit field i beg of you to IM m at john_k119@hotmail.com I BEG OF YOU

henrypeck reviewed v4.3.1.4 on Feb 10, 2010

Bloatware. You're better off using Halite

uzi reviewed v4.3.1.2 on Feb 3, 2010

It used to be a very good program in the past, but by now it is a heavy piece of bloatware.switching to the classic skin makes it look similar to the good old software that it was, but it is still less good than it was. I am now going to try other torrent clients.

JustForMyMemory reviewed v4.3.1.2 on Feb 3, 2010

its features are fine, but I hate java - slow and bloat

gsteele reviewed v4.3.1.0 on Jan 26, 2010

A bloated piece of junk.

Epsi reviewed v4.3.0.7 Beta 12 on Jan 8, 2010

Only way to make it remotely usable to run it in "Classic Skin" mode, then it kinda looks like µTorrent. Just takes up alot more resources... so no idea why people would bother with this if they can just use µTorrent in the first place.

dstream reviewed v4.3.0.5 Beta 10 on Dec 11, 2009

The bittorent equivalent of Vista 64bit. You know it looks pretty, you know it should do alot. But for some reason you just dont want to use it. Small to install not at 12mb, dont worry its bigger when installed and javas added. Eats memory, altered every day to add much more mega bollox than the day before as daily night beta builds.

It simply doesnt know what it wants to do, move on theres nothing to see here.

you want click download its on your pc, seed. You can do this with vuze but while its downloading this file, it will have a team of mechanics polish every bit and use a whole hog of memory to do it with. Pointless oh and connect you to your ipod your tv your milkman your dog your budgie order the papers order more milk order your wife around and display mega bollox.

Up there with nero for bloat.

kbsoftware reviewed v4.3.0.5 Beta 10 on Dec 11, 2009

This program is so bloated it has it's own area code. It got the girl down the street pregnant. :)

Ain Soph Aur reviewed v4.3.0.5 Beta 10 on Dec 10, 2009

yeah it looks cool but if you want a usable torrent client, then use uTorrent

some guy reviewed v4.3.0.5 Beta 3 on Dec 3, 2009

to bloat the Nero of Torrent programs get a non bloat program like Utorrent

LRN reviewed v4.3.0.2 on Nov 21, 2009

2009.11.20 | Vuze 4.3.0.4

BUGFIX: UI | Prevent main window from popping up when adding a torrent and "Add Torrent Silently" set [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Ensure that the correct progress reports are passed to listeners [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed bug whereby the destruction of the torrent-open window was cancelling torrent download dialogs [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | (OSX) Fixed bug where scrollers on some mice would cause table to blank [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UIvz | Handle magnet links within internal browser [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: Plug | Improved the fallback lookup service by passing the all params [Parg]
BUGFIX: Plug | Verify that downloaded torrents are valid before passing to caller [Parg]



2009.11.19 | Vuze 4.3.0.2

FEATURE: Core | Support per-url config for http seeds and max_speed setting [Parg]
FEATURE: Plug | Start of a fallback magnet lookup service [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Clicking on dock icon always opens main window [TuxPaper]

CHANGE: Core | Parse hex-encoded magnet URIs too [The 8472]
CHANGE: Core | Immediate-close option for tracker socket connections [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Return IP address instead of DNS names for external seeds [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Support more non-conformant RSS feed dates [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Auto-speed bias towards min ping times rather than pure average [Parg]

BUGFIX: Core | Reverted socket handling to initial 1.6 fix status to fix with network binding/stall problems [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Added option to disable all IPv6 support and defaulted to 'disable' on OSX as some users experiencing crash when enabled [Parg]
BUGFIX: Plug | Don't cause all dht torrents to perform an 'announce' when 'pause-all' selected [Parg]
BUGFIX: Plug | Webplugin config section override was using the wrong variable prefix [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed name column sort [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (OSX) Fixed opening .vuze files when client isn't running [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed table view not loading (showing gray area) sometimes [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (Windows) "Open Containing Folder" in default "folder association" app [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (*nix) Fixed name column blanking [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (OSX) Fixed Password option hanging UI [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed sidebar font sizes (mostly for *nix) [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (OSX) Opening .torrent file when "Add Silently" is enable should no longer activate the main window [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix losing cursor indication on Sashes (and other widgets) [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Sidebar now accepts dropping torrents [TuxPaper]

I'm especially pleased with "CHANGE: Core | Parse hex-encoded magnet URIs too [The 8472]" - that's a fast reaction on ThePirateBay HEX-encoded magnet URI situation.

P.S. Reviewing 4.3.0.4, obviously.
P.P.S. Check the discussion tab above - it might open your eyes.

dstream reviewed v4.3.0.0 on Nov 16, 2009

This has just got bigger and bigger and bigger per update. So much bollox is now installed as standard or hidden and installed.

Lets face it most of just want to click download and have it on our pc and it sent back to the other people on the network.

This is trying to cater for stuff your not ever going to use. I got past seeing what the point of vuze has now become. The developers seem to of taken bit torrent the stndard protocol and added super bollox to it. It aint needed.

Confusing not for newbies and unfocused on what it wants to do... slower than other bit torrent clients on download also

bigsexy022870 reviewed v4.3.0.0 on Nov 14, 2009

I tried it, it seems like alot of all talk no action. Plus it doesnt seem to want you to get the full movies, just trailers. It's a bloated mess.

punissuer reviewed v4.3.0.0 on Nov 14, 2009

I've used Azureus/Vuze for several years, and on the whole I like it, but the updates have been getting progressively slimier. The latest, 4.3.0.0, just tried to sneak the installation of a toolbar and an Outlook Express plugin past me, and would have set my default search to Ask.com as well if I hadn't noticed the tiny "Customize" checkbox in the lower left. The OE plugin even tries to trick you by presenting the decision to install it as an Accept/Decline of the plugin's *license*. If you don't notice the license is for the plugin, not for Vuze, then say hello to your new buddy in OE. Just. Too. Lame. Vuze, be useful, not annoying.

Hall9000 reviewed v4.3.0.0 on Nov 13, 2009

I've noticed the super sloooow download speeds also, even with huge number of seeds. Any idea what is the problem? Still Vuze is a lot easier to use than other torrent programs.

Edit I just installed the new version on Vuze and if Punissuer hadn't made the comments about that damn small "licence" notice and how badly it is worded I just might have missed it. Untill Vuze correct that with full size lettering and CLEAR notification I will simply rate Vuze 1, no matter how good it is.

emanresU deriseD reviewed v4.3.0.0 on Nov 13, 2009

I may have to go back to Vuze after all. I've been using uTorrtent for months, but I get consistently-crappy speeds with it, even on torrents with big swarms. (The connection settings make no difference.) Once in a great while I'll get a decent speed.

Going to reinstall Vuze and see if it works better...

Neoprimal reviewed v4.2.0.9 Beta 34 on Oct 23, 2009

I absolutely love Vuze. I use it on my HTPC and use utorrent on my laptop.
It's a way more presentable interface for my HTPC. The search function is also way more comprehensive for 'far from pc' use vs. Utorrent.
It does use more memory than utorrent, but imho it's worth it. If you have a system with 4GB or more RAM, you won't feel a thing....gfi! you won't regret it.

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v4.2.0.9 Beta 32 on Oct 21, 2009

Who cares about program name...

uTorrent = max. 30MB in memory...
Vuze= max. above 1GB memory, standard is above 200MB + high CPU usage due to Java...

and uTorrent do same job to download the file like Vuze...

simple ppl will choose uT to do the job, than memory hog Vuze...

emanresU deriseD reviewed v4.2.0.9 Beta 32 on Oct 20, 2009

Why the hell do people get so emotional over Vuze vs. uTorrent? What idiotic statements.

Azureus paved the way for a full-featured, accessible, stable BitTorrent client. Without Azureus/Vuze there would be no uTorrent as you see it today. Azureus/Vuze innovated in many ways.

The Vuze interface isn't to everyone's liking, but it can be easily reverted to the classic Azureus interface. The Vuze interface takes hardly any space on disk. So that complaint is rendered null.

The obvious remaining complaint is that it requires Java. And that's the clincher for me. I was very happy with Vuze except that its monstrous memory use and agonizingly-long startup times drove me nuts. So I finally, after years of holding out, switched to uTorrent.

In response: I'd typically see Vuze using ~100 to ~150-MB of RAM. And my settings were pretty aggressive (lots of connections allowed, high values for peer storage, etc.) What the other reviewer reports sounds like absolute rubbish to me.

bigmama reviewed v4.2.0.9 Beta 26 on Oct 13, 2009

Great application. Not for noobies!!!

If you are a noob use utorrent :-p

gsteele reviewed v4.2.0.9 Beta 26 on Oct 12, 2009

Not worth the time required to download it. Switch to Halite.

henrypeck reviewed v4.2.0.9 Beta 26 on Oct 12, 2009

A total mess.

laptopy.net reviewed v4.2.0.9 Beta 23 on Oct 9, 2009

A real mass tank. how its possible that torrent it's is 30 faster

Hallway reviewed v4.2.0.9 Beta 23 on Oct 7, 2009

These tools are the malware harvester's dream !

laptopy.net reviewed v4.2.0.7 Beta 4 on Aug 25, 2009

its a really mess right now, switch to utorrent. This application is simply to heavy.

Prospero424 reviewed v4.2.0.5 Beta 20 on Aug 6, 2009

Fantastically full-featured client with a decent interface only if you choose "classic" mode. The plugins offer a lot of extra capability, as well.

I'm a big uTorrent fan, but I recognize that a lot of what made modern bittorrent clients (including uTorrent) as good as they are today came out of the Azureus project, and that there is still a good client buried under the "Vuze" kludge of a front-end.

It's great software unfortunately controlled by a group of people who were set on making it into something nobody wanted.

VictorAnderson reviewed v4.2.0.5 Beta 13 on Jul 28, 2009

I used to really like this thing - before it became the bloated mess that it is today - like the other readers here I've made the switch to utorrent.
The first time I started Vuze and saw banner ads within it I got rid of it. I'm sure the banner ads' were not IN vuze, but in the brower control in it...but still - no thank anymore.

roj reviewed v4.2.0.5 Beta 9 on Jul 23, 2009

This pretty much sums it up:

Just yesterday, I told a co-worker who was a long-time Azureus and the Vuze user about uTorrent. Last night she went home and tried it. This morning her verdict was:

"It''s so fast and light and download performance is awesome."

Needless to say, the pig-in-a-wig known as Vuze is no longer on her system.

'nuff said.

ONE star.

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v4.2.0.4 on Jul 22, 2009

Too bloatware for me...
I will stick with uTorrent which provide the same (or better on older PCs) performance and functions...

Ball Sacks reviewed v4.2.0.4 on Jul 13, 2009

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This is what I call nag ware. I get this every now and then. Use utorrent... If I don't even pay for the movies, music and software that I download then why would I pay for your program.... Stop bugging me!!!

roj reviewed v4.2.0.4 on Jul 9, 2009

Java.

Passe.

"Let's write a communications client in a language that still has heap issues in a 64-bit world".

Yeah... riiiight...

Bloated, slow, chock full of useless crap like the chintzy media browser.

I'll take uTorrent any day: small, fast, efficient.

I don't encourage bloat or Java (the terms are synonymous).

You shouldn't either.

ONE star.

Oh, and BetaNews:

How something this inept can be tagged as a "Pick" is utterly beyond comprehension. Give your heads a shake.

Jammerdelray reviewed v4.2.0.4 on Jul 9, 2009

Since Adobe Media Player is useless now Vuze offering gills the void, however it's sluggish. My suggestion is wait until Miro Player 2.5 is launched in the next upcoming days which features new optimzatons for speed and efficiency/

http://www.getmiro.com/blog/

Mystiqq reviewed v4.2.0.3 Beta 11 on Apr 27, 2009

Bloated, annoying and slow. Calling "home" and opening website when uninstalling, why?

niknetpc reviewed v4.2.0.3 Beta 11 on Apr 11, 2009

Great download client for HD videos. Java installer do not work for me, prefer visit to Vuze website and download .exe file format. Too many bunners and ads,but anyway thank devs for create very good app. Very fast downloads with up to no waiting time

johnk119 reviewed v4.2.0.3 Beta 11 on Apr 10, 2009

This is freakin' awesome software.... The new U.I. sucks, but you can change to the more functional less bloated older version which contains more features and more easily accessed features than the new interface... it functions far better than the other clients out there, but requries alot of ram...

anarkhy reviewed v4.2.0.0 on Mar 28, 2009

Java?

doctorsmith reviewed v4.2.0.0 on Mar 23, 2009

no use for vuze here

johnk119 reviewed v4.1.0.4 on Feb 27, 2009

I love vuze. I always use the classic us which is included with this .... The azureus UI is more technical in nature and less bloated and pretty... Anyway it's great software with many great features.... should be supported at the cost of a little memory

emanresU deriseD reviewed v4.1.0.4 on Feb 26, 2009

What's 9 MB? Not a Vuze install. The uTorrent EXE (version 1.8.2, anyway) is 263 KiB, not 800 KiB. And a full Vuze install is over 27 MiB (and that's not even including Java, which takes much more disk space than that). Although all else being equal (though they never are) smaller is better, those of us who have upgraded our hard drives since 1992 don't have a problem with this.

Aegis69 reviewed v4.1.0.4 on Feb 26, 2009

9 megs?

9 MEGS?

uTorrent is 800K

Why is anyone still clinging to the project that used to be Azureus?

emanresU deriseD reviewed v4.1.0.2 on Feb 16, 2009

Vuze rocks. Using Vuze and a couple plugins, I can right click a new torrent, assign it to a category, and then have it automatically saved in the appropriate directory, and have it seed for as long as I want files of that particular category to be seeded. Vuze also lets me move torrent data after the fact, or even rename individual files.

I've tried uTorrent, but Vuze is so much easier to use, when you're as much a control freak as I am.

I agree with the many users who complain that Vuze's memory usage is ridiculous. It doesn't bother me too much because I have enough RAM to handle it. But it's obviously not ideal.

The "new" Vuze UI, though, is something too many idiots complain about. When you install Vuze, you're given the choice of using the new Vuze UI, or the old Azureus "classic" UI. And even after Vuze is installed, you can change the UI under Tools > Options. And, what else? Oh yeah, there is a dedicated "UI" button in the upper/right corner of the interface, just begging you to click it.

johnk119 reviewed v4.1.0.2 on Feb 5, 2009

This is an absolutely beautiful program... I don't like the new interface, however you can switch to the old one with the UI switcher. Anyway, It may use alot of memory, but it does its job well and provides more functionality than any other client available today.

kbsoftware reviewed v4.1.0.2 on Feb 5, 2009

"Anyone having problems with this software in the sense that its taking up too much ram etc etc etc etc BUY more ram or get a better pc/lappie.... Fannys"

It's such comments that encourage program writers to write poorly written programs. I have a top of the line and very powerful computer just bought 2 months ago. It still doesn't change the points.
I prefer well written programs, such programs perform better and more importantly on a security point behave better.

Anyways since I switched the utorrent I've noticed some serious improvements including less packet etc. overhead as a result I've download 3x as more in 2 days that I ever could with Vuze.

Paul Skinner reviewed v4.1.0.2 on Feb 5, 2009

This is the best for me. It has the settings I need (noteably 'don't release port mappings on closedown').

RAM usage has gotten better since Java 1.6 has been released.

U1 reviewed v4.1.0.2 on Feb 5, 2009

Anyone having problems with this software in the sense that its taking up too much ram etc etc etc etc BUY more ram or get a better pc/lappie.... Fannys

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v4.1.0.2 on Feb 5, 2009

Yep, very slow because based on Java...
very high RAM usage bacause based on Java...

not for me...

roj reviewed v4.1.0.2 on Feb 5, 2009

This is a typical Java app and that's not praise. Bloated, miserable connectivity threading (communications is NOT Java's forte) and in general a fat, lumbering two and a half ton truck where a sportscar like uTorrent will do.

Get thin. Get lightweight. Get something written in a real programming language. Get anything but this.

Oh, and I don't want to hear any irresponsible and asinine gibberish about getting a better PC or more RAM. That's a panacea for sloppy programming and a piss-poor programming platform. I'm running XP64 on a Dual Core 6000+ AM2 w/4Gb and I wouldn't touch this crap with *your* PC. Java is a never-fulfilled promise of a has-been dev platform. Hell, even Sun is trying to distance itself from it. This thing needs to be ported to become even half-assed.

ONE star.

bigmama reviewed v4.1.0.0 on Jan 27, 2009

Great. But not for noobs. If you want to be an expert use this.
Many settings, to tweak and do your job the fast way.
Else if you are a s u c k e r use utorrent :-p

roj reviewed v4.1.0.0 on Jan 26, 2009

Not with your download bytes. I won't touch ANY application written in Java. That language has always had significant problems with communications and Fuze itself is your typical Java app - huge and cumbersome. I run a 6000+ AM2 w/4Gb under XP64 so speed and power are not a problem - but I won't touch this. uTorrent for me, thanks.

ONE star.

kbsoftware reviewed v4.1.0.0 on Jan 26, 2009

Really has gone the way of system hog bloatware.
I've noticed when running vuze is starts out ok but in short time I can see my system become sluggish etc. And the whole awful toolbar thing, I know you don't have to install it but I also don't have to download anything that even offers such nasty programs as part of the installation. I opt out completely :)

uTorrent is now the way to go.

LRN reviewed v4.1.0.0 on Jan 26, 2009

If you want classic interface, look into discussions section - http://fileforum.betanew...s/1071874289/1#talkback

Good bugfix and featurefix release.

2009.01.26 | Vuze 4.1.0.0

FEATURE: Core | New FP Ignore rule: Ignore 1st Priority after X hours of idle upload speed (default 24h) [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: Core | Support for loading torrents when the HTTP response is an error (like 404, 500) but the data is still a torrent [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: UIvz | Support multiple Content Networks [parg,tuxpaper]
FEATURE: UI | Experimental neuronal speed algorithm [Gudy]
FEATURE: UI | Added AS/ASN peer column [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Added properties view to buddies avatar widget [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Control+I in library to open torrent info (torrent details) page [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: Plug | Share categories with friends as subscriptions [Parg]
FEATURE: Plug | Support table column removal [Parg]
FEATURE: Plug | Added getComputerName method [Parg]
FEATURE: Plug | Cache connected friend details for faster reconnect on startup [Parg]

CHANGE: Core | Pulled out Vuze related operations into ContentNetwork [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Go to CDP when torrent unauthorised if possible [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Added date field an modified case of response HTTP headers to improve behaviour of SSDP clients [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Limit # of stalled 'seeding' torrents to prevent cases where all completed torrents could start up [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: Core | Give stalled torrents a seeding rank handicap based on how long they've been stalled for [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | (Memory) Images that are unused after 60 seconds are now disposed of [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | Fixed regression of Auto Open Tabs not opening seeding torrents (Config option now split) [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | Bring back classic-share menu for non-basic mode users [Parg]

BUGFIX: Core | Setting files as do-not-download was deleting files [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | IPv6 compact tracker support [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix possible deadlock in generic connection handling [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Disable if-modified logic when editting RSS search templates to allow retrieval of results [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Clear down TLS stuff to reduce memory usage when plugins unloaded [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed rare case where table rows would display blank [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed 'close all details' in classic UI [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Prevent constuction of mytorrents context menu from flipping download stats [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix cursor transition in table cell [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix incorrect handling of weak references for UI views that resulted in them never being released [Parg]
BUGFIX: Plug | Various fixes to correctly release unloaded plugin resources [Parg]

keiichi999 reviewed v4.0.0.4b on Dec 22, 2008

opensource & trusty development, one of best client out.

theqwerty reviewed v4.0.0.4b on Dec 19, 2008

Hate Vuze part of this Azureus. Hate latest interface changes, yes it is huge, but what is our alternative? mtorrent is a spyware.
Any advise is welcome...

JuanC reviewed v4.0.0.4 on Nov 24, 2008

Vuze toolbar is evil !!!

I have just installed 4.0.4 downloaded from official site:

Vuze_4.0.0.4_windows.exe

This file has been downloaded from:
http://ufpr.dl.sourcefor...uze_4.0.0.4_windows.exe

Date: 2008-11-22, 02:09

Uninstalling the ask tool bar from the control panel destroyed my windows installation: It deleted lots of files and folders:

1. From my root folder, including:
1.1. the windows recovery console
1.2. several folders with names starting with "B"
1.3. all the files with names starting with "a" thru "f" (boot.ini) is gone, hence the error at boot time

2. Everything from "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users"

3. Many files and folders from my user profile "C:\Documents and Settings\juan"

I was just preparing for Fedora 10 download... this is a disgrace!!! is it a virus ? *in any way you should stop distributing this !!*

DataBitz reviewed v4.0.0.4 on Nov 21, 2008

Change log is available here.
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/changelog.php

softapo7 reviewed v3.1.1.0 on Sep 6, 2008

Works fine on Vista. Fast, nice interface (I don't even mind the promos), all around performer.

bigmama reviewed v3.1.1.0 on Aug 31, 2008

very good, stable, fast and safe

Undesired Username reviewed v3.1.0.0 on Jun 17, 2008

Oh god, the stupid reviews never stop... I have used Azureus... Oops, sorry, Vuze... for years now, and while I find uTorrent a respectable client, I can't pry myself away from Vuze.

To answer some reviewers below: I like Vuze for its performance and its plugins. Maybe uTorrent works well for you... Fine, but Vuze works great for me. I like Vuze for network positioning via the Ono plugin. I like the interface. I like all the options, and yes, I actually use many of them.

To those who whine about the Vuze GUI: It's easily disabled, and you can use the classic Azureus interface, in which case NONE of the Vuze GUI code loads. The Vuze interface adds between 2 and 3 MB to the JAR file.

To the reviewer below: uTorrent has an option to shut down after torrents are finished. I wish Vuze had such a feature. I get around it by using the SpeedScheduler plugin and a utility named DShutdown.

And stop whining about Java. If you don't have Java installed you don't use your computer much. Even Kaspersky now uses Java for their online scanner!

ShahinD reviewed v3.0.5.2b on May 31, 2008

Not bad

Any one knows any Bittorrent client that has schedule feature and can shutdown PC at specific Time?

osric reviewed v3.0.5.2b on May 30, 2008

Its high time people start upgrading their PCs.

cowgaR reviewed v3.0.5.2b on May 30, 2008

it is a Ja
...
10 s pause
va...

enoug ... 5s pause... h said ;)

btw unless you're developer it is the only reason why to install Java framework on your machine...wow, thx not want

halite...more powah to ya!

idodialog reviewed v3.0.5.2b on May 30, 2008

Firstly I thought this was now called Vuze - I believe you can get out of the overwhelming crock of sh.. that is Vuze so you are running a leaner Azureus. But I found the whole experience seriously off putting.
Maybe this is a really good p2p client but I couldn't even make it work on my rig and I've been running torrents for a few years.
Next - I do run Utorrent (or BitTorrent or whatever it is now) and maybe I'm missing something but I really don't know what else I would want to do with my client or what other information I would want to have and the slim client and small footprint IS a plus even on a fast machine

Paul Skinner reviewed v3.0.5.2b on May 29, 2008

Brilliant, brilliant torrent program.

Now comes with optional Ask.com toolbar.

Ruined it.

DudeBoyz reviewed v3.0.5.2b on May 29, 2008

Decent Open Source effort, but I prefer Bit Spirit by comparison. This is still a bit sluggish, limited in part by Java, more complex than it needs to be with more features and capabilities than the average user may need.

I do wish they offered a slimmer, more stripped down version, which is possible when you can branch off code paths thanks to the great thing that is Open Source. If I had the capabilities, I might try so myself. I sure hope someone does.

That said, I really do appreciate that this application exists, is Open Source and is still developed at a decent pace, even if it is not a stand-alone, compiled program that is a tad more efficient. :)

Please keep up the development effort so those sitting on the sidelines such as I am can still benefit from all of your hard work.

Thank you much for the program.

aking80 reviewed v3.0.5.2a on May 21, 2008

1/5 because bigmama trolls and votes 1/5 on utorrent.

In actuality I give this 4/5 (for the main program vote on the side that actually counts), it's still a decent client and more robust than others.

analphatester reviewed v3.0.5.2a on May 13, 2008

install procedure stopped about 95%
I hope repair this problem within few hours
After I rate higher

grimpr reviewed v3.0.5.2 Beta on May 10, 2008

King of torrent clients on any java platform. For serious heavy torrent p2p there is no alternative. Forget what the Utorrent boy scouts keep saying, nearly all of them run modern computers with lots of gigs of RAM, have dedicated computers to run their torrents and yet they keep spitting crap on Azureus high mem requirements which for normal usage hover at about 80mb, a perfectly accepted number for the features and speed Azureus gives back at you. So, unless you're running with 256mb RAM which in this case you should be running Utorrent and wanna have total control of your torrents along with great speed and reliability, give Azureus a try.

Zenphic reviewed v3.0.5.2 Beta on Apr 17, 2008

A very powerful and flexible software that is highly tweakable. It might seem confusing and clunky at first, but it is a gem. The Vuze can be disabled by switching to the Classic interface, which demands a bit of searching. A bit high on RAM usage, but with a newer computer this is not a problem. The AutoSpeed plugin is the best.

LRN reviewed v3.0.5.2 Beta on Apr 15, 2008

Very good torrent client.

About Vuze crap: don't like it - don't use it. Switch to classic UI (look at Azureus FAQ if you don't know how to do that) and forget about Vuze.
The only issue with Vuze is the fact that you are REQUIRED to agree with Vuze license terms (which aren't very nice). Again, if you're paranoid about this, download the source and build it yourself.

Banquo reviewed v3.0.5.0 Beta on Mar 28, 2008

This was my favorite client until it got infected with this stupid Vuze crap. Hopefully since it is open source someone will take it and create a Vuze free version. I hate when some greedy company gets it's claws on a great program and starts screwing with it.

bigmama reviewed v3.0.5.0 Beta on Mar 7, 2008

The best torrent client.
Fast and secure.
A lot of tools and features.
OpenSource with good FAQ and a very good wiki.

The only disadvantage that there is not a build without Vuze platform

osric reviewed v3.0.5.0 Beta on Mar 7, 2008

@Jammerdelray: So what do you feel is the best?

jds86930 reviewed v3.0.5.0 Beta on Mar 6, 2008

Works well for me. This version (3.0.5.0) is a release & not a beta.

brusco reviewed v3.0.4.3 Beta 26 on Feb 18, 2008

Switched to this fro the insanely irritating BitCommet. Works great. The default look is absolute BS though, just as well that you can change it.

Jammerdelray reviewed v3.0.4.3 Beta 26 on Feb 16, 2008

Not bad but definitely not the best.

EarlyMorningHours reviewed v3.0.4.3 Beta 26 on Feb 16, 2008

I actually switched to this from uTorrent. I just don't trust that utility any more. It took a little while to come to grips with all of the options that Azureus offers, but now that I have it configured just right, I'm quite happy with this utility.

kindbud1 reviewed v3.0.4.3 Beta 26 on Feb 15, 2008

Yep, this went in the wrong direction. The default screen is so annoying.

I switched all my machines over to µTorrent in the last month.

mjm01010101 reviewed v3.0.4.3 Beta 26 on Feb 15, 2008

I use this on one machine and uTorrent on another. both are fine. I slightly prefer uTorrent, the performance/size is a tad better.

HeyBlinkin reviewed v3.0.4.3 Beta 26 on Feb 15, 2008

Must agree with the people here...

Azureus went in the wrong direction with vuze...
uTorrent went in the right direction by staying the course... (didnt really want to use that Bush term :P)

I think now uTorrent is now the #1 torrent client in terms of population on trackers. I am just guessing this based on what I see in my peer list. I need to start my own tracker to determine this with hard numbers. Someone call ThePirateBay for me.

osric reviewed v3.0.4.3 Beta 6 on Jan 9, 2008

@GimieGimieGimie: Yes, of course. You can select which files you want to download on the screen where you add the torrent.

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v3.0.4.2 on Jan 1, 2008

Excellent program with the best download speeds of any torrent client but does anyone know if Azureus has the ability to choose what you want to download from a torrent like utorrent and Bitspirit give you the option to?

osric reviewed v3.0.4.1 Beta 10 on Dec 23, 2007

I hate the Vuze interface too, but it can be easily disabled from the Options.

SnakerDLK reviewed v3.0.4.1 Beta 10 on Dec 23, 2007

Azureus was once the best BitTorrent app but was already very heavy in exchange of having more options than any other BitTorrent client and with plug-in support..

but with the zudeo/vuze interface it got even heavier, and at that time uTorrent was coming into the light, with a some advantages like being much less resource consuming and stand alone(does not need to be installed)

(sorry to be preaching about uTorrent but sorry, azureus went in the wrong direction aswhere utorrent went into the 'right' one...)

sooti reviewed v3.0.4.1 Beta 10 on Dec 22, 2007

azureus 2.5.0.4 was good, but since vuze it's so hoggy... i just use utorrent 1.6 build 474, best version at the moment with no spyware

dstream reviewed v3.0.4.1 Beta 10 on Dec 22, 2007

The vuze view movies on deamand interface is good. This program though now just seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Im on an amd 6000 4 gig of ram and boy does this program use the ram and resources. If youve got a slow system or 1 gig of ram move on as it will eat your system resources for dinner.

aking80 reviewed v3.0.4.1 Beta 10 on Dec 22, 2007

Used to be great... now there are better alternatives.

3/5

Point Zero reviewed v3.0.4.1 Beta 9 on Dec 19, 2007

Slow interface, Messy configuration, slow downloads.
Perfect example of the Java language.

roj reviewed v3.0.4.1 Beta 9 on Dec 19, 2007

Regarding bloat:

Java == bloat. Period. Memory bloat and on occasion application performance slowness if poorly coded. Azureus is poorly coded.

Regarding Speed: Compared to uTorrent, yes it's slow and uTorrent appears to manage its communication threads more efficiently. Again, this is likely the result of the choice of language this app is coded in as well as the skill of the programmer (I've seen very large corporate apps coded in Java and they aren't necessarily memory hogs).

Regarding Closemindedness - I'm not sure what you're referring to, but if an author wants to do his or her app a certain way then fine. I may not agree with it and hence not use the app. Fortunately uTorrent does everything I want it to do and doesn't do a lot of the crap Azureus does that I don't want it to do. It's small, lean, fast and minimalistic. I like my apps that way - they generally perform better and don't try to glitz me (minimalistic should not be confused with not having a good interface - I'm a bear for decent interfaces and will make no bones aobut when a dev blows it - as in the case of the GIMP.

I don't condone, support or encourage apps that use a lot of RAM unnecessarily, add useless features that are more glitter than substance and are poorly coded (as evidenced at least in part by the above traits).

That's why I don't and won't use this app any more after having used it for well over a year - there's just better out there and no excuse why this cannot be.

ONE star.

christ999 reviewed v3.0.4.1 Beta 8 on Dec 18, 2007

Very good program. Fast, many features, everything you want (ecept Vuze :-p)

5 out of 5

gate1975mlm reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 27 on Dec 7, 2007

I don't under stand something.

Which build is newer 3.0.4.0 Final or 3.0.3.5 Beta 27?

why hello there reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 27 on Dec 7, 2007

I usually agree with roj, but in this case, I think he's way off. Bloated? I am so sick of hearing that stupid word thrown around as if it meant anything anymore. You don't have to use the new Vuze interface--you can very easily choose to use the classic Azureus interface instead.

Memory requirements? Yes indeed, Azureus can devour memory. It always uses over 100-MB on my system. But do I care? Not too much, because I don't have the same computer I had in 1992. Yes, it would be nice for Azureus to use less memory. But it's no deal-breaker from my perspective.

Slow communications threads? I am not sure what roj means by this. If he means the downloads are slow, well I'm not seeing that here. I get great speeds in swarms that don't suck.

uTorrent? You can keep it. I can't stand that author's closed-minded attitude.

christ999 reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 24 on Dec 4, 2007

Great App.
Stable
Good speeds

I hope to release a clean version without VUZE

satan_dog reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 20 on Nov 29, 2007

the guy is right dont download anything from java its allways made in memory ussage ....other then that this client is nice i lov it ..! stop banging on azzureeus if u dont no about java or how it works

crashoverride reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 20 on Nov 28, 2007

This an excellent app. Here's what I don't get. You people read the disription. You see that is written in java and everyone knows full well that java isn't exactly light weight. Then you complain that Azureus uses a lot of ram.........DUH!!!!! If you are concerned about memory usage don't download something that is programmed in java and quite wasting peoples time.

bigmama reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 20 on Nov 28, 2007

(Only 68 MB to work)

The fastest and greatest torrent downloader client you can have

Highly recommended

roj reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 20 on Nov 28, 2007

This is a poorly written buggy mess. The memory requirements are ridiculous and the new interface an example in bloated self-indulgence. To top it off, the communications threads are SLOW.

This needs to be re-written in a REAL programming language by competent programmers who understand how to optimize code.

Get uTorrent.

ONE star.

elopez17 reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 19 on Nov 27, 2007

It needs 130 MB RAM on system to download programs are you crazy telling me this is better than utorrent.

bigmama reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 19 on Nov 27, 2007

The best torrent client.

Don't spend time for finding another one.
Alternative torrent clients are worse than azureus...

The only promising client is Haalite

Ain Soph Aur reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 16 on Nov 22, 2007

Just too much! It needs 130 MB RAM on my System while running!! Thats just crazy... uTorrent ist much better! It only needs 4 MB.
Crazy to use this software

Willforce reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 16 on Nov 22, 2007

Azureus no more is not which it times was.
Too many resources are used.

osric reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 16 on Nov 22, 2007

There are no separate ratings for each release. The ratings are for the program as a whole. Azureus (and for that matter most open source software) has a very short release cycle. That doesn't mean that we give a low rating just because we are using the cutting-edge beta version.

SG1969 reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 16 on Nov 22, 2007

You say stay away from this beta, yet you give it a 5 rating.... right....

You're not rating Azureus. You are rating this particular beta.

x-ray reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 16 on Nov 21, 2007

beta 16 wont add torrents, stay away, intil next rls

Golden Falcon reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 13 on Nov 16, 2007

Best torrent client *if* you know how to use it. (and have latest Java).

But they need to split the download to 2. One with Vuze, one with Not.

I know you can *disable* viewing Vuze, but that doesn't mean its still installed and running in memory!

radiomaffia reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 12 on Nov 14, 2007

Every forum I come they support using Azureus or Utorrent, other bittorent mostly are not allowed, so there isn't many choice. Used azureus a long time and must say it works very stable. The thing I liked the most that you can select what to download from a torrent and what you don't need and unselect, but it is anoying that bittorrentforums also see this and mention me that I'm not seeding but always leeching for lets say 95% a torrent.
After waiting this to be fixed (can it be fixed?) and gave Utorrent a try and using it for now, but both are good tools, just had to make a choice ;-)
Conclusion : Azureus is more powerfull, Utorrent is easier to use

One more thing...It says here:
"To use, rename the downloaded Azureus2xxx-Bxx.jar file to Azureus2.jar to replace your old jar in the Azureus program directory."

>>>Strange that updating in Azureus 2.50 build 4 allways confirming me that there were no updates and version 3.XX was there allready, what is then the benefeted of a updatebutton if it is not working proberly?You tell me..

osric reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 7 on Nov 7, 2007

I like the cross-platform nature of Azureus. I'm running both WinXP and Ubuntu. I can switch the OS and still continue downloading the same torrent.

brotherS reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 7 on Nov 7, 2007

@improvelence:

You don't have to use the Vuze UI, I'm happily using the standard interface. :-)

roj reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 7 on Nov 6, 2007

I am SO done with this bloated, clunky, slow, badly written piece of garbage. Java apps CAN be small and fast - but one would never know it form this junk. The communication threading stinks and the interface is an exercise in glacial performance.

Get uTorrent instead. It's small, blazingly fast and eats this pig in a wig for breakfast in every conceivable way.

TWO stars for overdone bacon desperately in need ot a re-architecture and rewrite.

photonboy reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 7 on Nov 6, 2007

It's a good program and I used it for a year and just retested it (non-Vuze version) but I prefer uTorrent.

uTorrent is dead? The website is running, you can download a copy and the Help is excellent. I'm not aware of any ad/malware so I'm not sure what this comment means.

I recommend trying uTorrent first, then Azureus and compare. The most useful setting change is to make a single torrent folder on your 2nd hard drive, then divide it into four folders: 1) "Torrents Downloading", 2) "Torrents Completed", 3) "Torrent metadata (small file) downloading", 4) "Torrent metadata (small file) completed".

I've now been running uTorrent constantly for 2 years with NO PROBLEMS. You will need to experiment for the best settings. Again, downloading to your main drive can cause a performance drop especially with multiple concurrent downloads. SATA drives are better as well.

Azureus is good, but try uTorrent as well and make up your own mind.

To switch between torrent clients during a download (ex. based on switching to uTorrent):
1) ensure the file does not have a unique extension added (I don't know if you can remove this once started)
2) Note the completion %, then STOP the download and close the program
3) OPEN the new program (i.e. uTorrent)
4) ensure the download folder is the same
5) ensure that uTorrent starts Torrents in STOP MODE (Options->Preferences->Downloads->"Don't start.."
6) find the small Torrent metadata file and open it from within uTorrent (or associate it)
7) Right-Click->"Re-Check"
8) ensure the file has the same completion percentage (if not you may have not done something correct and may basically be starting a new folder and new download)

Other advice:
-when downloading many similar files (like TV series), download ONLY the first one to view the quality. You can even get a good idea using VLC before it has copleted. You can add the rest by SHIFT and selecting ALL files to change "do not download" to normal
-Torrent Harvester rocks
-look for the number of seeders and peers (higher is generally better
-try newer torrents first
-use latest version numbers
-some trials can be downloaded and just need some "help" installing in full
-find comments to help determine quality (Demonoid was the best.. no longer in Canada)

*Again, downloading several files can severely degrade general desktop performance due to hard-drive access. Run a disk benchmark program like HDTack or similar before and during multiple downloads to determine impact on hard drive performance. Hard drive performance rarely affects gaming performance on newer computers except for load times. Also, hard drive performance is more important if insufficient RAM is installed. 1GB can be optimal for general usage, but for XP and especially Vista 2GB is increasingly recommended. Note that many computers require Dual RAM sticks.

Sorry for the long post, but it's important to realize that some Torrent Clients will work best with good hardware. (For some reason Azureus 2 years ago could consume up to 75% of my Athlon 3000+. Currently uTorrent uses no more than 5% ever and as low as 1%. Hit CTRL-ALT-DEL on XP or Vista for TaskManager.

Cheers, and go through your program's preferences.

improvelence reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 7 on Nov 6, 2007

This vuze crap is ridiculous.

darkripper reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 4 on Oct 23, 2007

There is a UI chooser

but they must build 2 versions ;one with and one without Vuze

Azureus now is the best bitorrent client after utorrents death

tbresson reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 4 on Oct 23, 2007

A great peace of work this is. The Vuze part I don't understand. It's more heavy on my system now with the new Vuze implemented.

As another reader said, make a version with Vuze and one without or make it as a plugin if possible.

horsecharles reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 3 on Oct 19, 2007

Reviewer: improvelence Oct 4, 2007
Version: 3.0.3.4

Point zero, you are an idiot. Dont review a torrent client if you don't even understand what a torrent is.
Rating: 4
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ROTFLMAO

When all babies are conceived(in Heaven of course), they ride on a conveyor belt-- periodically passing under different Angels, who sprinkle on different gifts / qualities like: Grace, Courage, etc... until they reach the end of the line and pass under God-- who sprinkles on some Wisdom just before handing each off to a different stork for their trip to Earth.

Point Zero though, mistook the steadily-falling Wisdom for a rain TORRENT-- quickly producing & opening an umbrella to take cover under.

darkripper reviewed v3.0.3.5 Beta 3 on Oct 18, 2007

New features for every new version

thnx, now faster than ever

improvelence reviewed v3.0.3.4 on Oct 4, 2007

Point zero, you are an idiot. Dont review a torrent client if you don't even understand what a torrent is.

bigmama reviewed v3.0.3.4 on Oct 4, 2007

good as always

clean free safe

You can switch to classic view
but I agree, developers must rethink about Vuze platform.

Or they can release two versions. One with vuze and another Vuze-free

AlanS2001 reviewed v3.0.3.4 on Oct 4, 2007

@ModderXManiac, it is obviously open source as it is obviously licensed under the GPL.

LRN reviewed v3.0.3.4 on Oct 4, 2007

I have to remind you that you can DISABLE Vuze-new-super-GUI and fall back to classic GUI via "View->Advanced" or "Options->Interface->Start" (look for "Display Azureus UI Chooser [Show]" and "Start in Advanced View (AZ 2.x)").

Azureus v3.x still has each and every function and option Azureus v2.x had. And plugins. And new fixes and core features.

For me Azureus is still the best torrent client. Most feature complete and flexible. It consumes more resources than other clients, yes. But you can't reach perfection in everything, right? :) That's why you have uTorrent, BitSpirit, BitComet, BitLord, etc - to have a choice. Azureus is not bad because you choose some other client over Azureus.

ModderXManiac reviewed v3.0.3.4 on Oct 4, 2007

Before this turned into a commercial product with the Vuze label, it was a great product. It was the most flexible torrent client of it's time because it was multiplatform, great interface, and had plugins and options for advanced users.

But now, it's all just turned to crap. Was once a great client, and in hope that they change it back to it's original glory, remove the Vuze label, I will only rate it a two.

It's not open-source anymore in my eyes. Packaging Yahoo toolbar or something for profits would be different, but trying to make Vuze mainstream with us was a bad move.

Point Zero reviewed v3.0.3.0 on Sep 21, 2007

You don't need any of those crappy P2P tools, no hassle, no port forwarding, no firewall configurating, no PnP crap, nothing at all, only Flashget, it's 4000% faster than those crap P2P tools.

bigmama reviewed v3.0.3.0 on Sep 21, 2007

heavy heavy heavy... bull**ts

maybe your computer sucks

it's just an application ;not photoshop, nor a movie, nor a game.

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FOR ME AZUREUS IS THE BEST TORRENT CLIENT
(although i don't like Vuze -developers must release a version without vuze)

siryak reviewed v3.0.3.0 on Sep 20, 2007

Azureus is so heavy, because it has so many features. If you want a bare bones client then by all means go for utorrent. But if you are wanting every possible feature you could want, then Azureus is the absolute best way to go.

mrow reviewed v3.0.3.0 on Sep 20, 2007

I decided to give this a look again since I haven't used it since the early 2.0 days when I switched to uTorrent. 48 megs of RAM with *no* torrents is completely unacceptable no matter how much RAM you may have or how much web browsers or whatever take up. I have 28 torrents open in uTorrent right now and it's using 15 megs of RAM and not even making a blip on or the CPU usage. That is the way it should be.

I only give this a 2 because it is still packed with features and customizable options, plus plugins.

However, I think in the future Halite is going to be the client to keep your eye on. Open source like Azureus yet very light weight like uTorrent.

aruprc reviewed v3.0.2.2 on Sep 13, 2007

Good all around program with lots of configurability and useful plugins like Safe Peer and auto speed, Safe Peer is truly useful and separate Peer Guardian doesn't need to be installed.

SamppaX reviewed v3.0.2.2 on Sep 12, 2007

HAHA , I was almost gonna fall of my chair when I noticed that same people that diss utorrent and giving it 1/5 are giving this prog 5/5 and saying that: " if you have problems with this it isn't azareus fault " hehe damn what bull****. This is kinda funny when same guys/girls say that utorrent is buggy o.O kinda odd isn't it?

Oh well I give this program 4/5 because it's good but only - side is that it's " Java "... Personally I hate java and in my opinion java isn't so good. If they ever go off from java I give this prog 5/5 for sure.

jon8rfc reviewed v3.0.2.2 on Sep 5, 2007

Since May of 2006, I haven't been able to settle on a new torrent client until recently.

Azureus/Vuze gets the Jon8RFC seal of approval.

kise reviewed v3.0.2.2 on Sep 3, 2007

Hello, my name is Jack and i think this is crack.

christ999 reviewed v3.0.2.2 on Sep 1, 2007

Hello i'm Jesus Christ SuperStar

I like Azureus. Five dots from me!!!

darkripper reviewed v3.0.2.2 on Sep 1, 2007

uTorrent sucks!

This is the only reliable client in the scene now.

I hope uTorrent and BitComet will be improved in the future to have alternative choices

animaleecher reviewed v3.0.2.2 on Sep 1, 2007

Best app to download your torrents

maria_madonna reviewed v3.0.2.2 on Sep 1, 2007

I agree about Vuze.

Developers must release a Vuze-free version

tsimpoukis reviewed v3.0.2.2 on Sep 1, 2007

The Best bitorrent client.

p.s. I don't like Vuze UI

bigmama reviewed v3.0.2.2 on Sep 1, 2007

Great

Fr@nKy reviewed v3.0.2.0 on Aug 23, 2007

Best torrent program available. I have both Azureus and uTorrent on my computer (I like to see how both behave since they are considered the BEST but it's hard to say exactly which one is better) and Azureus is a much more mature program in terms of features and interface... but also much heavier :S The day they leave Java and start using a real programming language (like C++) it will deserve a 5 ;)

DudeBoyz reviewed v3.0.2.0 on Aug 17, 2007

Actually improved over previous releases. Still limited in terms of efficiency due to the Java dependence, but it seems to run smoother.

I also agree with previous posters - with the death of the real Utorrent (v1.6 build 474 was the last TRUE version), this has once again become the best option for most, I would think.

Yes, Bit Spirit is pretty nice, but Azureus is more robust and feature packed.

darkripper reviewed v3.0.2.0 on Aug 17, 2007

Simply the best. Developers do a very good job. With nice support, wiki, localizations, safety, good speeds. Its a pitty that utorrent is just trash now. It was equal to azureus when Ludvig developed it. Now that bitorrent team destroyed the best small free and portable p2p application, there is no competition. And this is bad.

animaleecher reviewed v3.0.2.0 on Aug 17, 2007

If you have memory problems it's your computers fault. Not Azureus.

Maria you forgot Windows.
Windows XP want 1024 MB to work properly.
Vista at least 1024 to work.

ps. It's strange that there are no complaints about Vuze. Although you can switch between the two GUI (Vuze and Classic). I would prefer developers, when they reach a stable version to release 2 versions (One with and one without Vuze).

maria_madonna reviewed v3.0.2.0 on Aug 17, 2007

Stop spreading FUD
I have no problems with memory. OK my friend it spends 80mb but...

Firefox with some extentions: 300 Mb,
PC games more,
Photoshop, Office suites etc the whole memory

tsimpoukis reviewed v3.0.2.0 on Aug 17, 2007

I agree with bigmama...

After the "death" of utorrent, Azureus is the only trustful application to download your torrents

bigmama reviewed v3.0.2.0 on Aug 17, 2007

The only good torrent client remaining

christ999 reviewed v3.0.2.0 on Aug 17, 2007

The best

kise reviewed v3.0.2.0 on Aug 17, 2007

Use uTorrent instead.

yassgo reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jul 16, 2007

Tried both µtorrent and Azureus.

Lots of features and with a good configuration you can download with a higher speed and that's a good thing.

Lots of ressources (I have 2Go RAM and don't really care) but I care about my computer health. Also it's developped on this Crap Java platform.

Stay on µtorrent for my usage : downloading !
For me speed is the same, the only thing is that Azureus starts downloading 10 seconds faster....Whoaw that's amazing....

@Bigmamma : go find some tutorials explaining how to configure µtorrent and Azureus and you'll see that for a same file, the speed depends on the number of seeders.

Akeru reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jul 5, 2007

This is possibly the best BitTorrent client available. Downside is that it uses Java. Java sucks, so it gets 4 out of 5.

That said, there's no real reason for anyone to be using Azureus 3. Azureus 3 is just the Vuze skin to make Azureus friendlier to new users.

Don't believe me?

http://www.azureuswiki.c....php/Azureus_2_and_Vuze

So stick with whatever the latest 2.5 version is and be happy.

ZenoLabs reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jun 25, 2007

Not-so-bad application, but too much RAM usage and a very confused interface.

darkripper reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jun 24, 2007

I don't like vuze too. But is the only good torrent downloader remaining in the scene.

zappata reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jun 24, 2007

Your problem is your RAM, not azureus :-p
5 with a cherry on the top

kise reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jun 23, 2007

Uses too much ram even for at Java app. The interface is bad and all strange "plugins" are often bad written (and why does it take a lot of CPU on a centino maschine?). Use uTorrent instead.

siryak reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jun 22, 2007

Uses about 100mb of RAM, but it is still the best BT client out there hands down. If you've got plenty of RAM to spare this client is the way to go.

animaleecher reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jun 22, 2007

I'd like 2 editions for the final release.

One with Vuze and another Vuze-free.

Now after utorrents "death" the only worthy bitorrent app to use. pitty!

Azureus rocks...

maria_madonna reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jun 22, 2007

Yessssssss!!! Now autospeed in core (still beta)

bigmama reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jun 22, 2007

I like it. I like , I like it :-)

tsimpoukis reviewed v3.0.1.6 on Jun 22, 2007

The one and only torrent client!

tickleonthetum reviewed v3.0.1.4 on Jun 8, 2007

This a powerful, fast, secure downloading app, the only problem is.. it's written in Java. As I and many others don't want a security risk like Java floating around on my machine I can only give this a 3. Please convert it to C++, or .NET Framework, anything but JAVA.

kise reviewed v3.0.1.4 on Jun 6, 2007

Chunky memoryeating app, the hdd cache shorten your disks liftetime for sure and all the bad written plugins . OMG.

Hello to bigmama.

siryak reviewed v3.0.1.4 on May 31, 2007

It is a resource hog, but it is a great client. So if you are willing to sacrifice the resources this client is the best hands down. Yes even better than utorrent. Granted utorrent is a lot lighter on the resources.

Also I see no ads...It has Vuze integrated into, which I actually liked. Vuze is not an ad though. Vuze is a search function.

Dystopia. reviewed v3.0.1.4 on May 30, 2007

>100Mo for a P2P in the background is not reasonable (if you have the same for IMs + AV + FW + .. -> lol)
Lots of useless icons, too much useless things often called "professional" ...

One word : bloated.

bigmama reviewed v3.0.1.4 on May 30, 2007

the best

autospeed now exists in main program -not only as a plugin

the best become even better

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these are no ads. it's powered by vuze

and vuze is removable

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however you can install if you like the latest stable version 2.5.0.4 and replace the azureus2.jar with the latest snapshot from azureus homepage (beta section).

Paul Skinner reviewed v3.0.1.4 on May 30, 2007

"-offers no solution to bittorrent throttling (just like every other app out there, but still)
-and now it has ads too :/"

Yes it does.
And the ads are removable. (Try the 'Advanced' interface and all it's options).

innerspirit reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 25, 2007

-cluttered interface, wayyy too much stuff i couldnt care less about
-unresponsive (thanks to java)
-uses unecessarily high amount of memory (thanks to java), other programs do more for less
-what is this replace-the-jar-file business? no comment...
-offers no solution to bittorrent throttling (just like every other app out there, but still)
-and now it has ads too :/

Sabz reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 6, 2007

piece of crap , was once good software till they put Ads in it , might look better than previous version but has a nasty .dll inside of it,which also consumes a lot of Cpu .avoid it like the plague, Use utorrent or Bittorent

rcadams reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 6, 2007

I don't.

What kinda dumb review is that. Program is old, written in old language, get with the times, get something written in real language. Ya ya I know utorrent is better, but lately the beta suck.
Oh well.

AlanS2001 reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 6, 2007

I liike.

ModderXManiac reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 6, 2007

FEATURE: Core | Auto-speed: added control for forced-max network speed
BUGFIX: Core | 100% CPU problem in network code under some conditions
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The people who complain about the memory usage in Azureus are ignorant to the fact that every JavaVM application is plagued by memory bloat, and for christ's sake, if you don't have 40-50 megs of spare memory to run Azureus, then you really should upgrade...512 megs is plenty, if only people would stop running so many useless background apps.

Benchmarks will prove that Azureus outperforms every other client, the uTorrent that so many people hold dear doesn't come anywhere close. Nor does any other client support as many platforms.

Prospero424 reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 6, 2007

I respect differences of opinions and everything, but if you're giving this application a 2 out of 5 simply because you think uTorrent is better, you're still an idiot ;)

As long as you're willing to sacrifice system resources for a full set of features, Azureus is the best. When I'm on the road, I use uTorrent. They're both excellent, excellent clients.

I use Azureus on a dedicated server at home, and I simply don't get performance quite as good as this with any other client. But, of course, user experience will vary and I've done a lot of optimization.

On an up note, I'm SHOCKED no one is complaining anymore about the Vuze stuff that's now built in. I thought people would be screaming bloody murder. This is nice.

zafarwaheed reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 5, 2007

Nobody is an idiot here. Everybody has his/her own experience based on which he/she write comments. I myself have used around 10 various BitTorrent clients including Azureus and found uTorrent to be the best among all.

Looking at fancy splash screen doesn't impress me. And why to trust on my opinion. Just look at the other users opinion in Fileforum for Azureus and uTorrent and you may get convinced most logically.

bigmama reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 5, 2007

utorrent???
no thnx, i'm not n00b - i' m not stupid

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azureus is the BEST bittorrent client

5 out of 5

ballyhairs reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 5, 2007

I give 2 only because it has a nice interface and many useful options but its java based... so no thanks!
utorrent got it all.

tannenwheel reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 5, 2007

give it a try (at least before you rate it).

it is good entertainment and you can delete it after you have leeched some of the cool fastloading trailers or short movies they provide on ... whatever that is, which appears on startup. looks like a magazine with moving pictures. not like a torrent client.
I appreciate inventions as such.

however i stay with utorrent for torrents.

Diam0nd reviewed v3.0.1.2 on May 4, 2007

Application written in Java? Okaaaaaaaaay...

crowbar82 reviewed v3.0.0.8 on Mar 20, 2007

WOW! Not bad att all. Remember, its still BETA! Can be better.

bigmama reviewed v3.0.0.8 on Mar 20, 2007

i agree- not for noobs

however it's the best client

many features, diagrams, settings, plugins

great speed if you know how to configure it

thnx Azureus developers

keep up the good work

Paul Skinner reviewed v3.0.0.6 on Feb 14, 2007

Can be set to classic GUI mode.
Installer has gotten smaller.
Is infinitely tweakable.
Has an incredibly helpful wiki.

Not for n00bs really, which is probably what sets it back.

Can't rate this any higher.

LRN reviewed v3.0.0.6 on Feb 9, 2007

Azu is the best! Eats a lot of RAM, that's true. But there's a trick to lower memory usage (besides options tweaking) - just close all tabs currently opened in Azureus main window. It will free some memory (you don't need to stare at them 24/7, right?).
Azureus has everything i ever wanted. SpeedScheduler plugin for my variable bandwidth, LAN Peer Finder for collective downloading (yay! It really WORKS!), Statistic (just for curiosity), embedded tracker (i never used any external trackers to publish my torrents since i have ET and external IP) and a LOT of other plugins, options, etc.
Again, about memory consumption: i have 2Gb RAM, so i don't really care :)

dankay3 reviewed v3.0.0.6 on Feb 8, 2007

This is still a beta program so it will hog more resources than normal due to the debugging code in it. I love Azureus, but I also have a lot of resources. If you want something small then go with utorrent.

dzjepp reviewed v3.0.0.6 on Feb 8, 2007

Azureus is still the king. I frequently notice small torrents with peers that use ABC's, BitTornados, uTorrents, etc. and guess what? I can finish my download faster than other people, when I'm done I notice the same peers still downloading when I started mine! My Azureus is tweaked to perfection and for speeds and reliability, it can't be beat.

Adie reviewed v3.0.0.6 on Feb 8, 2007

I've been using both Azureus and uTorrent. I found both of them almost similar except uT is much more lighter and Az has some really useful functions (i.e. built-in tracker, remote management, etc.).
In teh terms of d/l speed difference is not measurable. For me it looks like Az is faster but the trackers could be faster that time. Anyway You propably cannot gain more than fev % unless software is cheating with ratings.
In the terms of memory usage:
- uTorrent is much lighter although it doesn't make much difference on todays systems unless you like to play games while d/l-ding.

c4p0ne reviewed v3.0.0.3 Beta on Jan 19, 2007

bloated garbage.

zafarwaheed reviewed v3.0.0.3 Beta on Jan 19, 2007

The users satisfied with this for sure will give it a rating of 5. May I suggest you to use some better alternative like uTorrent for some time and then review your comment.

No doubt, it is a fancy looking nice GUI client but very less powered as compared to uTorrent. More tracking options and if I download the same torrent from both of them uTorrent give more speed than it.

Not user friendly either. Users below mentioned that it requires moderate intelligence to work, why should I, when without moderate intelligence some other client is working better. I am not a GUI junkie, my main concern is torrent downloading / uploading.

Marth reviewed v3.0.0.3 Beta on Jan 18, 2007

uTorrent > This bloated javaware....the memory footprint alone, with a bunch of torrents happening, is insane when compared to uTorrent and others.

johnk119 reviewed v3.0 Beta on Jan 9, 2007

If you're of moderate inteligence, this is great software.

dan44762000 reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 31, 2006

no question once set up correctly this is the best torrent client out there bar none.
reccomend and if u do get it just read the wiki b4 you start saying its crap.
or go too the azureus forums and get help there.

Fr@nKy reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 30, 2006

I used it while ago and it was very good but a resource hog. Now that uTorrent was bought by BitTorrent Inc. I might come back to Azureus. But one question still remains!! Is the current version as light as uTorrent when it comes to CPU?? Memory isn't a problem for me but CPU cycles are since I still only one processing core ;) I hope you can help me guys

ajua reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 27, 2006

why the heck do they advertise this as azureus 3 when its a "Zudeo" client powered by azureus technology? it really sucks when software developers get taken over by content providers and advertisers. the interface is "nice" bur the real functionality sucks. i use utorrent since a while back but i wanted to give this version 3 a try. i wasted my time with this one. if you like azureus stick to 2.5.0.x

dzjepp reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 17, 2006

I don't know why everyone is always so defensive on the intarnets when someone offers a change to a product.

Zudeo is a pretty nifty community video site similar to youtube, ANYONE can upload stuff there, it's not full of 'RIAA/MPAA content' like some of you would like to put it. And of course it uses the bittorent protocol to grab those videos for everyone.

You CAN use the old 2.0 interface if you wish, enable it in the options. That way you will have your old interface and keep up on the latest updates.

You CAN make Azureus behave tidily. READ the wiki page on ways to reduce the memory consumption, and how to tweak the various settings for optimal speeds. Disable unused plugins. Set a -switch for the shortcut to limit the java memory footprint. There are more.

I'll always rate this bt app a 5 because anyone that knows how BT works agrees that Azureus constantly achieves the BEST overall download speeds of any other client. That's reason number one to rate it high.

gdelia928 reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 9, 2006

Dumbest decision thy ever made. Azureus was almost perfect blazing speeds very customizable ect. and the only problm with it was how resource intensive it was. so what do they do they add on a horribly unuser-friendly interface taht takes user a few minutes to figure how they would reach the classic screen and their only selling point over mutorrent, speed, was hampered. If they dont fix this they have lost one Azureus user, nad from the looks of probably most of thier fans.

kribby reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 5, 2006

I hate to admit this....but if this is the next version of azureus, then say goodbye. I only need a torrent manager, not some video distribution system that hollywood can use to shove DRM down out throats

K, thx

brusco reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 5, 2006

k this software needs a project fork. this is horrendous drm laiden, hollywood sanctioned garbage. goodbye azureus.

LyyNx reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 5, 2006

well.. i installed it just to clear things up. it IS actually azureus, but it includes some Zudeo parts which are meant for the Zudeo video downloads. with a few simple clicks you can make it look like azureus, because that's what it is. for the version part.. i don't know if anything has changed since the last beta cause i don't like azureus anyway therefore i don't use it at all.

so this IS azureus + Zudeo.

Stevefarrell reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 5, 2006

Guys this is Azureus. Zeudo is their new azerous. Before saying it isnt azureus then look @ http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ and look at the top of the page. You will see a banner saying "Visit our new Zudeo.com site!" I like this new azureus but Thats MY OPINION.

jk- reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 5, 2006

wtf has azureus officially sold-old? These aren't on the sourceforge project page and the last listed beta on their main page is 2501b32.

Glonk reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 4, 2006

This is NOT Azureus, this is Zudeo which is _powered_ by Azureus 3.0. That is, it's the HD video filesharing frontend that uses Azureus 3.0 in the background for the streaming.

Enamour reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 4, 2006

This is Azureus. Take a second and go to their website and you can't miss this beta version. http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

I don't like how they've added things. The interface is disappointing. I'm hoping this is very beta.

mharvey reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 4, 2006

This is not a legitimate version of Azureus. The current beta of Azureus is 2.501B32. The URL for this file is coming from http://static.zudeo.com and is not the Azureus site. I would not install this file.

HurricaneGame reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 4, 2006

this IS NOT azureus.

djdanska reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 4, 2006

One word: Wow..
Not sure i like this. Too flashy.
It is listed in the main page of http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

crashoverride reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 4, 2006

Not the best thought out thing I've ever seen. It would better if they allowed searching for more than just audio and video. I think the idea of combining torrent search feature into Azureus may be a good idea but they need to come up with a better implementation.

bbplayer reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 4, 2006

Wow, what a load of crap.

aking80 reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 4, 2006

Oh My GOD! What have you done?!?! I'm still playing with it but I don't like it already....

darthbeads reviewed v3.0 Beta on Dec 4, 2006

Wow....Um...3.0 is something very, very, very different.

Not sure I really like it very much. This may finally end the uTorrent v. Azureus debate....

photonboy reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 31 on Dec 3, 2006

I've been using Azureus for a year with many, many downloads and no problems whatsoever and, up until now I've never had another torrent app beat it (I'm very knowledgeable and put all the main torrent apps through their paces).

It's very configurable and can have a low CPU usage even with several torrents.

I periodically compare it with another favorite, uTorrent which I'm testing now again. uTorrent appears to be performing quite nicely and it'll be hard to determine which one is better. In the past uTorrent has failed to meet the same download speeds as Azureus but I'm not sure that's the case any more.

Regardless, Azureus rocks but for the newbie I recommend uTorrent.

*Note: Azureus uses more RAM than other torrent apps but it was hard to say if this was a bad thing since it ALWAYS had superior performance. Again, I'm trying to compare uTorrent with Azureus. Currently things are looking good for uTorrent which is getting good performance and uses low RAM. However, it will take about a week to fully test.

pdh reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 31 on Dec 1, 2006

A torrent can have over 1000seeds, but cannot download/upload at all, even leaving the PC alone for 15minutes at a time.

Completely useless.

brotherS reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 27 on Nov 21, 2006

A *great* client if you set it up correctly! Read http://www.azureuswiki.com/ and enjoy.

teranova52 reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 26 on Nov 18, 2006

Great program BUT WILL ANY one start pointing to the right file !!!

As Azureus_2.5.0.0_Win32.setup.exe

AND Not the Jar file ..

Blaxima reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 26 on Nov 16, 2006

Still my SECOND choice client next to Utorrent. As mentioned before it appears memory consumption and putting a strangle hold on bandwith just isn't a priority.

Speeds are excellent with this and if you leave it on overnight the bandwith issues won't effect you nor would the memory but if you are downloading things while you are using your computer than (if you are on a windows based machine) you had better get Utorrent.

Still not sold on anything written in Java. A 4 star program if there wasn't other clients out there offering comparable speeds without the sacrafice of your system

shantanu reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 25 on Nov 15, 2006

Excellent software, although a bit heavy. Definitely 5 stars from me.
BTW, the theme in the screenshot is called "System5".

alleshateinende reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 21 on Nov 5, 2006

Pardon me for straying away slightly, but could anyone care to tell me what that visual style in the screenshot above is? Cheers.

As for the program itself, it's pretty worthy of my time, and an often recommended program imo! :-)

igal_alkon reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 17 on Oct 30, 2006

think it got everything you can expect from a BitTorrent client, it's a bit heavy on the system, but it's expected from this kind of application and the fact it's java.

Perth, Australia reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 17 on Oct 30, 2006

i agree with photonboy [a regular BN reviewer] : i thought it was just me, however there is a HUGE diff in Azureus run in Vista mode than XP, a marked improvement of speed and less memory hogging.

i do still use utorrent, however i find it gives me BSOD - have narrowed it down to this product and besides i get better speeds from Az than with uT.

Az just gets better and better and its still FREE!

BadIronTree reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 16 on Oct 24, 2006

the plugins and the feature that azureus have are more than all the other clients together!!

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 8 on Sep 19, 2006

Don't see much improvement in this build over previous releases. I guess code and memory efficiency is just not as much of a priority as being cross-platform.

So for me, whose needs are simpler, I stick with Utorrent 1.6, which frankly blows Azureus away in many areas.

But, if I need some of the fancy features, I can drop back to the last Final / Stable release of Azureus and take care of business.

Thankfully, Azureus is still free. :)

photonboy reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 8 on Sep 15, 2006

Azureus is working just fantastic on Vista RC1. I'm downloading at 300kB/s, uploading at 60kB/s and my CPU for Azureus is about 5% with a 145MB memory usage for 8 files downloading and 14 in queue. Wow!

I got it to work almost this good in XP but not consistantly and in XP it kept staying at 25-85% CPU usage. Also, despite the low CPU usage, switching to Azureus in Vista has greatly increased my average download speed. I don't know why but it's probably the same reason as the more efficient CPU usage.

My system:

Athlon 64 3000+
2GB SDRAM 3200
Nforce 4
2nd SATA drive (for Azureus files)
Java 6 Beta 2 (a must! for Vista Aero)

zridling reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 5 on Sep 4, 2006

Interesting Slyck News article comparing Azureus with uTorrent, concluding both were great, but that Azureus has the whole kitchen sink and is cross-platform, whereas uTorrent is just a windows client, but utilizes less system resources than Azureus.

Kushan reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 5 on Sep 4, 2006

This is an excellent program and nobody can say anything bad about it except for it's memory usage.
I myself prefer uTorrent as I'm fortunate enough to own a connection fast enough to let me torrent without affecting the games I play online too much (maybe an extra 20-30ms on my ping as long as I limit the upload accordingly) and Azureus would just eat up too much of my RAM.
But other than that, you can't fault the program, plus it'll work on just about ANY operating system you can think of, a distinct advantage over uTorrent.
In the end, it's up to you what you use, but that by no means makes this a bad program.

jk- reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 5 on Sep 4, 2006

aires, the azureus devs release beta builds every day or two, It may have been near 200 days between "official releases" but in that time span there were 90 or so beta builds released. And this is the 5th beta since the 2.5.0.0 release, hence the "beta 5".

photonboy reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 01 on Aug 24, 2006

I usually give raving reviews about Azureus. I've had CPU usage to 4% with three files and 300KB/s (using Java 6 beta 2 aka "Mustang").

However, now the high CPU usage is back. It's almost impossible to figure out what is causing it. Version 2.4.0.0 had the same high CPU usage and Java 6B2 fixed it seemingly. Now it appears that the latest version of Azureus has the problem back again.

This program has the potential to be hands-down the best torrent client out there, but these code errors should not be happening at this point. I'm going to reinstall 2.4.0.0 and also the latest Beta but I can't use my computer with the CPU usage averaging between 40% and 80%.

Come on guys, you are so close; I thought you had the major CPU bug ironed out. Why'd you drop the ball? (Memory usage is very high but I have 2GB. I do believe that the memory usage is unnecessarily high and needs to be addressed but this CPU problem is the primary).

I had Azureus working awesome for a month with really, really low CPU usage and high bandwidht.

Aires reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 01 on Aug 24, 2006

Whoah! I'm no uTorrent fanboy and I'd kick your a** for that if I could.

The reason for making my post was because of the idiotic post before mine saying how great Azureus was, rating a released beta with 5 stars the day after issuing a final release according to Slyck "After nearly 200 days....."!

That is not great and my middle of the road rating of 3 for releasing a beta the day after issuing long-awaited final release still stands! We will see if this post is censored too.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 01 on Aug 24, 2006

Odd they have to release a build so soon.

Seems to work ok, but sucks up a lot more resources and such than Utorrent.

But if you have tons of RAM and a dual core CPU, you should be good to go.

Else, use Utorrent. :)

husky87 reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 01 on Aug 24, 2006

currently using azureus on my ubuntu linux desktop, it's an excellent application and has improved alot of the last few months.

Those who complain about java and azuerus's memory usage, go buy more RAM or use a differant program.

tickleonthetum reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 01 on Aug 23, 2006

I have only just got into Torrenting, and after testing a few programs out, have settled on Azureus.

I found it easy to use as a beginner and am now starting to delve more deeply into it's abilites.

I have had no crashes, and it's not used a huge amount of memory. It's always getting new features added which is great.

I would recommend it to others...

demetrisk reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 01 on Aug 23, 2006

The BetaNews administration should look seriously into this, because it undermines the credibility of the rating system.

Just compare the number of negative Az reviews from uT users to the number of negative uT reviews from Az users.

urbanriot reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 01 on Aug 23, 2006

They're generally daily builds, if you were looking for an answer for your funny "day after" joke. I'm not sure why or who is posting them here, but he should take it easy as he's causing Azureus to lose points.

HurricaneGame reviewed v2.5.0.1 Beta 01 on Aug 23, 2006

Whats the point in posting these, if theres no change log..pointless.

Anyway - I perfer uTorrent over Azureus, as Azureus uses Java which means high usage :(

gatescape reviewed v2.5.0.0 on Aug 22, 2006

Only two words:

The best

Axe56 reviewed v2.5.0.0 on Aug 22, 2006

horray for a non beta release!
azureus = my prefered torrent app. while it does use java and a bit more memory then uTorrent, I'm in love. A machine with 'moderate' specs shouldn't have any issues running this. There are also numerous tweaks and tricks to lower the memory amounts azureus does use. (can found in the help file, and in any decent web search)

If you haven't given azureus a chance, your missing out! =p

urbanriot reviewed v2.5.0.0 on Aug 22, 2006

Awesome... ! The most powerful, reliable and configurable client has finally had a non-beta release. No other client, including uTorrent, can come close to the power and ability of this software. While uTorrent beats this program in memory usage since it uses java (minor 64 - 128mb) and in EXE size (heh), it can't touch Azureus in any other field.

BoNeLeSS reviewed v2.5.0.0 on Aug 22, 2006

The client is cool. My only complaint is for memiry usage. I wonder if is it possible to make a java app that does the same using less resources.

For now I'll be using uTorrent.

demetrisk reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 84 on Aug 21, 2006

Here's a link for you, Perth:

http://fileforum.betanew...onment_JRE/1011824317/1

Azureus is the best Java app I have used, and the most complete BitTorrent client.

Perth, Australia reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 82 on Aug 20, 2006

::msg to photonboy::
that link that you provided in your review [java-sun] needs an account to sign in

photonboy reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 82 on Aug 19, 2006

Azureus blow everything else away:
You need to get the latest Java 6, Beta 2 (mustang) then you'll see amazing things. The version of Azureus does not seem to matter. I put basic Azureus on a fresh XP installation with Java 6B2 and it's working great. (J6B2 is what you should use in Vista to correct the Aero Glass from resetting)

I'm currently downloading at 300KB/s and uploading at 60KB/s. Azureus is using 3% (taskmanager: CTRL-ALT-DEL->processes) of my Athlon 64 3000+. That's right, only 3%.

Before this using prior Java versions I had CPU usage up to 79%, but now it NEVER goes above 14% (about 8% of full CPU capability) in Cool 'n Quiet mode. The change was immediate and very obvious upon installing this latest Beta of Java.

I've methodically tested pretty much every torrent client over the last three years with multiple downloads. I can say that uTorrent and most other clients will NOT download many of the files Azureus does.

Get Java 6 Beta 2 then re-evaluate Azureus.
https://sdlc1a.sun.com/E...DDB99FCB06AEBC8D2A36B2B

urbanriot reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 80 on Aug 13, 2006

I'm not sure how people are testing CPU utilization... it's extremely lightweight and very low on resource utilization. Some people may be confusing the memory overhead of the java runtime with "resource hogging", but those people should stick to the simpler programs so they're not confused by a more advanced program.

Azureus is the most incredibly optimized and configurable torrent program out there, supporting many advanced feature above and beyond any other program. It also saturates your network connection considerably less than Utorrent.

The new password saving feature is excellent.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 80 on Aug 13, 2006

Still a resource hog. No two ways about it.

Utorrent and Bit Spirit download faster in almost all the tests I'm running.

This program needs to be optimized and made more efficient before it can compete in terms of raw speed and resources.

However, even though this build is still not up to snuff, previous final builds of Azureus have offered a great feature set combined with solid performance, so I expect that when this sequence of builds is complete, it will rise to that level again.

photonboy reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 80 on Aug 13, 2006

This program rocks!
I've tested and re-tested EVERY major bit torrent client over the last 3 years. Azureus has made incredible improvements recently.

CPU usage:
My average cpu usage is 5% on an Athlon 64 3000+. (8% with Cool 'n Quiet working) I've actually had it down to below 2% with one file running.

Memory usage:
It does seem to use a fair amount of memory. I have 18 files in STOP mode after restarting Azureus. It is currently taking 50MB of memory with no files downloading. I'm not sure whether it is pre-buffering from any of my 18 files (it should not be). It jumped to 98MB with 4 downloads. I'll admit this seems a little high but there's no other program as good as Azureus to compare it to. Still, this does seem too high. (I have 2GB so I personally don't care). There should at least be a way to automatically compensate for the amount of memory in your system (perhaps it does and is optimized for my 2GB?).

uTorrent:
Does not compare. Many downloads Azureus would do uTorrent would not. Azureus could do everything uTorrent could. In addition, uTorrent NEVER beat Azureus in terms of speed and frequently was below.

I'm seeing a lot of complaints but have you people actually opened Windows Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DEL) and compared numbers between different programs with between one and eight simultaneous downloads?

So there's definitely no contest on CPU usage, download speed and Torrent compatibility. Memory usage is questionable but I would need to know more about how Azureus works and get rid of some files to see if it pre-buffers.

Routers: most routers will get bogged down by the intensive communication. When I removed my router my download speed (5 downloads) jumped from 120kB/s to 260kB/s. You will need a more expensive, faster router or switch to well, a switch with sufficient speed. You'll lose some protection that good routers with NAT provide but a good firewall can compensate. (most people don't realize you don't need a software firewall with a good router)

uTorrent and other clients may work well enough for one or two simultaneous downloads but nothing currently comes close to beating Azureus. Nothing.

**It is possible that Java 6 Beta 2 (mustang) is the reason for the drastic improvement in Azureus. It also fixes the problem in Vista with Aero Glass being turned off. Install this and re-evaluate Azureus: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ea.jsp

comeoffit reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 78 on Aug 11, 2006

Oh, stop whining about memory and CPU usage. I've had Azureus running for about 8 hours now, running far more torrents simultaneously than I should be, and it has used about 6.5 minutes of CPU time (that's 6 POINT 5, not 65). It's also using 85-MB of memory, mainly because I have it configured to use a ton of memory in order to perform better where it counts--torrent handling.

This CPU usage is not bad at all, and I couldn't care less about the memory, because I don't have a crap system with only 512-MB of RAM.

By all means, if you can't handle an application that needs upwards of 100 MB of memory, stick with your other toys.

And by the way, the Azureus team isn't "dying"; they're hiring. Imagine that.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 77 on Aug 8, 2006

I just don't get it. Can't they make it leaner? Utorrent SLAYS this thing in terms of resources used, and has like 95% of the key features.

Is Azureus dying on the vine?

This build just ain't cuttin' it. :(

HurricaneGame reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 77 on Aug 8, 2006

It's a good program, just uses too much resources/memory >_>

utorrent ftw.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 75 on Aug 7, 2006

I'm baffled by folks who say that CPU usage has diminished. In testing this latest Nightly Build, I'm finding it performs slower than previous builds. Performance / responsiveness is spotty at best on a 512 meg system to be sure. Even on a 1 gig it seems slower than some of the competition.

I can't give this particular build a very positive score, given all of that.

comeoffit reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 70 on Jul 27, 2006

These betas have been working very well for me.

By the way, you can reduce memory and CPU usage a great deal by following the tips provided in the Azureus docs (search for it...what, you want a link?). Another tip no one else ever mentions: You can reduce CPU usage a reasonable amount simply by closing the "My Torrents" tab. (Display it again with a Ctrl+1.) With that tab hidden, Azureus doesn't need to update and refresh the interface nearly as much. (Yes, I realize you can also configure how often the interface is updated.)

Prospero424 reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 54 on Jul 25, 2006

Look, having all these releases only means one very important thing: this program is VERY actively-developed.

That is nothing but good news, and nothing to complain about.

I get better speeds with Azureus than I do with any other client I've tried; its DHT implementation, cross-platform availability, and breadth of options make it the premier Bittorrent application, to my mind.

photonboy reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 51 on Jul 5, 2006

CPU usage has dropped significantly. The only thing I can think of is either Java (currently using Java 6 beta 2) has changed or a tweak in one of the new releases.
Azureus now uses between 1%-12% whereas before it was 15%-46% for the same jobs!

Even with seven downloads at a total of 200kbps (total up and download) Azureus is currently only using 4% of my Athlon 64 3000+ (actually closer to 2% because my Athlon's only running at 1000MHz instead of 1800MHz right now due to Cool 'n Quiet.)

Whatever the reason, my last complaint about Azureus is now gone at least for now.

Velocition reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 51 on Jul 5, 2006

It's fun watching people cry over version numbers.

I really do hope they'll eventually have Beta 100 just to piss people off.

Skyfrog reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 50 on Jul 3, 2006

Seems to work fine, but Beta 50!!? Holy ****, how many betas are they going to have? Just release it already.

crashoverride reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 50 on Jul 2, 2006

I've still yet to see this sluggishness that DudeBoyz speaks of. I'm running a P4 2.4C which is why I can't understand that Athlon 64 3500+ being sluggish with this. I am running the Java 6 beta 2...maybe that has something to do with it I dunno.

outofspace reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 49 on Jun 29, 2006

For me the best Torrent client. I got AMD 3400+ sempron 64 bit with 1 gb ram, and no problem with that software

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 42 on Jun 19, 2006

Still sluggish and resource hoggish on my single-core AMD A64 3500+ compared to Utorrent.

Perhaps if I got a Dual Core it would not bog things down as much?

They really should tighten this thing up and make it more efficient and less bloated, don't you think?

Still, it seems fairly stable in this particular build.

Crypton reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 42 on Jun 18, 2006

I have been a big fan of Azureus for a long time and have always wished it was written in another language such as C, however, it being Java it has its' plus sides and negative sides.

The rich ammount of features it carries by far leaves other clients behind. The only issue I have with it is the constant resource usage increase upon use, though I know this is actually common with Java programs. I use Azureus on a seperate machine so it never really bothers me too much, however, I have recently started using µTorrent
http://fileforum.betanew...il/Torrent/1127406453/1

I am getting the same download speeds but without the high memory load as well as I have not experienced the random tray icon disappearing as that in Java Azureus. If your having issue with Azureus give µTorrent a try, I will continue to use both as I still love Azureus, but there is a new player in the game now as is proving to be a great torrent client. I have had µTorrent running for 3 days straight and the memory load is showing only 13,212k, CPU usage is only jumping between 01 and 02 on occasion I get a 03. Even using BitComet I have not been able to achieve the clean running performance of µTorrent, lets hope µTorrent if it includes other features later doesnt get loaded down with high memory/cpu usage.

I run other various things for friends and our online gaming such as Team Speak and since using it, they have not noticed any delays in voice chat as we had when using Azureus. So for those with lower memory systems or just experience lag during game play, or other memory itensive programs while using Azureus, again, give µTorrent a try, you can always fire back up Azureus if you like it better.

At any rate, I give Azureus a 4, only for the choice in platform, other than that, for the Azureus devs, keep up the great work as this programs is really a nice addition to anyones system.

Flinty reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 42 on Jun 18, 2006

A good program. It uses lots of system resources because it is written in Java. Unlike uTorrent and most other bittorrent clients which are written in higher performance languages such as C.

These CPU and RAM issues will never get better...

McCrap reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 37 on Jun 9, 2006

Only Azureus & Bitcomet knows how to get the job done.

photonboy reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 37 on Jun 8, 2006

Azureus works very well except for CPU usage when multiple downloads are used. I liked uTorrent but it wasn't downloading at the proper speeds. I know I was doing everything right but uTorrent must have some limitations and can't properly connect as well as Azureus depending on the torrent.

Sometimes Azureus will use up to 76% of my Athlon 64 3000+ with only 7 downloads. Oddly, when uTorrent works it would be as little as 6%. Very strange.

One solution that works very well is to open the Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DEL or put the link in Start-up) and change the process to "Below Normal." Thus, when you need the CPU (gaming etc) it restricts Azureus' CPU cycles. Download speeds will drop during this time but it won't bog your game down.

They need to really work on this. I have lots of RAM so I can't comment on complaints of memory use. A dual-core CPU should be chosen over an FX gaming CPU if you are a gamer but constantly multi-task.

Azureus really just needs to address this CPU issue and things will be great.

linkdup reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 36 on Jun 4, 2006

I love azureus but how the hell do I stop it from choaking my entire internet connection?

That's my only complaint.

urbanriot reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 35 on Jun 1, 2006

It's unfortunate that ignorant people who have no clue about network saturation or programming continue to improperly review this application. Those same people generally think a smaller EXE file means faster downloads... or racing stickers make their car go faster. This version updated from my previous .31 with no problems and is working smoothly. Feature rich program with advanced configurations for those intelligent enough, will allow you to download at rates far quicker than any other program without heavily saturating your network.

slimy reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 34 on May 31, 2006

This is easily the most feature-filled bittorent client available. Too bad it's still a java ram hogging client.

Adie reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 30 on May 21, 2006

Hm... current version has all features I need. People say it is bloated, but I can't see any difference compared to, say, emule. I would say Az has even lower CPU usage. Sure I could move to UTorrent coz they looks almost the same but I'm lazy and my comp with 512MB ram doesn't slow down runing Az so I'll stick with it.

MHJ reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 30 on May 21, 2006

No idea how anyone can stick to that garbage anymore. I just can't add anything bad that wasn't said about it so i just second it. Sure, it's free in the end, but hey, other clients are too. The Azureus crew just messed it up, i strongly suggest to stick to µTorrent.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 30 on May 21, 2006

Never lost more than 140 meg? Heck, Utorrent goes like 6-10 meg in memory normally, I believe.

Azureus is certainly not very "efficient"...

WhiteZero reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 30 on May 20, 2006

Azureus: Potheads agree - It sucks.

Anyway, I guess some fools cant take the time to install standard Java, so their RAM gets eaten up. I've never lost more than 140MB to Azureus. Whooptie doo! For it's features and speed from it's over 1million user DHT network, it's more than worth the RAM.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 26 on May 14, 2006

This particular nightly release is a bit sluggish and bloated, but better than some in the past. It does not compare to the lean, clean Utorrent product, currently at v1.5, but if you need all the power and features, Azureus is what it is. It would be great if they would try to make the program more stable, more efficient, less bloated, but they haven't been going in that direction for a very long time now, so it seems like it may never end up happening.

The MAC version still seems to run better than the PC version on both XP and 9x, so I kinda wish they could figure all that out too.

At least they are still working on it, and at least this nightly build runs fairly well, at least for me, so a 3 it is.

iced reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 26 on May 13, 2006

I'm giving this an absolute low because I think it's very over rated. Sure there's been a lot of time into it to put in lots of great features. But I won't ever use it. You know why? Because its programmed in a language that shouldnt be used for desktop applications. I've use this torrent client and after an hour or 2 my entire 2 gigs of ram has been junked around so much my super fast computer slows down to a crawl reloading everything down to the windows shell.. infact I couldn't find a torrent client that didn't have some sort of terrible bug (bitcomet bandwidth wasting, bittornado more memory hoging, etc).. until i found artic and it stays right in specified bandwidth caps and not once slowed down IE to a 10 minute load.. well i exadurate on that a bit but artic has little features but gets the job done. I am a little, well very, mad that azureus gets so much hype and probably money because its the nicest looking with most features when its complete trash until it gets ported to a real language.. thanks, i gotta finish my doobie now

eyemixer reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 22 on May 7, 2006

For all the people who hate Az, allow me to share some painfully learned lessons. I've used Az for a long time, through the bloat, the memory leaking, the system lag, all that. Almost all the problems I had have been solved with the last few releases, if things are set right.

Old comp was a P4 2.4B with 512Ram. Az would take up 100+ running, 200+ in 'bloat mode'. I could max out d/l ing at 600-650, with 300-400KB for a good torrent. I had the settings maxed, mem cache, connections, etc... I just wanted fast d/ls, and I only had 15GB of free space to work with.

With a limited amount of HD space, and yes not everyone has Gigs upon Gigs of storage, Az makes it easy to watch things like an entire season of TV in HDTV in groups of episodes, only taking up the space you need for the eps to watch, and enough of the next batch to load while you watch the 'current' ones. Had no TV, so no cable/sat, so it was very handy. If I didn't need Az for this reason, I never would have put up with some of the bugs. I like to do other things besides d/l at times also.

Recently upgraded to an athlon64 3800+, with 1024Ram, and more importantly, two s*** new Sata drives (much faster than old single drive). I found with less greedy settings, 150 connections per torrent, 4-5 maz torrents at once, the system load was light enought to run most games without a hitch, even Oblivion plays fine at the normal settings for me.

Personally, IMHO it's the two drives that make the biggest difference. Az seems to have A LOT of constant drive reads/writes, and since I had a new SATA card and two drives, I stuck them in the old machine at tested things. I found that anything I did that involved disk access, having Az do all d/l and u/l to it's own drive, those apps that used to be slow lost almost all the lag.

Things like video encoding still took a hit, but overall system usage (web, games, f'ing around on your machine for the hell of it) was MUCH snappier than it had been on the single drive.

So naysayers, try using a spare drive for all your Az transfers, and put low limits on global connections (600 or so) and see if your system still seems to take the same hit.

nefarious1 reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 20 on May 2, 2006

Excellent review by zeon. Azureus is preferable to me than uTorrent because it is far more configurable, has far more robust UPnP support, and it supports plugins. Yes, there are a some Azureus plugins I use that I find really handy, and which provide functionality not found in uTorrent.

ramepet reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 18 on May 1, 2006

whenever i start the azureus it gives warning message "Error loading 'Rating', plugin class 'com.aelitis.azureus.rating.RatingPlugin' is already loaded". i am on 2.4.0.2.

yagood reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 14 on Apr 24, 2006

@shawngee: Download and install an official release (2.4.0.2 is the last one I think), then rename AzureusXXXXXX.jar beta file to Azureus2.jar and simply replace Azureus2.jar from the official release.

shawngee reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 13 on Apr 23, 2006

I use Azureus now on my pc and it works very well. I downloaded this and tried to install and it gives me a error "Cloud not find the main class, Program will exit" and couldnt install it stopped at this point. Wonder what is going on with it and what the problem is here.....

zeon reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 13 on Apr 23, 2006

Simple fact is that this is the most full-featured and reliable client out there. Giving Azureus 1 star just because you prefer uTorrent is ridiculous. uTorrent is a very good client, but for people who have been using Azureus for a long time and are used to its features, it can be difficult to switch.

On the other hand, uTorrent probably have 95% of the features that 95% of people need. But that doesn't mean either of them deserve only 1 star.

As for RAM and CPU usage, it could probably be better, but it's far from unacceptable if you have an even remotely new PC. I've had my Azureus running multiple torrents for days and it's using 120mb of RAM. A lot? Maybe to some people, but considering I have 2GB and my previous 4-year-old computer had 1GB, how big of an issue is it? You buy RAM to use it, not to let it sit around doing nothing, unused by Windows. People are way too RAM-phobic. You lose nothing by having your RAM 'in use', that's why you buy it--so it can be used.

With Azureus minimised on a modern PC it tends to use maybe 0-2% of CPU. An older PC maybe that's more, but the hell am I going to complain about 0-2%. Again, it's a rather big program wth a lot of stuff it has to do. I'd complain if some little taskbar mail-monitor program used 120mb RAM and 2% CPU all the time, but I'm not going to complain is my torrent client and my web browser does it.

All in all, Azureus is one of the best clients out there. If you're utterly resource-phobic and can't stand applications actually using that RAM you bought, by all means get uTorrent and see if it satisfies you any better. I use both clients on occasion and they're both good. But for me and many others, Azureus has the edge and I'll continue to use it. Make up your own mind.

rcadams reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 13 on Apr 22, 2006

Did nothing but slow down my machine. And ate up lots of ram.. I'll continue to use Utorrent as it's the best client currently available for windows. PS. Yes I've got the fast pc.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 13 on Apr 22, 2006

Consumes far too many resources, comparatively complicated to configure, much larger in size than the competition.

Utorrent 1.5 has it all over this application. Azureus is a secondary option at best for many of us now, I believe. Sad to see it go downhill like it has been lately. :(

ccc1005 reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 10 on Apr 17, 2006

Master - be a little more responsible and actually say why you gave the program a 2. Doing stuff like that is just dumb.

Now back on topic - I have used Azureus for a while and I have tried others BitSpirit, BitComet, and none even come close to the features Az offers.

Tokar reviewed v2.4.0.3 Betea 9 on Apr 13, 2006

Talk about a wonderful editing job by the FileForum staff...

Just copying and pasting the update data without bothering to check spelling or anything...
"Betea"...what a disgrace.

photonboy reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 8 on Apr 11, 2006

I would have given this a program a rating of "4" if there were any other programs that I thought were better.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good program. It's possible that this latest Beta fixed the problems I've been having. I haven't tested it long enough to be certain but it's looking promising so far.

Previous problems that may still be present:
-Web Browsing; pages froze or loaded slowly
-Internet radio (Screamer radio) wouldn't work
-email (Outlook) would not send or receive
-Azureus would not shut down unless forced to

Wish list:
-add an extension for uncompleted files (like Bitcomet)
-an improved file selector/deselector (like Bitcomet)
-SET TO DEFAULTS button
-easier way to find the best values (even with Help files and computer training I'm not sure that I've optimised many settings to my system)

Now if this gets all sorted out it will blow away the competition in my opinion. Many clients work fine for just one or two Torrents. Wikipedia has LOTS of information about Bit Torrent Clients (and everything else) Do yourself a big favour and get a Search bar in Firefox (add Engines on right) for Wikipedia and start surfing it.

FYI: enabling "uPNP interface" in Add/Remove Windows Components often results in missing icons from your System Tray (lower right). There's no fix that I know of except to uncheck this. If you're missing icons that's likely the problem.

RoSmecher reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 8 on Apr 10, 2006

best torrent client out, in my opinion.
most complaints about this client is that it takes too many system resources, but it is fine for me, plus i think it is easier to use then utorrent. one thing i don't like about utorrent is that it doesn't need to be installed anywhere, which makes for more manual work as to making a folder to putting it in and such. just seems like a hassle, i like it when you have to install a program then uninstall if you don't need it, just makes sense. also this client keeps getting faster and faster with each release so unless you have tried this exact version then i don't think you should comment on how it was running for you in the past.

darkxiii_ndp reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 8 on Apr 10, 2006

Use too much memory like other java applications.

outofspace reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 8 on Apr 10, 2006

Well i got Sempron 3400+ with 1 gb memory and i thing azureus is a....light thing.

Everything is going ok, downloads are stabile. Previous i got sempron 3400+ with 512 mb ram and everything was also ok.

Of course you cant using azureus and playing battlefield 2 in one time. But YOU CAN using windows and using azureus with NO PROBLEMS.

IoN_PuLse reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 8 on Apr 10, 2006

Even though I hate Java as a language, Azureus is one of the few Java applications I truly appreciate. You don't even notice it's using Java. More than enough features, it always just works. I've never experienced a crash, and the auto-updating feature has kept me from doing any manual work keeping my client up to date.

It gets better and better and is open source.

Mystenes reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 8 on Apr 10, 2006

highly unstable, it takes about 10 times more ram than uTorrent, slow as hell

ballyhairs reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 7 on Apr 8, 2006

Now that I tried it for a while, let see...
It has alot of options and its not blocked by some trackers as Bitcomet, BUT...
Its BIG and slows down my 3.4 GHz, 1024 MB Ram pc, AND the download is not stable at all, I got sick of it going up and down, but most of all was that I kept losing my connection for a few seconds every 5-10 minutes.
Forget it, I will just stick with best of the best Bitcomet.

Blaxima reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 7 on Mar 31, 2006

You guys really need to stop slurpping on this one. Every answer to the well thought out concerns is that our machines must be old and slow. Well heres mine

Intel Pentium 4 650 3.4E GHz 800MHz FSB 2MB Cache
1GB DDR Ram
ATI Radeon X1800 XL CrossFire Ready 256MB 256Bit GDDR3
Creative Sound Blaster SB0460 X-Fi XtremeMusic 24bit
200GB Maxtor HD

and guess what?!?!?!
I notice the lag in my system with Azereus running!!!

It's just unacceptable when there are other torrent clients that don't put a dent in my computer. This used to be my client and aside from a few java issues it does what its supposed to do, it just does it with disregard for you actually wanting to use your computer while you download.
As for plugins let me just say that if you get all the bells and whistles for a civic that don't make it a porche, its still just a civic.
Lastly for anyone who is going to cry about me sayin mean things and that we should only say good, get real fanboys.

I appreciate the experiences people share good or bad with these progies because it helps me make a more informed decision.

mhguy15 reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 6 on Mar 30, 2006

I Love this program. So many useful features. The option to force ecrypted transport, plus the endless number of plugins that are constantly being developed. If you have a semi-modern pc with at least a decent amount of ram you'll have no problems. If you've ever got any questions just read up by visiting the wikipedia article that covers Azureus. If you just want a bittorrent client almost any will do, but if you want maximum settings customization try Azureus out. Its an open source project that just keeps getting more refined week after week.

white lightning reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 5 on Mar 26, 2006

Complicate & heavy java based software . Unstable in download & upload .
Although in this version peer's connection problem seems to be solved , upload &
download phase is still not well balanced : upload's connection seriously
damages download stability , thus speed , after trying to increase , will
decrease or get unstable .

Still too many features , mostly unuseful & very hard to set :
it is not unfrequent to cause program's crash by setting some parameters .
Loading phase's heavy , so a lot of RAM needed & too high RAM usage during
whole download/upload phase as well .
"Improved" updating feature on start up is as heavy as it's unuseful .

Waste of RAM will obstacle other processes running , while it
won't download so much .
One of worst Torrentz client since first version was released...
& it seems traditon will go on...

bggoth reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 5 on Mar 26, 2006

Don't say such mean things! This is ,by far, the best torrent client. And if your machines are too weak to take its perfectness, it's not the program to blame.

Blaxima reviewed v2.4.0.3 Beta 1 on Mar 20, 2006

Up until the last utorrent release this was still my torrent client but now that I am getting the speeds with U that I could only get with Az its so long Azureus.

I cant justify waisting so much memory on something to just download/upload files. It seems strange that people knock Norton for bogging down systems by adding more then what is really need but defend this bloated client. Yeah I know you have a new system and memory isnt an issue for you but if thats how you think your just like the people who are crying for me to fix their computer because its soooooo slow even with all the memory their new system has.

It all adds up and running a torrent client that uses this much memory and uses the swiss cheese of programming language doesn't either.

Soooooo long dental plan..I mean Azureus

Kramy reviewed v2.4.0.2 on Mar 17, 2006

rcadams: That's funny, I thought a porche was costly. Azureus seems pretty RAM costly to me, and uTorrent is very small and doesn't effect other things, similar to how a bike is very small and doesn't effect other things(like the environment).

This is the only torrent client I know that auto-configures on such a wide array of machines(nearly 100%).

rcadams reviewed v2.4.0.2 on Mar 17, 2006

I used to use Azureus until I came across Utorrent, Now I just can't justify running this app. It would be like me still riding my bike, and I've got my porche.

It's been fun.. Moving on.

Diam0nd reviewed v2.4.0.2 on Mar 17, 2006

java-based? aha...

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.4.0.2 on Mar 17, 2006

Bitcomet has to be the sloppiest compilation of code I have ever seen...And the adware bundle included is even larger a turn off considering how much of a crap product it is.

uTorrent is good, but still not as reliable as this. Having a system with 48 gigs of total ram, running this doesn't bother me at all, let alone someone with 512 megs of ram can still operate the computer moderately, otherwise it's sad to be you.

brotherS reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 24 on Mar 9, 2006

True, it needs a PC less than 5 years old for best performance, but it's the best!

Read http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/ to gain some Azureus knowledge!

Dalgis reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 20 on Mar 9, 2006

Quite buggy and uses a lot of memory, but it's the best.

johnk119 reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 20 on Mar 7, 2006

THE BEST!!! although it has high memory requirments (sometimes up in the 120mb region), it's the best feature weise and in most other ways

ccc1005 reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 20 on Mar 7, 2006

Simply the best Bittorrent client out there. It has all the features you could think of, great stats, great GUI. Might be a bit heavy on resources, but that is because it has so many features to it...

grum36 reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 14 on Mar 5, 2006

oh great works
it's better than bitcomet and all plugin help us
i use it on linux, xp, win98 or 2000 through my lan

Kramy reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 14 on Mar 3, 2006

Works great! Latest non-CVS has fine stability and speed.

Bloatware: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloatware

Under that description, Azureus would not be considered Bloatware, but the foundation it is based upon(Java) would be, at least for windows.

Since Java is cross platform, Azureus's code isn't really bloat. It *would* be nice though if in the future Java could just compile the java bytecode, and then unload from memory.

Or better yet, have .jari files that act as installers(main use: games) to slowly compile the program and generate a launcher exe(for windows), then unload the JRE and no longer require it for that program.

Ahh, I'm dreaming.

yagood reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 14 on Mar 3, 2006

"Bloatware. Use uTorrent instead."

Look up "bloatware" first.

rolfy reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 13 on Feb 27, 2006

Azureus rules, only one point of concern:

I found Azureus 2.4.0.0 and 2.4.0.1 (both 11 and 13) not registering uploads correctly to trackers I upload with.

Problem is their upload is higher than gets registered by the tracker > lower ratio-count.

I also read a few comments on torrent-sites banning these versions.

Hopefully the development team will fix this soon, cuz otnherwise Azureus rules!

2.3.0.6 doesn't seem te be affected, so I downgraded til the problem gets resolved.

jungle_man10000 reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 11 on Feb 26, 2006

LOL gawd21 is actually a retard ya ppl are right.

Prospero424 reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 11 on Feb 25, 2006

First, I'll correct the blatant misinformation:

No, "most" bittorrent clients do not support NAT traversal. Only a very few do, such as Azureus's DHT system. Link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/...n_of_BitTorrent_clients

And yes, Azureus WILL download and upload when behind a router without any ports being forwarded, just not at the speeds you would get otherwise. I've tried it myself multiple times with various torrents. It works. If you can't configure your router properly (which there is zero excuse for), then I don't see why UPnP wouldn't configure it automatically (if your router isn't ancient and has updated firmware).

Azureus is simply the most advanced cross-platform Bitorrent client out there. Only one client really matches it's features, and that's BitComet; but it's only for Windows, it uses incompatible header encryption, is incapable of Super-Seeding, includes optional adware, and still abuses private trackers. But it is fast.

Then there's the Azureus plugins, like the RSS broadcatching, the DHT scraper, etc. that put it over the top. Great stuff. I was using uTorrent for a while, but I consistently got better and more reliable speeds with Azureus, despite its higher resource usage.

Right now, it's simply the best. With the rate these clients have been developing lately, that could change any day. But for now...

Oh, and as always, read the FAQ and the Azureus Wiki linked to on Azureus's main page if you want the best speeds possible and fewest problems.

brotherS reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 11 on Feb 25, 2006

Oh yeah, gawd21 is right... sure... and http://en.wikipedia.org/...lying_spaghetti_monster constructed the world...

Skyfrog reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 11 on Feb 25, 2006

ALL Bittorrent clients require port forwarding to work properly, don't write idiotic reviews if you don't know what you're talking about. It's not like port forwarding is difficult to do. Azureus works perfectly fine; if you don't know how to use it that isn't the programs fault.

gawd21 reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 11 on Feb 25, 2006

Requires port forwarding. Junk. Most of the other BT programs don't need this. If all bit torrent requires it then why is this the only one that can't connect do to not having it? And why are you defending a bloated java based junk app as if it were your life on the line anyway?

http://azureus.aelitis.c...i/index.php/NAT_problem

Clements reviewed v2.4.0.1 Beta 2 on Feb 16, 2006

UPnP was enabled by default for me, and the settings can be found in the Options menu under plugins.

urbanriot reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 13, 2006

The best just got better.

The most highly customizable and reliable bit torrent client I've ever used, with the least amount of network saturation (compared to, say, Utorrent). Azureus runs for months on my server with amazing speeds without requiring a restart.

This latest ability to disable plugins on startup is excellent, and appreciated.

Danny7 reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

Excellent update!
Been using it for months now without problems.
With good seeded torrents I always get my max possible download speeds.
Two thumbs up for this one!

photonboy reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

I would test this by downloading multiple files.

A slight aside but VERY important:
I have a d-link 704p router. It maxes out at about 220kBps combined upload/download for multiple files, but if I plug straight into the modem my combined speed jumps to around 400kBps or more.
D-links site shows a revision C of the 704p with a faster processor. I can still process normal web downloads at maximum speed but the numerous connections max out my 704p revB1.

So if you have a Router/Hub, try plugging straight into the modem to see if your Router is limiting your bandwidth. (So it's not necessarily the Torrent program you are using slowing things down.)

My Athlon 64 3000+ CPU can be using only 4% in BitComet while my 704p Router is maxed out trying to handle the multiple connections.

Tokar reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

Best on earth. Fastest downloads among all all torrent programs (yes, I tried a single torrent in all the different programs and found Azureus to be fastest)

testnutzer123 reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

From all tested apps Azureus is the one that fits my needs best.

* Best NAT support (not just a wrapper on MS implementation, which is quite buggy and often ceases to function)
* Features and Plugins - I actually use them a lot.
* Speed - I got the overall fasted downloads with Azureus so far. I even compared some torrents with different clients to get a more appropriate result.

I have no problem with the memory "bloat". My currently running (for about 17h) instance takes 153MB (because I configzured a high disk cache).
That seems to be a lot. But I got a good sys, and still got enough memory for all other apps. I furthermore didn't but the RAM into my machine to see no app is actually using it.

CPU usage is next to nothing. Consuming CPU time of 3mins in 17h of runtime isn't that much.

Its a matter of needs after all.
If you want a feature-rich, highly extensible application you may want to give Azureus a try.
If you want basic functionalities and good performance even on low-end systems you may stick to utorrent.

Azureus fits my needs, thus I'll stick to it and welcome this new, well-done release.

Budgie29 reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

I carn't say much Execpt that this is the best Bit torrent program i have found so far
this program keeps getting better and better

in the beginning they had stabality problems which are now fixed

keep up the good work lads

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!

NEW FINAL RELEASE!!!
\/\/007!!!

This is the best, uTorrent doesn't have anything on this. Multiplatform, NAT, Proxy, Swarm, multitude of plugins, fast, stable, flexible.

THE BEST!

The amount of changes made on this release are incredible. It just goes to show that unlike the uTorrent author, you need more than just 4 tiny new features to call it a new final version. This is a huuuuge step up from 2.3, and I urge everyone to update.

BadIronTree reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

soooo dammm gooood

Ped reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

At first I used only Azureus.
Later on, I tried uTorrent.
Now I have both 2 programs installed.
But I prefer Azureus to uT.

I haven't said that I hate uT or uT is sucks.
My computer has no problem running Azureus.
Tons of features, plugins. What else can I ask for more ?
I even played F.E.A.R. (offline) and Half-Life 2 : Deathmatch while using Azureus. :-D

Anyway, kudo to both developers of these 2 great BitTorrent programs.
Use whatever suits your system and your needs.

Peace!

RoSmecher reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

yeah i was using 2.3 before and i love this update, client loads much faster now and seems smoother. nice job to all the developers, because it is usually very hard to optimize previously slow products.

benZin reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

Java=caca

WhiteZero reviewed v2.4.0.0 on Feb 12, 2006

Whee! I submited this update!
:D

Anyway, good stuff it is.

nefarious1 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 51 on Feb 11, 2006

The best just got better... I'm running 2.4.0.0 final here, and it works fine.

Contrary to what anomoly claims below, Azureus does have an IP-blocking feature built in. How could you miss it?

On really good torrents, I get over 600 KB/s, which is the limit of what my cable connection allows. It literally can't get better than that. (On most torrents I download, the speeds are limited to the quality of the swarm.)

Configuring Azureus is not all that difficult, though the documentation could stand improvement. There are a lot of options, and most people won't need all of them, but I'd rather have access to them than to leave those settings hard-coded into the program, inaccessible to me. I can handle it.

BoNeLeSS reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 51 on Feb 11, 2006

I'm eager to see in the new encryption ofuscation feature can really bypass my ISP's P2P bandwith throttling.

mdew reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 51 on Feb 11, 2006

looks like 2.4.0.0 release is out

anomoly reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 51 on Feb 10, 2006

Not even runner up. As far as ip blocking the safepeer plugin is a joke. Builtin?? That's a joke. what? add 500000 ip's by hand. garbage
Crap won't even uninstall

Tokar reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 48 on Feb 10, 2006

Got that right...

uTorrent is quite a distance behind Azureus.

I have downloaded many torrents and get 10 times the speed and 1/10th the download time in Azureus...besides the fact that Azureus supports plugins.

nefarious1 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 43 on Feb 6, 2006

Yes, the Azureus developer releases test builds very frequently. This is how coding and debugging gets done. If you don't like it, for whining out loud, don't download a beta.

Azureus and Java together can use a lot of memory. This can overburden lackluster systems, and make µTorrent more attractive. We get it.

As far as µTorrent being "light years" ahead of Azureus, that's just laughable.

ghammer reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 43 on Feb 6, 2006

Don't like this app.
And, shouldn't it be a dev build if there are SO many betas?

ranasrule reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 43 on Feb 6, 2006

utorrent iz lightyears ahead of this

WhiteZero reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 37 on Jan 31, 2006

lmao @ Adrian79
Azureus is leaps and bounds better than BitCommet. Heck, I switched over from BC.
I'd even say go with uTorrent than BC.

tremens reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 30, 2006

they're nightly builds, still stable for a long a** time

funcheung reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 30, 2006

Are you crazy? BETA #35?

DaveBG reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 30, 2006

This is the best BT client! People that say there are useless options just dk how to use them. No option in this world is useless!
Yes, i hate java and i don`t have another PC just for torrents but Azureus is the best!
I hope they make a C++/VB version for windows for the people with slower PCs.

Adrian79 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 29, 2006

ummm bitcomet ...nuff said

jsh111 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 29, 2006

Just remember, Azureus and NOD32 antivirus had problems working together. It would go to 100% CPU usage and lock the computer. The fix is BEST DETAILED in in the azureus forums, but is to exclude javaw.exe in the Java install folder or one of the subfolders (bin) from NOD32. Once this is done all works fine. I think it may have been corrected in the later versions of NOD32, but if you have problems and are running these 2 programs check out the fix. better detailed in the azureus forums. I have no idea if it is still a problem with the newest updates of both programs.

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 29, 2006

Java and weight of Azureus was reviewed about 100 times. Many of reviewers writing nothing new. I understand ut is ok for BN. I just want to say that well trained bot would much effective in such stupid reviewing.

Willforce reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 29, 2006

Azures ist verry nice! :o)
here is the beta36

Babylon2x reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 29, 2006

It's a good program, and I used to be a solid Azureus supporter. I still feel it has more features and options than most BT clients out there, so I can't fault it for completeness. I've always received the best download speeds when using Azureus.

However, most likely because of it's use of Java, I've seen it use more than 100MB of ram and can be a little CPU intense. If you use your desktop for other resource intense applications and would rather keep those resources free, I wouldn't recommend Azureus as a full time client. uTorrent is certainly the lightest BT client on resources that I've seen so far (max usage for me peaked about 5MB of ram).

If you want lots of features and good speed, and have plenty of resources to spare or not much else to do with your computer, Azureus is definitely a great client.

On an unrelated note: Anyone know the name of the skin in the screenshot? Looks like Watercolour but it's a slight variation on any versions I've seen.

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 28, 2006

I really wish Azureus would only support Win2k/XP.

Too many people with legacy OS's keep saying it crahses under windows, while most of them have 95/98/ME. I don't consider those "windows" anymore, since they lack 95% of the features required for anything new. Really, you should be saying, "Azureus crashes on my DOS shell". :P

You don't hear me b****ing that it crashed on Windows 3.1, so quit b****ing that it crashes on 98SE or some other POS!

Thank you for your time.

donpacman: An azureus without java would just be a more fully featured and prettier BitComet/BitTorrent. If you don't want Java, use uTorrent. If you want tons of features, suck it up and use the java. All the plugins make it able to suit anybody, assuming they don't care about memory usage.

Dudeboyz: It's Java's fault. :P

I've never had Azureus crash(Win2k) or have any problems, so I can only assume that Java has issues on Win98SE. Failing that it's just the OS's fault. You're right though about the OSs "supported". I'd like to see betanews update " Windows (All)" with a linked definition.

donpacman reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 28, 2006

Java is killing Azureus!

"lose the java bloatware"

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 28, 2006

Not as stable on my 9x machine as previous builds, and there seems to be a network problem on my XP machine as well.

As long as they are producing versions of Windows 9x and XP, each platform is fair game in terms of testing. If they choose to drop 9x support in order to try to boost stability ratings, that is up to them. However, Utorrent seems to have no trouble maintaining Windows 9x stability.

I wonder what the heck the programmers are trying to achieve with these changes?

I think I would prefer Stability #1, Speed #2 and then resource efficiency #3.

Utorrent isn't perfect, but it is still better than the PC version of Azureus, imo.

Metshrine reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 28, 2006

WhiteZero: You obviously missed the rule that states reviews shouldnt be a sole point to argue with another person about their thoughts on a product (flaming, as its otherwise known).

"I don't see why all these people are so picky over 10 - 20megs of RAM when most people have 512 or more. And Azureus uses just as much CPU as uTorrent. And don't even try to say uTorrent always uses 0% because thats impossible or just innacurate."

10-20MB of ram would be acceptable, however, in my test with this beta and all past releases, I get upwards of 60-80MB of ram with 2 torrents running. That is unacceptable. Yes, I have 1GB of ram, but 95% of the other apps I have use nowhere near that amount of ram. Utorrent doesnt use 0% cpu, but it uses far less than azureus does.

"And uTorrents speed has never compared to Azureus', since Azureus' DHT tops out at over 1million users. "

Post where you see these stats please, you make a claim, back it up.

"Some people just dont seem to understand that just because uTorrent uses marginally less resources, dosent mean it's better somehow."

Again, its not marginal, read above. Your claim of 10-20MB is far from accurate.

"Then you have the idiots making fun of all the Betas that they put out. So what if they like to make all the newest stuff avalible to the public? If you bother to look, the main release (non-beta) is the one on the main Azureus site."

Thats just it, its not betanews doing it, its some user posting every nightly build here as if its a new release. If they posted a changelog with each release, that would be different, but without knowing what has changed, how can one review each beta?

"You on the fricken "Beta News" website, dolts, of course your going to see alot of Betas. "

Like I said, straight out flaming.

This client USED to be my default for well over 7 months. It has a lot of advanced features, but many of which I never used, and from what I've read on various review sites, not many others do either. The client is very top heavy in its memory footprint because of its reliance on the java virtual machine. As I said above, its memory usage for me, and again from various reviewers that continue to be flamed for their results, ranges from 60-80MB and often times more. If this were an image processing app, or a video editing app, or even a 3D Rendering app, that would be acceptable, but I dont see any reason a torrent client should require that much ram. So, if you actually require the advanced features this client has, use it, but if you want something lighter and faster, use utorrent. From my understanding, speed only differs depending on torrent, so if you want to compare speeds, do it on the same torrent with the same peers and seeders, otherwise you cant do an accurate comparison.

WhiteZero reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 28, 2006

I don't see why all these people are so picky over 10 - 20megs of RAM when most people have 512 or more. And Azureus uses just as much CPU as uTorrent. And don't even try to say uTorrent always uses 0% because thats impossible or just innacurate.

And uTorrents speed has never compared to Azureus', since Azureus' DHT tops out at over 1million users.

Some people just dont seem to understand that just because uTorrent uses marginally less resources, dosent mean it's better somehow.

Then you have the idiots making fun of all the Betas that they put out. So what if they like to make all the newest stuff avalible to the public? If you bother to look, the main release (non-beta) is the one on the main Azureus site.

You on the fricken "Beta News" website, dolts, of course your going to see alot of Betas.

FlAshdobe reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 28, 2006

LMFAO :D Beta 35 already!! still got to try harder..

SamppaX reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 35 on Jan 28, 2006

+ Features
- Resource hog...

One wrote that uses 60mb ram? That's A LOT. I checked utorrent and it uses only 3mb....

I would choose uTorrent = Speed & All needed features.

Xilon reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 33 on Jan 27, 2006

Running µTorrent using 5MB ram and 0% CPU. Azureus doesn't even compare and µTorrent does everything I want it to. Until it gets it's RAM usage under control (which is extreme) Azureus is dead for me :P

desibabausa reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 33 on Jan 26, 2006

having problem with the currunt version....

found old version of this software at

http://www.oldapps.com

demetrisk reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 30 on Jan 22, 2006

This is:

* The best Java app for Win that I know of
* The most beautiful
* The most comprehensive BitTorrent client

Other clients are either elementary or do not display a very healthy sharing spirit. Then there is μTorrent, which would be my second choice, but I'm a bit worried from what I read about how it reads and writes from/to the drive (I do not quite understand what exactly is it that it does, and I wish there was an explanation for dummies somewhere).

Many people complain about the RAM usage in Az. It rarely goes over 60MB in my machine (XP Pro SP 2, JRE 1.5.0.06), with 2 or 3 torrents downloading, another 20 queuing to download, and 1 or 2 seeding.

About the Az plugins, I have found that they increase RAM usage rather inordinately. So I use none. I tried once SafePeer, and it increased RAM usage by about 60MB. I went back to PeerGuardian 2, which does the same for about 3MB.

brotherS reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 30 on Jan 20, 2006

When Azureus is causing you problems, I suggest you read http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/ - LOTS of helpful hints there!

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 29 on Jan 20, 2006

Java...oh well, beats .net

Works great as always.

Metshrine reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 29 on Jan 20, 2006

So, how can you not blame azureus for the poor memory usage? I've seen java apps far more complex than azureus use far less memory while performing far more tasks. It was the developers choice to use java to program the application, so we have every right to blame azureus for the high memory usage.

AntiochMedia reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 28 on Jan 17, 2006

Azureus is not crap, but I do think that it is slightly overrated when compared to uTorrent. I used Azureus for about 5 months and then switched to uTorrent out of curiosity. I really love that uTorrent is a tiny program that is not dependent on Java and uses less system resources.

Truth be told, I can't really tell too much of a difference in actual downloading performance between the two. uTorrent starts up in less than 1 second. Azureus takes about 4... there's my only stat =)

Ingo111 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 28 on Jan 17, 2006

Works great on my PC, I just love it!

slackman2k4 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 28 on Jan 17, 2006

The Best Bittorrent so far.

tremens reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 27 on Jan 13, 2006

azureus is the best. i consistantly use the nightly builds and have no issues(xp sp2).i can't even remember a time i've seen azureus crash, system is up for weeks at times. yes the gui is a little laggy on slower computers, but this is the ONLY disadvantage.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 25 on Jan 11, 2006

This particular nightly build seems a tad less stable for some reason.

I'm beginning to agree that Azureus is to the point where it's not worth the effort compared to some other alternatives.

kashin reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 25 on Jan 10, 2006

Azureus is crap. Always was, always will be. I refuse to pollute my computer with Sun's Java garbage, just to run this bloated piece of crap. I know all the Azureus fanboys are going to jump at my throat for this one, "but kashin look at all the features lol!" Cross platform clients like this one are a stupid idea. There's an old saying "Jack of all trades, master of none." It's apps like this that make me wish you could give a 0 rating. Next.

precurgent reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 25 on Jan 9, 2006

It is funny how much better the average ratings for Azureus were before uTorrent came out. People are so smart. /sarcasm

brotherS reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 25 on Jan 9, 2006

guys, guys, guys... just read http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/index.php/ and if you STILL have problems read http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/index.php/IRC too and ask there for help. Azureus is great!

Mumoto reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 24 on Jan 4, 2006

I have used Azureus nice plugins and stuff, but most are useless actually, it also seems like java has some kind of connection bug, too much connections = crashing internet?

I prefer Bittornado, it only has stuff you actually use.

ggvrsn reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 23 on Jan 3, 2006

This program is weird on my Windows XP Pro system. If I am downloading files which have too many peers or just downloading when the connection to and from my computer is fast/large, my windows networ shutdwon and i have reboot my PC to fix it. -GGR

TheBeastH6 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 23 on Jan 3, 2006

µTorrent

popdog reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 23 on Jan 3, 2006

I run this on a linux and windows box and it has always worked perfectly. Some great plugins such as scheduled download times help make this one of the best torrent apps out there. It may be a little memory hungry but I have never had any problems because of it.

tremens reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 23 on Jan 2, 2006

once mainline DHT catches up with azureus'(if ever) then i'll switch

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 23 on Jan 2, 2006

Changelog?

munga42 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 23 on Jan 2, 2006

-lets see, 100MB+ ram. for what?
-Interface is slow, and lags?
-java runtimes needed
-to complex, hard to config

i only give it an extra star for good speed and for a nice try..

Ampbeta reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 22 on Jan 2, 2006

pretty decent app, uses java so is not very ram friendly even though my dell 256 meg of ram handles it fine and i get great speads for it i would still recommend utorrent.

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 22 on Jan 1, 2006

DudeBoyz is correct, since most people are on windows.

I personally feel that Azureus is quite perfect(with a few plugins). How it runs on the Windows Java VM is really piss poor though compared to say...on a mac.

uTorrent was specifically designed for Windows so avoids the s*** Java VM. Thus, to be fair, we should really have hundreds of unix/linux/mac users going over there and saying it sucks cause it doesn't run for them.

After all...it's people's OWN personal experiences that count. It doesn't matter that they may not represent 99% of the population. THEY count. ;)

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 22 on Jan 1, 2006

Utorrent is a better basic client. It is also far more stable and less resource intensive.

That said, this NIGHTLY BUILD is testing fairly well compared to earlier releases, at least on my Win 9x and Win XP systems.

Still, it would be nice if it came pre-configured to have a more efficient bandwidth allotment. Compared to Bit Spirit (with Anti-Freeze on for ADSL) and Utorrent (limit upload to 80% of capacity) Azureus is not as simple to configure to prevent saturation of bandwidth.

Unless you need all the advanced features of Azureus, I do think Utorrent is a much better option for the bulk of downloaders.

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 22 on Jan 1, 2006

hey, uTorrent fanboys, you can't even compare these two products.

The Azureus DHT network has well over 700,000 users, uTorrent tops 5,000.

This supports all major platforms, uTorrent is restricted to windows.

Azureus has more features than uTorrent ever will.

Also, don't rate the product a 1-5 just because Betanews is horrible about keeping up with betas, that's just plain stupid.

Murphy71984 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 22 on Jan 1, 2006

a good alternative is uTorrent.

00100001110 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 22 on Jan 1, 2006

Beta 23 is out already

rcadams reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 21 on Dec 30, 2005

a good alternative is uTorrent.

WhiteZero reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 21 on Dec 30, 2005

Appears to be stable.

sadvietboi408 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 21 on Dec 30, 2005

a good alternative is uTorrent.

jhatcher16 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 21 on Dec 30, 2005

AARRGGGHHH!!! Too many betas :P

Still by far the best Torrent client IMO

RoSmecher reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 4 on Dec 24, 2005

pretty good, but it is kinda slow and it sometimes crashes on exit. plus i am not a fan of java

WhiteZero reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 4 on Dec 18, 2005

It's not that Azureus sucks on Windows 98... it's that EVERYTHING sucks on Win 98.
XD

Drop $100 and save yourself a world of troubble by getting XP.
Sheesh

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 4 on Dec 1, 2005

tremens, that'd be me. I wasn't aware there was a copy hosted on betanews.

Dudeboyz: Follow his advice. I've tried roughly 35 versions of Azureus on my Win2k box, and know what? Not a single one of them has ever crashed, even under heavy loads of 50+ torrents while I'm playing games. Azureus performs exceptionally well downloading dozens of things at a time, though seeding is a bit more HD intensive.

Out of all the versions I've tried...I've noticed no difference between any of them. They're all bug & crash free, and they all give me 240kb/sec download speed, which means < 10kb/sec wasted on communication and bad data.

My old 98SE box used to crash if I did anything HD related that took up more than a few hundred megabytes. Reboot after installing game...reboot after downloading file...reboot after deleting folder... :/

Yeah, I'm much happier with win2k, where recently I deleted 66gb and installed several games without rebooting, and it's still going groovy.

tremens reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 4 on Dec 1, 2005

This code has been stable for a long a** time. W98 box is choking.

Still faster than all others because Azureus was first to implement DHT, and it's not compatible with mainline. All you people b****ing about performance, the performance can be blamed on windows' handling of java. As far as file size goes, Azureus is not compiled C++ and UPX'd. Who cares about a few meg diference? Azureus is for the power user to take advantage of plugins, integrated tracker, irc support,automated downloads from rss feeds, etc. If you want a lightweight mainline compatible client, look at utorrent. Comparing the 2 is apples and oranges, because the needs from user to user is different.

Dudeboyz, nightly builds and betas in general are meant for finding problems and reporting them to the developers. If your not ready to deal with problems that may occur or have no interest of contributing to the development process, do us all a favor and stop b****ing about the stability of a beta product. No offense, I just don't think you understand the devlopment process, the public is the quality control of open source software. Free as in beer.

PS
2000/xp were the first quality os released by microsoft IMHO, windows 98 does not handle high IO very well, not secure, was never stable, and security updates/patches end in 7 months. If your on a budget, I would use linux. It's not like you can play any of the latest games with 98 anyway. Pretty much anything that runs on 98 will run on wine, and the native apps will run alot better. In linux you'd see how Azureus was supposed to perform.

Like someone below said

REMOVE MICROSOFT JRE and PUT LATEST SUN VERSION ON THERE

MSJVM Removal Tool
http://fileforum.betanew...Tool_MSJVM/1079194582/1

Sun JRE
http://fileforum.betanew...rd_Edition/1011824317/1

BadIronTree reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 4 on Dec 1, 2005

Azureus is the best thing ever

i meen wtf guys
you still have 256 mb RAM in you anciant PC
YOU ARE LEFT BEHIND dont wine like babys becuase the program use more ram than other ....

with no plagins it take 15 to 30 mb ram

with 20 plugins i have it take 150-180 MB ram in my pc but i have 2GB ram :P
but i donwload at 250 KB/sec
no other clients have ever given to me the thing azureus have to ofrer NONE

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 4 on Dec 1, 2005

TREMENS - chill dude. I know the development process in detail, and have been working with the dev team at Azureus for over a year, emailing stuff, testing stuff on multiple platforms, etc. You really should read the history of reviews before commenting. That said, this is BETA NEWS, not "nightly build news" and the AZ guys themselves have said repeatedly that nightly builds are NOT supposed to be submitted here for public consumption. The final AZ build just made was a 3.5 - solid - almost a 4 perhaps. But this particular nightly build, which is what we are supposed to be commenting on, flat out sucks on 98 SE compared to the last final release version. That is why it gets a 1. Also, Bit Spirit is way faster than Azureus on my ADSL setup, and many others too.

Win 98 SE is only one of my 3 testbed machines for AZ. I test it on OS X 10.4.x and Windows XP SP1 as well.

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Nightly builds suck. This build is crashing on my 98 SE system (P4 2.8ghz, 1 gig of RAM) like crazy. The last final build works much better.

For basic torrent downloads, the Azureus client is utter crap compared to Utorrent though. Utorrent 1.2.2 flat out blows it away. It is under 200 KILOBYTES (not Megabytes) and uses a single install file. To uninstall it, all you have to do is delete the EXE and the small config/dat files in the \application data\utorrent folder. That's it. Amazing. Why does Azureus need 5+ megabytes of files to do what others can do in under 200 kilobytes?

I'm wondering if I should just give up on Azureus and switch over totally. I don't need any of the advanced Azureus features, and this bloated program is going downhill fast, at least if you look at these nightly builds as an example.

What the heck are the programmers thinking by tinkering with the code all the time and making it WORSE with these nightly builds?

If you want to use Azureus, use the last FINAL release, because it works much better than this nightly build, at least for me. Considering how unstable this particular nightly build is for me, I'm rating it a 1.

I believe I gave the last final version of Azureus a 3, and would have given it a 3.5 if that option had been available.

sumant30 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Dec 1, 2005

I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE HAVE STARTED CRYING ABOUT AZUREUS NOW.ACCORDING TO ME ITS THE BEST TORRENT CLIENT EVER WRITTEN.SO WHAT IF IT EATS UR RESOURCES.BUT THEY ARE BEING USED TO GIVE GOOD RESULTS.TELL U GUYS I HAVE USED ALMOST ALL THE TORRENT CLIENTS FROM G3 TO OFFICIAL BIT TORRENT CLIENT TO UTORRENT BUT NOBODY CAN COME IN THE LEAGUES OF AZUREUS.

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 29, 2005

You people probably have it using MS's crap VM. I pity you, for MS removed the removal tool, so if you're stuck with their exploit-filled buggy memory wasting VM...you're stuck with it.

I installed JRE 1.4.2_09 after using the now-gone removal tool, and Java uses ~40mb, and Azureus ~30mb, with about 30 things seeding. No configuration changes, except to tell azureus to cache tons of files in memory so it doesn't kill my HD.

rseiler reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 28, 2005

I'm amused by the post a couple before me, which purports to explain AZ's exorbitant memory usage thusly:

"...since most people don't know how to properly configure their Java environment, it will probably use 100MB RAM on a default install."

So it's OUR fault, not the JVM's, that it commonly uses up to about 200MB of memory (private bytes)when AZ is cooking on all cylinders?

I see.

Oh, and if anyone can demonstrate to us what a "proper" configuration of the JVM is, the one that saves gobs of memory, please do.

We're all ears.

[Edit: And to answer a subsequent post, no, "we people" are not using MS JVM but instead Sun's, and the latest version, too.]

dhry reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 28, 2005

This program was ALWAYS bloatware. Sure, it has a lot of options, but running through the Java VM kills its performance. It's slow to start up, a CPU and memory hog, the autoupdate system worked about 75% of the time (the other 25% you have to manually copy Azureus2.jar over the previous one before restarting the program) and, frankly, it's time is over. uTorrent is now the way to go - much less resource usage than Azureus, comparable featureset (ie just the stuff you need and none of the crap you don't), and just plain better as a torrent client. uTorrent slaughters Bitcomet, BitSpirit, and pretty much any other torrent client out there.

Esstee reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 28, 2005

Excellent progresss!

I love Azureus, yes its not for low end systems, if you have a decent machine the whole java /ram thing won't faze you. I found that 1GB of ram with a 3.2Ghz or better setup would allow you to run Azureus without any side effects full time.

I think many poeple here who seem disturbed by the fact that a Az requires a larger memory footprint than a comparable product would be better off finding an app. that fits there own system.

Azureus is an amazing program it has the biggest array of configuration and 3rd party addon support over all other BT clients bar none. While some people will criticise this approach man y advanced users will embrace the all in one added functionality of Az and make great use of its capabilities.

Great work on behalf of the development team and I must say that Beta News is doing a wonderful job of posting updates. Everytime I have visited the Azureus webpage it was from spawned from the Beta News website.

Keep up the good work Beta News and Azureus!

urbanriot reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 27, 2005

The best Torrent client and host, bar none in terms of configuration, stability, power and portability. The advanced options allow you to harness speeds that no other torrent software (such as utorrent or bit comit) can touch. Since it does utilize Java for portability (ie. works out of the box on many software platforms), and since most people don't know how to properly configure their Java environment, it will probably use 100MB RAM on a default install unless you set it up properly. Make sure you get the latest stable version from http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ and not the CVS builds posted here.

Domingo reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 27, 2005

Eh, I don't care about them posting the daily releases. If you don't like it, don't download it.
As for the client itself - I don't care for it. It's a resource hog and I don't care for the UI at all.
I personally like utorrent or bitcomet. Both have all of the features of this client, but allow for better mutitasking and have cleaner UI's.

The Second Maker reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 27, 2005

It eats 10x memory more than all other clients combined, the interface is ugly and hlaf skinned and on top of that it's java dependent.

Use uTorrent or BitSpirit and you won't miss a thing.

AntiochMedia reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 27, 2005

Azureus is a fantastic program and I agree with those posting on here that nightlies should not be added.

There are a few things that annoy me --

1. Nightlies being added without changelogs.
2. People rating software with low marks because of being submitted nightly.

The latter is more annoying, but I think there's a valid point here. Betanews is a site about Betas. I would love to see a site about Nightlies. NightlyNews? =)

I expect Betas to have:
- a Changelog
- A relative level of confidence from the developers in the releases's stability

And I use nightlies of a few apps - such as Thunderbird and Firefox ... and well, I like reading the check-ins and being bleeding edge on that.

crowbar82 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 27, 2005

OMG! There is NOTHING wrong with the publisher. This website is BETANEWS... BETA + NEWS, so whats wrong with this?

DONT DOWNLOAD IT IF YOU DONT LIKE IT!

PS: go to download.com if you dont like BETA!

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 27, 2005

Posting these nightly builds is pathetic. What the heck is wrong with these people????

These are NOT betas. They are NIGHTLY BUILDS.

Time to give up on AZUREUS until the next final release and try Bit Spirit and Utorrent instead.

Crono` reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 27, 2005

a resource hog, normal bt users really don't need azureus. Try utorrent, it's only 100 kb.

crashoverride reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 26, 2005

This is just too funny. Just as we get off of one wave of betas, here comes another.

Goldengamegod reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 26, 2005

You people drive me crazy, I think I am going to fire off an email to the BN admin team and ask that they prevent rating of non-final builds.

Prospero424 reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 26, 2005

Look, it's really, really simple. If you don't want to download or use the betas (which most should not be, I'm not at the moment), then don't download them.

Christ. I swear some people just enjoy complaining.

While the program is quite a resource hog, as far as bittorrent clients go, it's also by FAR the most feature-rich. If you're not getting download speeds as fast os other BT clients, I don't understand why unless you just don't have your router, PC, or Azureus installation configured correctly.

READ THE AZUREUS WIKI ON THEIR MAIN PAGE!!! I can't stress this enough. It gives you all the tips you need to get it running blazing fast, like don't use the standard 6881 bittorrent port, change it to something else. Some ISPs throttle this port and some trackers even ban IPs using this port in order to maintain higher average swarm speeds.

If I was using a workstation or gaming machine to download torrents, I would definitely use something like µTorrent in order to minimize interference with resource-intensive tasks. But I use this on a dedicated, quite fast server with plenty of RAM. It's perfect.

heybirder reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 26, 2005

Great, a hundred or so 2.3.0.6 "beta" releases and only 4 days after 2.3.0.6 is final, we now get the beginning of another hundred 2.3.0.7 "betas" ....

httpd.confused reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 26, 2005

Hah, I was going to write the exact same thing--"Here we go again!" Note: I am not complaining about the betas!

Still the best I've tried, anyway, by far. I tried uTorrent, and what a piece of crap I found that thing to be. "You won't miss anything"? Yeah, right--nothing except features and usability.

If you have an old piece of crap system with 256-MB of RAM, by all means restrict yourself to what it can handle.

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v2.3.0.7 Beta 1 on Nov 26, 2005

BETA 1, HERE WE GO AGAIN FOLKS! ;)

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 24, 2005

If 3.5 had been an available option, I would have rated it a 3.5. It is not good enough to rate a full on 4.0, but it is a SOLID 3.5

This version is more stable than most of the previous nightly builds, and it does a better job of ramping up download speeds early into the download.

However, it still saturates bandwidth more than the competition, and it is slower in terms of program speed and it downloads at a slower top speed than the competition.

Of course, because it is based on Java, it is much more resource intensive.

That said, it is a step up and I do believe if you need the extra features, it is now worth a shot. They seem to have corrected many of the issues that plagued the nightly builds and as a result, I give the programmers props for finally putting out a final release version.

For most users, I do think Utorrent and Bit Spirit are better options on the PC, however. Both use less resources, do not saturate bandwidth as heavily and are faster/more responsive. Plus, both of these clients download at higher top speeds than does Azureus on the same systems and software.

RADicalSatDude reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

I was using Bit Tornado earlier and have tried what others recommended, but even though this takes up a lot of memory (fine with 512MB RAM). Its the best!

I wasn't too sure about this particular update, but these guys really tweaked it this time, my speeds were crap total speeds not even going up 25KBps, with a 512K ADSL line.

Now I have to turn down the bandwidth it's through the roof, ups and downs both.

Kudos to the dev team... Excellent work!

donpacman reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

Resource Hog big time!!! thanks to Java.

insanept reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

Probably the most complete bittorrent client there is, but at a cost.

Extremly sluggish and a memory hog, if you don't have lots of memory and patience do restart it once in a while, it's not for you.

Anyway, uTorrent does what the majority of people want in a BT client and is very small and uses very few memory.
If you don't have a specific interest in Azureus or in any of its plugins you are MUCH better off with uTorrent.

mfarmilo reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

Excellent torrent program.

But the download link here needs fixing. It currently doesn't download the setup program, but the actual jar program file. Your average user wouldn't have a clue what to do with that after downloading.

Scorpion_}{{-c reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

I have tried the rest, (that includes uTorren/bitlord etc).
This is the best, lots of options/plugings/reports, something for everyone :) .

NyNe reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

azureus is a great program, the best i've come accross so far, bitcommet has a horribly annoying interface and i havent tried µTorrent. anyways many people seem to be complaining about azureus being very resource consuming, now granted i am on a REALLY over qualified computer and dont notice much of anything to that effect i investigated and saw azureus only takes up 21 megs of my system memory.

my only complaint (that personally affects me) with this program is this; yes it is very rich in features, but i think it's too rich, you really dont need THAT much crap in the program, i think a slimmed down version would be nice - this complaint might explain the resource issue many others have.

anyways this IS above all a great program, and i would strongly recommend it to the moderate and experienced bit torrent users (for someone who is new i recommend the basic bit torrent client though)

twtphw reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

Azureus is defintely the most feature-rich and graphical bittorrent program. But from my experience any computer not running 1GB of memory will encounter slowdown of the entire system because of Java. I had switched to bitcomet a long time ago and now have moved on to µTorrent which is not yet feature-complete but is an amazing client nontheless.

BadIronTree reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

simply the best

dazran reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

uTorrent and BitCommet imho better

Ulmo reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

Very good Soft.
But Java.
I like this language but i hate the Runtime Environment.

uTorrent is exactly the opposite : splash loading and small mem usage. With a very good protocol implementation.

dzjepp reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

Can't wait for next week when 2.3.0.7 Beta 1 is posted. ;>

bullka reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

I iahve used this pieace of software for a while, but was disappointed with the start up speed, usage of memory, operation speed etc. etc. Now I'm using uTorrent and I'm happy with it. It has all the features I need.

Do you really need all features from Azureus?

linkdup reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 23, 2005

The best!

Actually it's java that runs heavy, not azureus. I wish they would have programmed this in c++. oh well. its still my favorite.

Matt714 reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 22, 2005

Long life to Azureus for usuability, performance and the numerous features.

I personally tried µTorrent and not only did the memory usage was comparable to Azureus but it bloody slow.

WhiteZero reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 22, 2005

Still the best in speed, features, and useability.

thenay reviewed v2.3.0.6 on Nov 22, 2005

Great program! Sure it uses a lot of ram, but if you got 1gig or more and like to customize and use plugins this bit torrent program is for YOU!

dzjepp reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 74 on Nov 18, 2005

RC1? lol, if you're going to go about a naming convention at least link to the latest build (b76), not 74.

BogdanSHA reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 74 on Nov 17, 2005

@DudeBoyz - µTorrent does that: "Good luck, because I really do like that feature that allows you to set a START folder and then have it automatically move the files to a FINISHED folder when the download is complete."

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 74 on Nov 17, 2005

First, it's a bummer that some seem to automatically rate each and every Nightly Build as a total 5 star release.

Doing a little critical analysis and perhaps admitting that a particular build has issues and maybe giving it a 3 or a 4 instead of an automatic 5 would be worth looking into. For the time being, I'm still doing some hardcore testing of each build on 3 different systems, so I actually do assign a rating based on a particular build. I thought that was what we were supposed to do.

Anyway, the only change I found during testing seems to be that this particular Nightly Build has improved slightly in terms of stability.

As mentioned earlier by other posters, these Nightly Builds are not doing Azureus any good from a reputation standpoint. Their quality is suspect and they are not intended for Beta status reviews, I believe.

That said, the more I use Bit Spirit and now uTorrent, the less I use Azureus. Both Bit Spirit and uTorrent download the same files on the same system FASTER than Azureus does, and both use far less resources and seem far more stable than Azureus does.

Perhaps if a final build of Azureus ever does come out, it may be a more competitive release, but Azureus is losing ground - big time - and I don't think that Feature-Itus is going to save it.

Hey - Azureus guys - Give me a DECENT FINAL BUILD to test and maybe I'll be more optimistic. But when newcomers can appear and out-do you within a few releases while you stagnate, something is not going well on your end.

urbanriot reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 73 on Nov 16, 2005

I'm re-posting to correct my review. After a week of using µTorrent, I've discovered Azureus is still considerably more "powerful", and capable of downloading faster assuming you don't mind the extra java VM overhead (about 100MB). I have 2GB RAM, so I really don't care.

Zygi reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 73 on Nov 15, 2005

Who the hell is posting all this cvs builds here ??? There are ways to get them faster through acvsupdater plugin. Don't need to spam here.
I like utorrent and use both of them, azureus is still faster and more powerful for a price through, i use it under linux console with webui, something utorrent won't be able to do in the near future.... utorrents got its own bugs, like more peers on torrent event with private flag set on torrent and dht disabled.

anomoly reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 71 on Nov 14, 2005

3 for popularity & being free. Still the latest version of utorrent is better, cleaner, smaller, standalone & portable, and works amazingly bug free (without 500 settings to waste your time with). Seems if you need so many updates (like windows) you are not as efficient as you could be. I get tired of the plethora of updates for a single prog. whatever flips your pancakes but you will never see it on my pc.

BogdanSHA reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 71 on Nov 14, 2005

Hey, when I want 2 play a game, I like, in fact I need a torrent software running. The only one that permits that is... not Azureus.

SamppaX reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 71 on Nov 14, 2005

I would say this is GOOD not "BEST". Kinda "OLD" if you think about java based.

Will need lot of RAM if you play PC Games, Listen Music And same time use Azareus (java).

& Whats up with these builds!?!?! Oh well... Do as you like... But Final version sometimes is good to release. =)

cowticket reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 71 on Nov 13, 2005

I only use the best on my computer. Azureus is the best by far in terms of a bittorrent client.

WhiteZero reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 71 on Nov 13, 2005

ROFL
People think that just because another application uses less memory that it's better. Too funny.
Azureus features combined with it's massive Distributed Network and avalible plugins make it #1.

Period

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 71 on Nov 13, 2005

I don't see people criticizing the hundreds of unreleased uTorrent builds that crash and have broken DHT, memory leaks, and other crashing features.

Oh wait - they weren't released! Yes, that's right, they only give you a finished product - and unlike uTorrent some crazy guy is posting these Azureus builds not meant for anyone not testing them, so people get lower opinions!

urbanriot reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 71 on Nov 13, 2005

Thanks to other reviewers, I've discovered µTorrent and have recently made the switch from Azureus. For Windows, µTorrent trumps Azureus in terms of speed, memory usage and ability, especially now that it supports DHT. While Azurues is extremely stable and runs on practically any OS that supports Java, for Windows it's a complete resource hog.

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 71 on Nov 13, 2005

I prefer Azureus because of its high download speeds.

Now Shareaza, BitComet is forgotten. What will be next? Mtorrent?

paradoxlost reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 69 on Nov 11, 2005

The torrent Goliath that is Azureus was just slain by µTorrent. v1.2 now has DHT.

bottom line:

if you desire plug-ins, stick with azureus.
if you desire speed and an Amazingly small memory footprint, go µTorrent

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 69 on Nov 8, 2005

The last 5 people made some very good points.

I use Azureus on a windows box, and I'm not plagued with the problems most people complain of. I use lots of different features in Azureus, and I found uTorrent cutting off seeds that I wanted to continue. It basically didn't have enough complex if/else/and's in it.

My uncle uses it on his mac box to download shows he misses from TV. Can only tape so much - even with 4 VCR's. :P

tbaster reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 69 on Nov 8, 2005

Yeah, I've been using Azureus for a long time, before it was very popular. But the bloat is become too much, things that 99% of the users have no use for and understand even less. And it's developing too much quirky behavior with the updater and plugins. I'm giving utorrent a try, and so far I like it. Similar interface and seems to have all the information that I liked getting out of Azureus.

Mirrebex reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 69 on Nov 8, 2005

bah.. go with utorrent.com a lot smaller and has all functions you could ever want in a bittorrent client.

tremens reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 68 on Nov 7, 2005

utorrent is still very primitive in comparison, barely stepping out of the bounds of the original source. dht support brings with it a higher demand on resources and larger executable size(utorrent is most likely UPX'd, although haven't checked), that is why performance comparisons between the 2 have no relavance. i think bitcomet and bitspirit are the best windows clients, but this is the best for other operating system.

Yogurth reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 68 on Nov 7, 2005

Azureus is a dying dinosaur, revolution against bloat amongst Torrent programs has started and it's called µTorrent. Thatsaid Azureus had it's place in introducing many new technologies to Bitorrent network along with BitComet and original; Bittorent.However as time passes and most of these do not have their place inside client and it shows up on performace of AZ,BC and BT. 2 developers got this right and made a tiny program without all that is unecessary and they really naild it. Therefore 3 stars for importance, 2 stars for Azureus itself.

urbanriot reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 66 on Nov 7, 2005

The software itself is an excellent program with true portability. Allows for considerable tweaking, and rock solid stability. However, I'm not sure why nightly builds are posted here... some of the buggy versions here actually detract from the software.

tremens reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 66 on Nov 5, 2005

i was just joking below. DudeBoyz what runtime enviroment are you using??

Zygi reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 64 on Nov 3, 2005

DudeBoyz are you Bitspirit fanboy ??? I don't have any stability problems with b64. Every BT client is different, azureus goes in feature rich direction, uTorrent is simple and small, Bitcomet, Bitspirit, Tornado and all others. Don't bash on program just because its not exactly like you want it to be... You got choice to choose other program, i'm not Azureus fanboy i'm using utorrent, bitcomet and azureus (in win and under linux server with webui). Show me other bt client i can use under linux with some remote control gui ??? Azureus is powerful, feature rich, multiplatform, have plugin support, very configurable. What do you want more ? If you just need simple functions, get windows only client and be happy, but don't bash on something different like azureus.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 64 on Nov 2, 2005

Some of these comments are just lame fanboyish rantings. That is a waste.

Build 64 takes another step backwards in stability vs even version 60. What are these guys THINKING by releasing this stuff as a testable version?

I hope they come up with an actual final release that works and works efficiently. These builds make it look like Amateur Hour.

Those looking for DHT - just give BIT SPIRIT a try - it already does it, and it does it all more efficiently than Azureus does. If you try Bit Spirit and have ADSL, you may want to activate the Anti-Freeze feature under Network Options and compare those download speeds to Azureus. You may be surprised.

NOTE - I'm judging the Azureus build on its own merits. On my Win 98 SE and Win XP test machines, nightly build 64 is noticeably less stable than previous nightly builds. Some builds are simply far more stable and responsive than others.

Why Azureus is releasing these nightly builds and calling them BETA's is beyond me. I've rated some of these nightly builds a 3 because they download faster, are more stable and use less resources. But a few builds later, they do something to the code that just totally screws it up, especially on Windows 98 SE.

I include a note about Bit Spirit to provide a basis of comparison. It is always good to compare software to other apps in terms of resources, performance and stability. It's not like people should be living in a vacuum, unaware how a particular Azureus build compares to other apps out there, right?

I'm not trying to cross-promote Bit Spirit - I'm trying to say "By way of comparison, another DHT capable client does this" and ask "Why can't Azureus work like that?"

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 64 on Nov 2, 2005

Task Manager says Azureus.exe is using 40mb right now(30 torrents in list? 6 seeding). The latest versions don't have Java listed under the process list.

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 64 on Nov 2, 2005

Once uTorrent support DHT, I'm dropping this forever, except for Linux use.

The memory usage is inevitable, java itself is about 44 megs for me.

ajiva reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 64 on Nov 2, 2005

You guys don't get it, Java doesn't use 50+mb as you think it does. Task Manager is just very poor at describing how memory is being used. Alot of Memory that Java is using is shared throughout the system. So in reality that 50mb is more like 5 or 10mb. So don't worry about it.

tremens reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 60 on Oct 28, 2005

Azureus is the best for the Nixes. Bitcomet still rules the windows. Anybody b****ing about stability of nightly builds should be dragged from their car and beaten.

rseiler reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 60 on Oct 28, 2005

Java only 50MB? Sometimes. Sometimes even less. Most times though, it's a bit north of 100MB for me, though I don't think I've seen it push past 150MB. And yes, I always have the latest version installed, not that it matters.

This may relate to my usually having several torrents going concurrently.

sn1p34 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 60 on Oct 28, 2005

50mb is alot compared to 3mbs which I get with utorrent, which runs much better then Azerus, I do admit there are more features in here, but most of them I never use, there defently not worth 50mbs.

I give it a 3 for being free, and update regualry, I have noticed it is getting allitle better on the memory but not enough for me to swich.

4ndrey reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 60 on Oct 28, 2005

I really doesnt see what problems you have with java.
javaw.exe uses 0-4% of CPU and 48.040 K of memory, while azureus.exe also uses 0-2% of CPU and 1.912 K memory.

I can use my computer normaly (played Q4 with no FPS drop) during azureus usage (so far 4 torrents simultaneus) and cpu usage is 0-4% from java and azureus.

So, great program for me.
OS = WinXP
CPU = A64 3000+ @2500 MHz
1 GIG of ram

java = version 1.5.0.4 with instalation filename jre-1_5_0_04-windows-i586-p-.exe

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 60 on Oct 28, 2005

I feel sorry for everyone that doesn't have windows 2000, and is plagued by these "Stability" problems.

I've yet to have Azureus crash, a plugin crash, or a download end up corrupt, and I've tested about 30 versions of Azureus so far...most of these nightly builds have fine speed aswell.

Ahh...poor people with XP and 98!

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 60 on Oct 28, 2005

These guys are on crack! Nightly builds being released as beta. This build seems just about the same as the last one, but not as stable as a previous one I commented on recently. Hence, the 2 score.

That said, Bit Spirit provides faster downloads and far less resource usage and also supports DHT. Bit Spirit is worth a try, imo. At least for comparison.

Azureus does have more features, but the inconsistency of these nightly builds, some stable, some not, is just pathetic.

dzjepp reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 60 on Oct 28, 2005

ye110mann,

It uses Java because of it's cross-platform support. They code Azureus as a single entity and it works across a number of platforms, including windows/nix/apple

war593122 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 60 on Oct 28, 2005

Sucks you have to install java first. ;)

ye110mann reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 57 on Oct 28, 2005

You can't beat Azureus' download speeds but why Java?!

tremens reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 57 on Oct 27, 2005

just some suggestions:

beta software could potentially be broken

builds from cvs are especially prone to being broken

Murphy71984 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 57 on Oct 27, 2005

Ok thats it! I'm not downloading anymore Beta builds until an official release...

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 56 on Oct 27, 2005

Things that worked in Nightly Build 50 stop working in Build 56 on 98 SE systems. Stability again takes a nosedive. What is WRONG with these people?

rseiler reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 56 on Oct 26, 2005

DudeBoyz, see my previous post: Azureus is doing a disservice to *itself* since they don't provide any "actual beta-quality builds" for end-user consumption -- at least that can be easily discerned. They keep pumping out the nightlies with nary a milestone (before final release) in sight. As I mentioned, they need to look at the Firefox model in order to give the common man something concrete to test on the way to final.

Until that happens, BetaNews really shouldn't stop posting these, however bad they might be. Why? Because otherwise, Azureus would simply have that many fewer people testing the product and potentially reporting problems. As it is, the betas (or whatever you want to call them) are practically a state secret.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 55 on Oct 26, 2005

Seems to me then that these Nightly Builds are doing a DIS-SERVICE to Azureus as a whole by giving people a bad impression of a good product.

BetaNews should stop posting these nightly builds as Beta's and perhaps stick to ONLY putting actual beta-quality builds on the list.

Based on what BetaNews is putting out though, when people review Azureus, they should review the Specific Build that is released, it would seem. So when I give a score, it is for RELEASE 55, for example, not the last full release of the product. Hence, the lower score, since build quality is so spotty.

Hope that makes sense.

rseiler reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 55 on Oct 25, 2005

Goldengamegod, thanks for taking the time to explain that.

However, note that phrase "The Azureus2.jar snapshot provided here is compiled from the very latest Azureus CVS source code" hardly suggests that this isn't a beta, and neither does it speak to its quality; in fact, how does one get to the page (http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index_CVS.php) on which that statement appears?

You guessed it, by clicking the word "Beta" on the main Azureus page. It's even italicized.

But your point that these here-today-gone-by-noon releases aren't necessarily of beta quality is well taken. But that goes to my point: why not?

If this product is indeed slated to be released by the end of the month, as the changelog suggests, days or weeks ago we should have had something pretty darned stable to test. Azureus should occasionally spotlight milestone builds for testing by ordinary users (as, say, Mozilla does with Firefox) and not just those that will eat any brand of dog food no matter what.

Wider testing might also help alleviate the flurry of maintenance releases that inevitably come soon after a version goes "final" and is publicized for downloading. The way it works now, that release is essentially the first public beta.

Goldengamegod reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 55 on Oct 25, 2005

"Do they realize that at some point they should release a non-beta version, or are they just going for Beta 100 and not look back?

For the smallest version bump possible, this is taking absurdly long."

First off, the people who run BN are morons. This is not a beta; it is an automated build from the current CVS sources. It can be considered Alpha quality at best (of course you would have known this had you taken the time to read the fist line on the Azureus dev build page, "The Azureus2.jar snapshot provided here is compiled from the very latest Azureus CVS source code.").

Most of the time these are not even tested by the devs and only get a quick re-release if they don't work at all.

Second, 2.3.0.5 is not the final version number, it is what is to become 2.4.0.0 and if you had taken the time to look over the full change-log (http://cvs.sourceforge.n.../ChangeLog.txt?rev=HEAD ) you would see that this is no trivial update.

Last but not least, I see absolutely nothing wrong with extensive testing of a soon to be released product (note that "2005.xx.xx | Azureus 2.3.0.5" in the change-log has been replaced with "2005.10.xx | Azureus 2.3.0.5" which means it is going to be released sometime this month).

Oh and DudeBoyz, like I mentioned above, these are CVS builds. They are NOT tested, and NOT optimized.

You should not expect them to be stable or run fast, especially since they rewrote the download, plug-in, and disk manager code.

Murphy71984 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 52 on Oct 24, 2005

...what Rseiler said....didn't 51 just come out yesterday?

rseiler reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 52 on Oct 24, 2005

Do they realize that at some point they should release a non-beta version, or are they just going for Beta 100 and not look back?

For the smallest version bump possible, this is taking absurdly long.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 52 on Oct 24, 2005

Holy crud - another nightly build. This one is less stable than the JUST released build 50, so I had to drop its score.

Note, the example of performance mentioned previously regarding Azureus vs Bit Spirit is only a single reference. There are dozens more that show the same pattern on test machines. Bit Spirit just flat out beats Azureus in download speed on my ADSL setup with the same Port, OS, Settings, etc on the same hardware. Azureus seemed to be faster in previous actual releases. Perhaps all the extra features are just adding too much to the overhead?

icec reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 50 on Oct 23, 2005

In response to DudeBoyz:
Surely you cannot point to one example where you gained faster download speeds on a particular torrent using different clients and claim it rings true for all downloads with those clients! The very nature of the BitTorrent system deems that one will never have consistent download speeds, even if using various clients and different torrents. To make your claim, one would have to collect much more data over a longer period of time, using different torrent swarms.
That being said, I seem to get similar download speeds using uTorrent and Azureus. Simply put, both clients are excellent and in very active development. I love the statistics, torrent categories, and plugin features of Azureus (especially SafePeer, e.g.). But, Azureus loves my RAM; RAM usage typically increases dramatically (100mb+) while Azureus is running. (I disabled Virtual Memory, so that may contribute...)
So, I tend to use both programs equally (interchangeably, too!). uTorrent if I am multitasking, and Azureus if I am not using the computer otherwise.

marvngardn reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 50 on Oct 23, 2005

Azureus has the best feature set by far. But if your system has

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 50 on Oct 23, 2005

Nightly Build 50 is a moderate improvement in resource usage and stability on my Windows 98 SE testbeds, but the download speed seems to be slower than nightly build 42 and others, and the client still saturates bandwidth more than it should and more than it has in previous nightly builds, including build 42. I did not give this a 2 because stability improved over many previous nightly builds though, so I felt it deserved a 3. Even if it is slower, the fact that it is at least no longer crashing is worth that extra score, imo.

On the same test machines, with the same torrents and the same system configuration, another client called BIT SPIRIT is actually getting much faster download speeds in a much less memory intensive package.

A specific example. Downloading a network television 1 hour show, 350 meg or so, Azureus varied from about 19k to 46k in download speed. Not too bad. But Bit Spirit with the same torrent on the same machine ranged from about 28k to as high as 127k. Both apps in the stock configuration. I have ADSL with a 1.5m/384k setup. What possible reason is there to use Azureus in this type of situation?

Even though Azureus may have a few more extra features for power users, it may simply no longer be worth using compared to some of these other clients.

If you want to download torrents fast with the least amount of resources consumed, Bit Spirit and uTorrent and a few others may just flat out be a better way to go.

nebojsaf reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 50 on Oct 23, 2005

Best BT client. :)
utorrent is small but for any advance use is not possible and is slower!
So stick to Azureus.

WhiteZero reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 50 on Oct 23, 2005

ghammer, did you even use it?

Anyway, I've used many BT cliens, and this one is by far the best.

ghammer reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 50 on Oct 22, 2005

Oh boy! Java based!!!

Slow and fat. Try µTorrent instead.

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 50 on Oct 22, 2005

I'm sick of all these people rating Azureus 1's and 2's. "uTorrent is better, uTorrent has almost all the same features, BitComet is faster"

BitComet is faster...hah, sure. It may be faster, but Azureus seems to have some sort of protection against it. I usually download more from BitComet users than upload back to them.

uTorrent is smaller. Better is a matter of oppinion.

uTorrent has about a hundredth the features of Azureus, and lacks a lot of customizability. If you actually looked into Azureus you'd realize all the power that's built into the plugin system.

This is just like the endless FF/Opera debate. "FF sux cus I dunt want to look throo hundeds of exterions."

You don't see me rating uTorrent a 1 because it lacks extensions, requires selecting torrents to view their stats, or has only a single list, do you?

What people don't get is they're downloading a java program. Java uses a lot of memory, just like .net. Java is cross-platform though, which means that while uTorrent is completely useless to 20% of the people out there, Azureus never will be.

For most people...uTorrent will serve all their needs, likely better than Azureus. For some of us though, we need the capabilities of Azureus that others forget about, and we don't want to spend $150,000 to get a programming degree so we can make a torrent client like we need/want, and get it to work on whatever platform.

sn1p34 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 50 on Oct 22, 2005

I used to like this program until I tryed utorrent, which uses way less resources, only takes 94kb's of disk space, faster downloading files, faster loading , and almost all the same features.

ArabianNight reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 50 on Oct 22, 2005

I dont see what the fuss is about this program. I used this client, and first of all, its ugly. Secondly, its slow. I use BitComet and get three times the dl speed on the exact same torrents.

omV0 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 48 on Oct 20, 2005

Great great program! I have tried a bunch of BT clients and this is definately the most powerful and by far my favorite. The cpu usage is only about 1% on my 2.8ghz p4, but it eats over 100megs of memory. But I guess that's the price of having it Java based.

johnk119 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 48 on Oct 18, 2005

great software, i use it all the time.

SamiChang reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 48 on Oct 18, 2005

Don't know why since the beta version 42 Azureus uses only about 9MB ram and then it grows slowly to around 34MB but somehow it frees up the ram when it's around 34MB back to 9MB. I have to say they are making improvement on it all the time!

mrbag reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 48 on Oct 18, 2005

Beings it doesnt work well on my computer, Ill just have to say" Azureus sucks"

Zankur reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 44 on Oct 17, 2005

I have to admit azureus is best of the lot of bittorrent clients available write now.

stisev reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 44 on Oct 14, 2005

Azureus is OK, but it uses java crap.

Use uTorrent (micro torrent) which is the best right now.

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 42 on Oct 13, 2005

Azureus is the best BT client. µTorrent is catching up(Btw, µ is micro, a metric prefix for 1/1000000), but Azureus still beats it hands down...people say they have problems, but they most likely have improperly configured systems. I've never had any memory leaks with Azureus. Even with hundreds of peers connected and dozens of torrents, with a massive 64mb cache set, Azureus has barely ever hit 80mb memory usage for me.

People say uTorrent is better, but I tried it. Spent an hour pissing around openning ports and firewalls, and it never did start. Got connections coming in, but it just decided *not* to send or receive anything.

I use Azureus because of the incredible download speeds I get. It's not uncommon for me to max 90% of my connection, which means I'm uploading ~50kb/sec, and downloading ~200kb/sec.

I like that speed, though I imagine other peers are getting less so that I can get more. :P

uTorrent: http://fileforum.betanew...il/Torrent/1127406453/1

Try it out and see how it goes, but don't come back here and say "Azureus suxx cus dis ting iz 100kb and iss bettar!". They're both ok, but Azureus is better except for the nagging 'it uses java' complaint. µTorrent isn't working for me yet, so I can't really compare how fast it is, but I know Azureus has no effect on my gaming, and my comp isn't even that great by today's standards. :P

Just don't finish a torrent while gaming! Godly lag as a 3gb iso is written to the HD. XD

Tokar reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 42 on Oct 13, 2005

ive come to terms with the memory usage...

i really dont care about it since i use the program while im sleeping, not using the computer.
once i want to use the computer when i get up, i turn off azureus (and also restart Zone Alarm, which gets affected by Azureus bigtime in the memory departmnt) and everything is back to normal.

Ive tried BitComet...didnt get me the Azureus speeds.
Ive tried ABC and Official...they stink.
Ive tried Rufus Torrent. Nice interface but not the same speeds.
Ive also tried the new uTorrent, which is supposed to be Azureus without the memory usage. It looks and feels a lot like Azureus, but I cant even manage half the speeds I see in Azureus...
For all you people hyping uTorrent...
Yes its a very nice looking client, but it is still not Azureus...sorry.

Its amazing...Azureus is hands down the best bittorrent client.

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 42 on Oct 13, 2005

Memory usage and startup time is unreal.

It downloads very quickly, and works on many platforms, so that saves it from a vote of 1.

As for me, I'm a Windows user, so I stick with Bitcomet and/or µTorrent.

donpacman reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 42 on Oct 13, 2005

Java is the real issue here.

Azureus programmers need to look C++
or Java will kill Azureus completely.

µTorrent is lite!
http://www.utorrent.com/

crashoverride reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 42 on Oct 13, 2005

What can I say other than this thing is great. Sure it eats up some memory but my machine can handle it so i have nothing to complain abbout on that part.

ghammer reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 42 on Oct 13, 2005

I grant that it works, but it is getting 'feature-itis'.
Plus, I'm no fan of Java based apps. Java, from any source. sucks rocks.

A great BT app is µTorrent, under 100K and needs no Java. Az users will be instantly at home with this little tool.

http://www.utorrent.com/

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 40 on Oct 10, 2005

Azureus is the best opensource torrent client.

cemcd reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 40 on Oct 9, 2005

This is the best on the net.
Works perfectly!

dhry reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 40 on Oct 9, 2005

I second clockwise's observation. utorrent is absolutely unbelievable - incredibly small and fast and does all the important stuff. Even has a speed scheduler. I've always hated Azureus, mainly because of the awful Java speed and resource issues. Get utorrent and never look at another Bittorrent client again.

clokwise reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 40 on Oct 8, 2005

I've been a big fan of Azureus for ages. When it first came to my attention it was so far superior to any other clients that it was an obvious choice and I've stuck with it, despite the annoying Java slowness and memory usage.

Just last week I found a new Windows only freeware bt client, utorrent (http://www.utorrent.com/), and the thing is 89Kb and has no installer! At first glance it looks a lot like Azureus and upon using it, I realized it was nearly as powerful as Azureus. Or at least, it did everything I wanted from a bt client, and I'm guessing, what most other people want.

I've used it extensively over the past week and am impressed by it's super small memory footprint and speed (I'm even downloading faster!). Azureus, in hindsight, has way more features than I'll probably ever need, and it ate RAM like a famine victim at McDonalds. I don't think I'll be going back to Azureus, although I'll keep checking out the major updates.

donpacman reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 40 on Oct 8, 2005

Azureus is resource hog!

"Too Bad" I like hows it's laid out.

husky87 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 40 on Oct 8, 2005

great application how ever it will be always behind java's shadow until sun can improve java.. Azureus has gotten alot better over recent months :)

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 40 on Oct 7, 2005

I just wanted to say OMG, THEY ARE UP TO BETA 40!!!

Aside from that...keep up the great work. I love Azureus, and can't wait for a release they deem great enough to be "not beta".

New load time is nice, and the as exe thing for firewalls is really nice.

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 40 on Oct 7, 2005

I'd say this has nothing on
utorrent (http://www.utorrent.com/)

its only 89 kb, has no real installation, loads VERY quickly, VERY low memory footprint, is faster than thisin download speed, and has almost the EXACT same interface.

This is slow bloated crap.

SirMango reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 36 on Oct 5, 2005

My favourite Bittorrent client.
Only complaint I would have is that Java runs slow on slow computer. But since I have a strong computer, I don't mind

Beta 36's load time is much faster now, so I recommend the DL!

xpro reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 31 on Oct 2, 2005

Sry Can't give any more than 3. The prog has about 3 min starting time !.

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 31 on Sep 30, 2005

Worx very well....cant wait for the final release.

SG1969 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 30 on Sep 27, 2005

still running beta 29 here, and it looks like memory consumption went up again. usually i can keep it at around 60mb or so, but this build is using about 80mb

i will install beta 30 now and see if this improves it. BTW i'm using the latest Java update 5 as well.

other than that, functionality remains the same, nothing broken that i can see so far.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 28 on Sep 23, 2005

ZYGI - sorry - you are a bit off base I believe. The problem is NOT the fault of my network or routers or configs. It simply varies from version to version depending on the nightly build and what they break/tweak/change.

It may not be a good thing to assume so much and make such definitive statements when you don't know the history of the testing involved.

I've been communicating directly with the developer contact over the months to help them get a grip on how their changes may negatively impact performance over previous versions and am letting them know when they get better.

Issues at this point are a DIRECT result of the code, not the config. That has been well established by both sides.

I am glad to see some improvement after a long spiral downwards though.

As for autoupdates, I'm not going that route during the testing phase. I need to be able to test the same code under various circumstances so I can report back with valid data.

hypatech reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 28 on Sep 22, 2005

Very excellent program betas seem promising however I will stick with Bit Spirit although sometimes I will use Azureus.Hope it becomes final soon!

Zygi reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 28 on Sep 22, 2005

@DudeBoyz - there is something wrong with your os, hardware or java installation, because i never had problems with cvs builds (using it for about half year now), on linux console and windowsxp. They're almost like stable releases to me, sometimes webui stop working with new build, but shortly after there is a update to webui plugin, and everything works flawless !!!
Two things you have mention, is saturated connection and slow start on torrents, first thing is not azureus fault but rather your poor traffic control on router (or rather lack of it), second thing is that azureus can start downloading on new torrents much faster, but it can use only 10 half open tcp connection at the second - thats limitation of winxp sp2. If you get rid of this (with TCP/IP patch changin this to 25/50/100 half open connections), then you can change it also in azureus preferences and see difference.

PS. For auto update of cvs builds, use AZCVSUpdater plugin,
http://azureus.sourcefor...php?plugin=azcvsupdater

brotherS reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 28 on Sep 21, 2005

Great program! Read http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/ if you want to improve your Azureus experience!

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 27 on Sep 21, 2005

I am using the nightly build identified as BETA 25 (not 27) and have been doing extensive testing on Windows XP and Windows 98 SE systems and am finding that BETA 25 nightly build is noticeably improved, particularly on the Windows 98 SE system, over many previous releases.

First, it appears to be noticeably more stable, not crashing once in dozens of shut-downs and restarts. Even with 6 torrents running, it still does not saturate my Internet DSL connection (1.5mb/384k) as many previous releases have done. This means other machines on the same network can access the internet and get a fairly usable response time while doing so.

After adding the listening port to the port forwarding of my router, speed seemed to pick up quickly even without a restart. Went from about 10-15k to 100k+ in less than 2 minutes.

Torrents still start slow compared to BitSpirit, but still, the other gains are nice to see.

I have been rather harsh on many of these nightly build type releases, because they simply seemed to be taking a step backwards in terms of performance and stability, but on the SAME systems, this new nightly build identified as Beta 25 does seem substantially better and is reminiscent of past releases that used to perform well.

I would have given it a 3.5 if I could have, but gave it a 3 because I did not think a 4 was quite justified yet.

I will be testing later builds soon. I just wanted to spend time being thorough and testing this release fairly. So far, I'm happy with the results. Performance and stability is much like it used to be back in the day, and that is a good thing for sure.

AZUREUS PROGRAMMERS - Whatever you have done to make this release perform so well by comparison to recent nightly builds, please keep going in that direction.

Zygi reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 26 on Sep 20, 2005

How much memory do you have ? I don't have such problems with my system (512 mb) and its not so much, most people have now 1gig. Of course java isn't writed for performance, but rather portability, so you can run programs writen in java almost everywhere. At this point, its not possible to rewrite whole azureus to another language. Second thing is azureus wouldn't be so feature packed without ease of programming under java, authors don't have to worry about freeing memory like under c, so they can focus on features.

PS. If you're tired of downloading new builds of azureus manually, download azcvsupdater plugin - it will do that job for you (also have azureus changes log).

donpacman reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 26 on Sep 19, 2005

I wish there was a non-java version.
Java is consuming almost all my memory!

Ped reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 25 on Sep 17, 2005

Build 25 has problem with me (kind of GDI memory leak) :-(

So far, I'm very satisfied with Azureus and don't wanna try something else.

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 25 on Sep 17, 2005

@Goldengamegod

Thanks for the link. I'm seeked that theme too.

Azureus is still the best torrent application...

Goldengamegod reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 25 on Sep 16, 2005

"I like the client, very comfortable GUI, I must admit I haven't tried any others, but I think Azureus is above avarage.

PS. Could anyone please identify the Windows theme used in the screenshot? I'm looking for such a minimal yet classy theme, and I'd love to get that one :)"

That would be Codename: Opus 3.0 (http://www.web9design.com/Portfolio/codename-opus) using the "Dusk" color scheme.

aoeuid reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 25 on Sep 16, 2005

I like the client, very comfortable GUI, I must admit I haven't tried any others, but I think Azureus is above avarage.

PS. Could anyone please identify the Windows theme used in the screenshot? I'm looking for such a minimal yet classy theme, and I'd love to get that one :)

wharke reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 25 on Sep 16, 2005

It just gets better and better. Here is the link to Beta 25:
http://azureus.sourcefor...cvs/Azureus2305-B25.jar

brotherS reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 25 on Sep 16, 2005

Dricon & DudeBoyz: you seem to miss something here... Azureus is great if your PC isn't already 7 years old. Just join the official IRC channel and get some help for your problems!

Dricon reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 23 on Sep 13, 2005

Well, After trying it before and not really liking it I just had to see if it improved.
It has improved yet, it still isnt a very good client IMHO.
Its a resource HOG and the speeds were so slow compared to other clients for me.
Im not a n00b and I know what settings to use and ect but this just doesnt cut it for me.
I do like the interface though and the ability to use all the plugins.
Yet this just isnt the client for me.

Clements reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 23 on Sep 12, 2005

Works great. Not had a single problem with it. Recommended.

ThePain reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 23 on Sep 10, 2005

Im always impressed about those people whining about Az taking too much resources. Az is running on my little Celeron1200 and 256 MB RAM happily for more than 2 years without any problems.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 23 on Sep 10, 2005

I've been testing Azureus on 3 platforms - Win 98 SE, Win XP and Mac OS X 10.4.2. It consumes mega resources and bogs down my ADSL connection on Win 98 SE and Win XP, but on OS X, it doesn't show any such issues.

I just can't figure it out yet. However, this Release 23 does seem to improve things on the Windows side, provided I only download 2 files at a time. Anything beyond that, it seems to cause trouble. So, it does seem improved over previous releases.

It is refreshing to see them take some time to release this version. I hope it is not just another nightly build or something. I like that they seem to want to take just a bit more time to put into the coding. I hope that continues.

SamppaX reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 23 on Sep 9, 2005

Azareus is good. I would give 4 stars because many features & download speed but this program can be kinda "heavy" sometimes if you have many torrents downloading. If They advance to other programming language, Then they would be "The Best" ( If programming is done right =P )

Final Word: Great! =)

httpd.confused reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 23 on Sep 9, 2005

Use a firewall to specify which IP and ports JAVAW.EXE is allowed to use... Hilarious! Fire up a port-to-process mapper some time and take a look.

brotherS reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 22 on Sep 5, 2005

Azureus is the best BitTorrent client I ever tested! Check out the new wiki, it's great too! http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/

rolandog reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 22 on Aug 22, 2005

Azureus is a complete revolution UI-wise. I've never had so many different performance stats on my torrents, but one of the coolest features is the 'swarm' view, that way, you get an idea of how many quality peers you have on each torrent. Azureus is filled with features. I really like being able to regulate each torrent individually.

SG1969 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 20 on Aug 14, 2005

ummm kramy i don't see why java should have its own firewall... just use a half decent firewall, i recommend Outpost, and you can specify which IP and ports to allow for javaw.exe

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 20 on Aug 13, 2005

Awesome BT Client!

Uses java too, so works on a variety of platforms. My only beef with java is that(to my knowledge) there's no firewall for it, so you either block or don't block javaw.exe. I'd much prefer to have Java get its own built-in firewall in the control panel, to control my java apps.

Reply to above:
I'd still rather have that functionality built into the Java control panel, since then you could block only certain programs(or all by default, and allow the rest), which currently my computer can't do.

By the way, I used the term "firewall" because it puts up a "wall" that blocks stuff. Technically it would just look at a jar, see it's not on the list, and block it - if you set it to do so - and would not have to deal with any network stuff, and would function independantly with no effect on any other firewall.

Kinda like an exclude list on your spyware scanners...except not for spyware. :P

GravityFX3 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 20 on Aug 11, 2005

The Best BT client!

Kushan reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 18 on Aug 7, 2005

I use Azureus for Bit Torrent downloads and Shareaza for Gnutella/eDonkey downloads. Why? because I like the combination as it suits me best and works for me how I like it.
If other people have a different client or combination that they like, then that's their own choice.

Azureus itself is, for me, the best bit torrent client out there. I don't mean to brag, but since my PC is pretty decent, I can do whatever I want while Azureus works in the background, the only time I have to deal with it is when I want to play an online game, then I just limit my upload speed by right clicking the taskbar icon, going to Max Up and selecting the apropriate setting.
I have no complaints about it and it does everything I want it to do perfectly, 10/10.

Tokar reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 18 on Aug 7, 2005

When I, personally, refer to Azureus having resource hogging-ness, its due to not only the javaw.exe process using up physical and virtual memory, but the vsmon.exe process from ZoneAlarm eating up just as much memory. This is due to the fact that Zone Alarm has to read every connection and since the torrents I usually get have a lot of sources a lot of connections will be made.

Once I reset Zone Alarm and quit Azureus everything is back to normal.

For the most part I dont use the machine while Azureus is going. When I use the machine I turn off Azureus and reset zone alarm to return to normal status.

For you without Zone Alarm you probably never will encounter such problems.

Zygi reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 16 on Aug 4, 2005

Shareaza is blocked by default in Azureus filter plugin - Stuffer, its means something, Shareaza isn't proper bittorrent client, it cheats to leech data from other clients. I can agree Bitcomet uses less resources because its writen in C, but Azureus got more features, plugins and works everywhere where JAVA works, for example i'm using it on WinXP and in linux console with webui :P Best BT client at the moment.

PS. I'm using all new beta, on winxp and linux and don't have any problems with it, sometimes i have to wait for new webui version to work with newest Azureus, but thats all - no serious problems. I agree that they shouldn't post every night build here, there is a plugin for Azureus, AZCVSUpdater (http://azcvsupdater.sourceforge.net/), that download automatically newest night build, also you can see changes in every version - there is changelog and develepment mail archive download function built-in.

eviljolly reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 16 on Aug 4, 2005

*sigh* yet another nightly build posted. All that aside, Azureus is the best torrent downloader out there. It's features speak for themself. Shareaza is great, but due to the evolution of tracker systems and it's lack of updates, sometimes it does not report stats correctly in my experience.

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 16 on Aug 3, 2005

Yeah, these nightly builds promoting Azureus faster and driving Shareaza fanboys mad.

I dont see any reason to switch from Azureus to another client. Maybe other clients have skin support, mediaplayers and varius nice looking things. But all these features dont help other clients to download at such high speeds of Azureus.

I use Azureus as upload/download client. If i would need a toy i will install Shareaza.

Esstee reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 16 on Aug 3, 2005

Why complain really...

Does it hurt you in such a way that you have to write lenthy complaints about it.

I like the updates, many others agree... for those of you who can't handle it, then just surf around to another beta news sites, clearly this one isn't working out for you.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 16 on Aug 3, 2005

Tokar - all I can think of is that the people who run the site are hardcore advocates of Azureus, even to the point of promoting nightly builds.

After all, it is they who choose what appears on the main page, right?

I do feel that it does a disservice to the Azureus product as a whole, but it is their site and they have the right to run it any way they wish.

Gimie - As much as I have worked with Azureus over time, I too have gravitated to another product, Shareaza, for reasons similar to yours.

I really do want Azureus to succeed, but I fear it is just headed down the wrong path and far away from the product it once was.

These builds coming out so fast show the code in a state of flux - with tweaks and bugs and things that change on a daily basis. They are not meant for widespread public consumption. If people download one build and see those bugs and then see patches that may fix or introduce new bugs the very next day, they are not getting a true and fair representation of what the actual finished product will perform like.

A true Beta is a milestone release, where all these bugs and changes have been fixed, implmented and optimized to the point where the product is ready to be looked at as a potential shipping version.

If people judge the product on these nightly builds instead of an actual ready for release version, how are they going to be able to realistically come away with a positive impression by comparison?

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 16 on Aug 3, 2005

I think Azureus is a solid BitTorrent client, with excellent download speeds.

I just wish the application wasn't written in java, until Sun Microsystems sort out the seriously unjustified resource usage of their code, the brilliant peice of work, Azureus, suffers for it.

Unfortunately, because of this, i stick with BitSpirit v3.0.0.087, which is as far as i'm concerned, just as good as Azureus, if not better.

Again, unfortunately, the current BitSpirit releases have resource hogging issues as well, so we should ask our selves...

Can't anyone code an application properly these days!?

Tokar reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 16 on Aug 3, 2005

I just saw an update for beta 15. now 16 less than a day later? what gives?

.:zoo:. reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 15 on Aug 3, 2005

Era muy bueno y estable. Se ha vuelto PESADO e INESTABLE.

Lo use por mucho tiempo pero empezaron las BETAS y malas y decidí probar otros. El que menos recursos consume es el BitComet. Se los recomiendo pruébenlo :)

Tokar reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 14 on Aug 1, 2005

Estee:

If one are using AdMuncher then they should be prepared for SERIOUS slowdown.
AdMuncher filters javaw.exe by default. So you first have to disable filtering of javaw.exe. That will cut the resource hogging in half.

I have Zone Alarm. Zone Alarm scans every packet. So after a few hours of using Azureus, vsmon.exe, the zone alarm service, is using like 70MB of Physical Memory, and like 100+MB of Virtual Memory. THat is a real resource hog.

The actual azureus process, azureus.exe, doesnt use many resources. Its the javaw.exe process which ends up using all the resources.

If you dont have Zone Alarm, then you will have only the resource hogging of javaw.exe, which isnt SO BAD, but it isnt great.

To fully cleanse the system of the resource hogging one has to first close out Azureus, then I personally have to reset Zone Alarm by shutting it off then turning it back on.
So its not SO bad after Im done using Azureus, but Im not going to shut off the firewall or quit Azureus while a torrent is running, so Im going to experience resource hogging while the torrent is going, and it gets exponentially worse as time passes since you get more and more connections passing through.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 14 on Aug 1, 2005

I have a legit concern about the quality and performance of these nightly builds. They do not represent the program well.

The application is still slow to start, consumes too many resources and hogs bandwidth on a home network so badly in its default config that it makes using the internet from another machine on that network nearly unusable.

One might say "Use an older build then". That certainly can't be the answer. As we are supposed to, I believe, I'm rating THIS BUILD, and this build is not heading in the right direction compared to earlier versions.

When a true beta release arrives, I will judge that build also on its own merits. I have found that the true betas are generally cleaner, faster and more stable than these nightly builds, and have scored accordingly in the past.

But it is frustrating as a fan of earlier versions to see these nightly builds show the program in such a poor light by comparison.

We are supposed to give our honest opinions on what we see in these builds, and that is simply what I'm doing.

I've downloaded and installed the latest files from this page:

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php

Including jre-1_5_0_04-windows-i586-p.exe and followed the instructions exactly. I have downloaded this JAR file and updated the Azureus2.jar as indicated. Yet still, the CPU usage and resource requirements in the default configuration are prohibitively high.

I can load previous releases of the program that run much better on the same systems. What else am I to do in trying to make an honest evaluation of the product?

SG1969 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 13 on Jul 29, 2005

dudeboyz, do you know why they use Java? because it works on all platforms. Win, Linux, BSD, OSX. you don't have to port the program so that it works on other OSs, so you save a lot of time.

and can you post how much resources your azureus is using? my javaw.exe says it's using 05% CPU and 62mb Ram. please post some proof that it's a CPU hog, and ,maybe we'll take your reviews seriously.

what feature do you consider bloat? if all you want to do is download a torrent, and not have to worry about it, then azureus is NOT for you, and if you still insist on using it, then you're an idiot who can't judge which applications are suited to you and which are not.

azureus is the only client that can automate pretty much everything from downloading to seeding, to being a tracker on its own with very little configuration. it is definitely going in the right direction, and thre developers are doing a great job IMO.

quit your whining and runan older build of azureus themn. these are nightly builds, as you said, so don't complain if they're not as astable as the stable release, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it. these builds are here for TESTING purposes. have you ever bothered reporting a bug or an issue? i doubt it, since you spend your time on here complaining about it.

read all the reviews. of all people, lately, you are the only one complaining about performance issues. this means there's something wrong with your PC, or azureus is in conflict with another program, or azureus is not properly configured. i suggest that you completely uninstall it once, remove the application dat folder, and start from scratch. i don't know what hardware or OS you're running, but that might be the issue too.

Esstee reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 13 on Jul 28, 2005

I dont get all the resource eating complaints.
I have installed every build as they were made available. I check my memory consumption and cpu
overhead regularely I don't see anything?

Perhaps your configs aren't clean or something.

* shrugs

DJInsomniac reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 13 on Jul 28, 2005

DudeBoyz, if you would notice, these are nightly builds. They are very unreliable, and like most nightly builds and alpha builds, they will be slower than official releases.

Azureus is not the one releasing their Nightly builds onto here, it's some other idiot. Wait for an official beta or final release to base your comment on.

I'm rating this a 4 solely on it being slower than other Torrent programs. Besides that, this is the best client around. I just wish they would switch off Java, but I'm sure they have their reasons behind it.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 13 on Jul 28, 2005

Some fanboys oblivious of the flaws in this program, it would seem.

These nightly builds eat up CPU resources like mice on cheese. It's pathetic that a 6 month old version runs more efficiently while using less resources than these latest releases.

Can't you see that this program is heading in the WRONG direction? Doesn't it bother you to see it being programmed in a way that makes it more bloated and less efficient?

It's tragic, really. What used to be a really, really good program is going downhill fast and it seems like some of you just don't want to see it.

I really hope that the programmers get their focus back, because if so, it might be worth using again.

I also believe that this programs reliance on JAVA is hindering its growth. If it was a self-contained, compiled app, it could be much faster and efficient, don't you think?

Tokar reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 13 on Jul 28, 2005

I keep desiring to try new clients in the hopes of finding one that wont eat up all my resources but has the speed of Azureus.

Ive tried BitBuddy, BitComet, BitSpirit, yABC, TorrentStorm, and the Official client.

All of them do not eat up the resources that Azureus does, but I keep having to come back to Azureus because it provides the FASTEST download speeds.

Some clients base your download speed on your share ratio...others dont. Either way, they dont get anywhere near the download speeds of Azureus.

I can live with the resource devouring azureus does because the download speeds are so amazing.

BitComet would just chug along at the same download speed as the upload speed.
All the others wouldnt connect.

Thats the other thing...
Azureus defaults to port 6881. I have that opened on my firewall and it works great.
All the other clients default to other ports so i either 1) have to change the port to 6881 (which usually doesnt make it connect anyway) or 2) open the port on my firewall, which is one more port that can be exploited. I choose option 3)...use Azureus.

It provides the user with the best, most detailed informtion about the torrent.
It lets you actually SORT the columns of the peer details and the file details (unlike BitComet and BitBuddy).

The other nice thing is that it doesnt split you upload among all the users you are connected to. It splits it up among five different users, and then a new set of 5, then a new set of 5.
So for example, if you are using BitComet and you have 10 KBps upstream and you are connected to 100 users, you are giving each user 0.1 KBps.
With Azureus you could be connected to 1000 users. It will still give 5 users 2 KBps...or usually an uneven split of your upstream. Its nice because its a little easier on your firewall...

This IS the best client available.

WhiteZero reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 11 on Jul 27, 2005

Works great. Faster speeds than BitComet (somehow).
Reccomended.

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 10 on Jul 22, 2005

My favourite Bit Torrent client. It does what I want, and without all the "prettiness", slowdown, and "annoying features". It has a ton of customizable features though that other clients lack.

I tried BitComet, the official BitTorrent, and BitSpirit, and I keep coming back to Azureus despite its 40mb ram usage(about 30mb more than most others). The others just have one feature or another that is too annoying, like BitSpirit has one BLOODY HUGE menu to select stuff from, and a "hand cursor" that is always active, making it really un-intuitive as to what you can click on.

5 Stars again, since nothing else is customizable the way I want it to be...

Edit: Btw, to all those giving programs like this 1 star, consider this: Even though I really dislike BitSpirit or BitComet, you don't see my rating those 1's do you? I even gave BitSpirit a 5, because it's good, but not at all what I'm looking for.

I've never had a problem with any of these betas with CPU usage.

twosheds reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 10 on Jul 21, 2005

Elegant but get ready for a v.nasty java-based performance hit. Use ABC instead.

Zygi reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 10 on Jul 21, 2005

Exactly SG1969, thats total bulls*** they write (bitcomet fanboy ?!?), they take less and less compared to old azureus - i think its also connected with new java, so remember to get newest !!!
Java take resources but don't forget it works almost on everything, i'm using azureus in windows xp and linux console version with webui (although there should be some better remote gui).

SG1969 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 10 on Jul 21, 2005

no problem whatsoever here, very stable, using about 60mb ram and 3% CPU, so i don't know why you say it's a CPU hog. i even play games like sims 2, and even HL2 with azureus running in the background, and i only have a 2.1 GHz CPU.

are you guys actually running the latest betas, or just writing the same comments everytime without even testing?

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 10 on Jul 21, 2005

Again, these are nightly builds not intended for public release. Maybe that is why the perform so badly, because they are not in any way optimized like a final beta might be.

CPU hog to the max. It's going from bad to worse.

Note - OF COURSE we test each version before commenting. To do otherwise would be irresponsible.

As the program is, by default it totally hogs CPU resources. I don't see how anyone who installs it can say otherwise.

Why don't they change the default settings to make it more efficient? Will they only do that with a TRUE beta and leave it set poorly in the nightly builds?

Remember - these nightly builds are NOT supposed to see the light of day like this. They are supposed to be for internal testing and approved testers only.

Zygi reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 9 on Jul 21, 2005

@some guy
You don't understand that they have about 50-70 betas for one public release, these are CVS builds if you don't like it stick to public stable version.

If you're tired of downloading newest beta everytime, get AZCVSUpdater plugin (http://azcvsupdater.sourceforge.net/), that do this automatically, you can also see changes in every version, and i can tell that they work hard to please people. Best bittorrent client at the moment 5/5

Crypton reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 9 on Jul 20, 2005

Complain about beta every few days? At least you know they are working on it and trying to make it better. Just shows the effort being put into this application. I give it a 5, it is a great program with many features and plugins. I have not had a problem in the recent 5 or 6 releases, where as before I had slow speeds but things are looking up for this torrent client. Keep up the good work!

shy_one reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 9 on Jul 20, 2005

Very good program never had a problem with it.

This program could be improved since it tells you roughly how many users are on line they could add a search function and realy blow all programs away.

Esstee reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 9 on Jul 20, 2005

I have been using Azureus since it made a splash after there announcement last year.

The software is awesome, I know there are a few people who discredit the software due to CPU usage and other connectivity problems but for the majority this software works as advertised.

I personally like the announcements of nightly builds posted by BetaNews. It helps keep an eye on the development progress and keeps us informed of the progress. After all the whole idea of a Beta news site is to get the edge over others on the development of software, and in that regard it's a job well done.

This is the best and most actively developed BT client to date. Along the line Azureus will receive an individual account management system for private swarms.

Keep up the good work BetaNews!

peterj1978 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 8 on Jul 17, 2005

Could the 100% cpu usage be cause of you just installed and it's checking the hash for all your files?
Memory usage isn't much of a problem for me either, just tried the same torrents i am seeding in bitcomet and it was using 67mb ram which is more than Azureus, anyhow for me it's the best torrent client out there today.

http://upl.silentwhisper...ers/upload2/azureus.PNG

BTW I love the new option they added that lets you set it to increase the upload speed when there is nothing being downloaded, in my case when im downloading i seed at a maximum speed of 65K/sec and when im only seeding it automaticly switches to my preconfigured speed of 80K/sec, that's what you can see in the bottom right corner. (65K+15K)

.:zoo:. reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 8 on Jul 17, 2005

-DudeBoyz. I'm igree with your review at all.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 8 on Jul 16, 2005

Nightly builds suck.

I tried it and it still eats up CPU cycles like crazy.

I tend to blame this program, but I am going to do a fresh install of Windows and a fresh install of this app just to be fair. I want to know for sure that it is the app and not the OS

EDIT / UPDATE - I DID THE REFORMAT and reinstall. It is without a doubt the Azureus program itself. Older versions work much better, but these just bog the system down and are buggy as heck.

How is it possible to take what was a pretty good program and then turn it into something like this?

Major let down.

Jose reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 8 on Jul 16, 2005

this is the best bittorrent client ive used. the only thing id like to see is for azureus to put the torrents files into a folder with the torrents name. but thats juat a minor gripe. i followed an earlier posters' advice of putting javaw.exe to nod32's IMON exclusion list and now azureus doesnt slow down my comp but the memory usage is still high. neways this is a great client and i hope it only continues to improve.

eviljolly reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 8 on Jul 16, 2005

Awesome program, dumb site. Get a clue betanews, they don't want these builds posted.

itrigalo reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 8 on Jul 16, 2005

still the best bitorrent client...

x-ray reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 7 on Jul 14, 2005

this CVS deal whit a 99% cpu bug

B3AN reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 7 on Jul 14, 2005

"Like P2P Better"

Haha dumbest comment ever. Seriously if you don't have a clue don't comment.

hypatech reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 6 on Jul 11, 2005

Like P2P Better

brotherS reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 6 on Jul 10, 2005

Even if those beta version are not meant to be posted here I can't complain... 98% of those worked perfectly here! And because I use the great AZCVSUpdater plugin it's very easy to reinstall an old beta...

XaNoR reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 4 on Jul 5, 2005

Simply the best there is...
I checked the "Friendly Hash Checking" under Performance Options and my CPU issues were gone...

crashoverride reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 4 on Jul 5, 2005

I agree, these nightly builds do not properly represent this program. That's the reason I never download this through beta news. I go to the Azureus home page. They don't have the nightly builds there. So far downloading it fromt here seems to give me a more stable program.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 4 on Jul 4, 2005

You may dig the nightly builds, but that is not what this site is supposed to be about. The guys that program Azureus already said that these nightly builds are not supposed to be posted.

Once they reach the actual beta stage, they will release a true beta and it will better represent what the product is supposed to function like.

As it is now, these nightly builds do not represent the product well, as they were never intended for wide-public release.

They do not run well, they bog down the system and they are unstable. Therefore, they do not represent the product properly.

These nightly builds deserve a low score because they are so bad.

But if they stuck to releasing true betas that were actually prepping for release, the product would be much better represented, more stable and deserve a higher score.

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 4 on Jul 4, 2005

@DudeBoyz

Just write a review and stop your whining. Nobody cares about this 'nightly builds'except you.

I like these betas. I visit betanews to download betas.

Azureus is still the best.

jsc315 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 4 on Jul 4, 2005

Its great as usual, my only problem with is thta its java based. I dont have the greatest PC and for some reason Java tends to run good at first but then it freezes my PC up. I do have the latest version of Java as well so that isnt the problem. I would use this more often if it wasnt Java.

shroom reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 4 on Jul 4, 2005

Didn't like it, Bitcomet is much better...
BTW, too many builds a day to test, no need to post them here.

SG1969 reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 2 on Jul 3, 2005

dudeboyz:

"don't tarnish a good product"? why did you rate it 1 then, if you think it's so good?

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 2 on Jul 3, 2005

These are not true "BETA" versions. These are nightly builds that the guys on the Azureus project said are not supposed to even be released publicly because they are not ready for prime time.

But some bonehead keeps posting them up here, which people download and get all pissed off about because they work like crap.

These are NOT stable releases. They are nightly builds. Don't ruin the reputation of the product by making people think these test builds are ready-to-be released betas. You are tarnishing a decent product.

BTW, I'm only rating this particular nightly build as a 1. That is what we are supposed to be doing, right?

idiotechnick reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 2 on Jul 3, 2005

Azureus getting faster and nice no more cpu 100% load anymore!!! on 2.3.0.0 there bugs with IDM if u try it. since 2.3.0.4 no more and getting smaller load..... Update the java to get more stable one!!!

rseiler reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 2 on Jul 3, 2005

Does anyone know if a revision list for the *beta* versions exists, and if so, where?

ModderXManiac reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 2 on Jul 2, 2005

Works flawlessly as a bittorent client, and works exceptionally well as a java app.

I dont get some of these people. They whine whenever any app requires .net framework, java, python. When your practically supposed to have those anyway.

i guess its just a bunch of win98 and win2k users who dont keep on top of updates like the rest of us. in the transition to java 5.0, it did miracles for Azureus, it got faster, more stable.

Last but certainly not least, given it being java based, it will run on ANY operating system that supports java.

long live open source!

Kramy reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 2 on Jul 2, 2005

I have an AMD 2800+(1.8ghz) with 1gb of RAM, and a 120gb 7200RPM HD.

Azureus is the best bittorrent client I've seen. I've got it running with Java 1.4.2_08, and despite this I've rarely seen any memory or cpu problems. Setting it to only record stuff to the HD every 16mb, it still only uses up about 100mb of memory and 5% CPU usage with multiple torrents downloading.

The only thing I don't like about Azureus is that by default it auto-configures itself with your router to communicate with the net. The option(UPnP) can be disabled though so now I just block all its connections in/out with a firewall until I'm done configuring it on a computer.

AntiochMedia reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 1 on Jun 29, 2005

I use a DELL Latitude 640C, specs:

Mobile Pentium 4 1.8Ghz
1GB RAM
7200RPM 60GB HD

And now with Azureus, I'm able to be productive and use Photoshop and surf the web and do all of my web development.

Previously, I had a 5400 RPM HD and 512MB of RAM and found that when downloading multiple torrents, that I was EXTREMELY taxed on resources. It's like there's just a hump that if your PC has ample resources and a fast HD, you're good to go!

Suggestion: Use a different HD for your Azureus save directory than your OS. I'm considering moving my DL dir to the 40GB HD in the expansion bay.

Also, the Java v5.0 update did improve things!

Goldengamegod reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 1 on Jun 29, 2005

FYI: If your having CPU/RAM use problems Make sure you have the very latest SunJava release. Sun has fixed a LOT of bugs in 1.5.0 (aka. 5.0)

Also IF you have Nod32 you need to add javaw.exe to the IMON exclusion list (its default location is C:\program files\java\x.x.x_xx\bin\javaw.exe)

Be sure not to exclude javaws.exe or java.exe

Oh BTW: Azureus rocks!!!

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 1 on Jun 29, 2005

I agree with Benny_A.

It's funny but i run Azureus, DC++ and Windows Media Player simultaneusly on 1660Mhz machine and never experienced things described by other reviewers.

I had experienced 100% Cpu load in past builds. But i forget about this bug since the stable release of Azureus 2.3.0.0.

Benny_a reviewed v2.3.0.5 Beta 1 on Jun 29, 2005

This soft is AWSOME, i dont get you ppl, i run Azuresus+ playstation emulator at 1280x1024 and everything FINE!
For me it have only 1 minor bug, when the aplication was in full screen mode,and i close it, after i restart the program gets screud, but if i use it not at full screen , everything fine.

horsecharles reviewed v2.3.0.4 on Jun 28, 2005

Yes, it does take over the computer-- this happens since the previous update to this last one-- can't browse or do anything else usually, often a hard reboot's required.....

I had switched from bittorrent to this, but had to switch back; so i just removed Azureus totally.

The reason for the 5 rating is because(since bittorrent works fine) i don't have the time to fiddle with its or windows' settings to determine positively where the fault lies, don't want to unfairly tarnish a rep, & of a freeware app at that.
But, since there're multiple mentions of this particular issue, it bears acknowledgment.

DaveBG reviewed v2.3.0.4 on Jun 28, 2005

It has everything you may need and nothing useless. I`m sorry that ypu can`t fix it from using 100% CPU or a lot of RAM. Buy a faster PC or learn how to fix this simple issue caused only by your "knowledge". (for you BitComet and other water based clients are made, you will never win) Hahaha...

XaNoR reviewed v2.3.0.4 on Jun 28, 2005

This used to be a good program... It hangs my computer every 5 seconds, and this although its a fresh installed XP Pro...

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.4 on Jun 27, 2005

Sadly, I agree. I loaded this up and it bogged down my machine so badly it was nearly unusable. Plus I had blue screens upon exit like crazy.

I don't get it. Azureus used to be so awesome. I don't understand how the programmers could be going off in such a terrible direction. Are the same people even writing this thing? How could they get so far off track?

Please, turn this ship around and fix things before it capsizes completely.

Azureus used to be a success story, but somehow the programmers seem determined to turn it into a failure. :(

tre2004 reviewed v2.3.0.4 on Jun 27, 2005

uhhh oh
Now were at 2.3.0.4
At least there wasn't like 100 2.3.0.3's
Am I the only one, or are some of you finding yourself using Azureus less often after each release? I really can't remember the last time I used it and my computer didn't almost explode.. downloading just a simple torrent makes the cpu levels go from 5% to 30% to 60%, just all over the place.. I'm still not giving up on it, because at the tops of it's game it is a Lion in the mist of kitty cats.. but it's starting to look like Jordan when he came back the last time, you know at any moment that it could all come right back and be at the tops of its game, but just doesn't seem to be doing it.

I'm still giving it a 5 because I believe that most, if not ALL of these updates are Nightly updates that Azureus isn't expecting the normal user to use, but it seems that Betanews will continue to add these nightly builds till our heads explode.
So, Azureus= 5of5
Betanews= 2of5 for adding EVERY nightly build that comes along.. For instance, what was it.. 2.3.0.1 beta 1 through 2.3.0.1 beta 100 or something like that. LOL It's just a bit much

popdog reviewed v2.3.0.4 on Jun 27, 2005

Does everything I want it to do, uses the most of my connection but also has good throttle control. Can't say I've looked to see how much memory it takes up but I certainly haven't noticed it slowing down my system.

asellus reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 10 on Jun 18, 2005

To BNuser:-

BitComet has DHT too, and you know what, BitComet's DHT is interoperable with the official client's DHT too. Only Azureus DHT implementation is not compliant.

This release still takes up too much memory, thus I will still give this release only 2 stars.

BNuser reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 10 on Jun 18, 2005

Azureus uses more memory, because it offers things like the look at the swarm and your connected peers. Thats neat and it eats memory. I have plenty. I don't care. If your system clogs, use a different client. They invented DHT to the network. Has any other developer (besides Brahm) invented such an important core component? No. And is Azureus fast? Well, for me it is. It maxes out my connection. What can I ask more of? The appearance of CVS builds here is at least debatable, thats true. The average user should notice the meaning of such builds, and base their opinions of the product on official betas in here.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 10 on Jun 18, 2005

Nightly builds are not the same as actual betas. The folks that make Azureus have said the internal nightly builds should not be posted, only the public betas.

This is BETA news, not "internal nightly build news", ya know?

I think they need to work on making this less resource intensive - more efficient, faster, etc. instead of adding bloated features that few people use. Once they get it streamlined, then worry about adding features.

Still, it works, but is not headed in the right direction, I think.

skonrad reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 8 on Jun 15, 2005

Azureus is a great piece of Java software. Fast and stable. The memory consumption is a bit high, but many other bittorrent clients are not that much better and it has gotten way better latelt. You can only partly blame it on Java, Java allows programmers to be less careful with the memory than you need to be in C/C++. But for a decent computer today Azureus running in the background should be no problem whatsoever.

Aires reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 8 on Jun 15, 2005

QUOTE: "The Azureus2.jar snapshot provided here is compiled from the very latest Azureus CVS source code. To use, rename the downloaded Azureus2xxx-Bxx.jar file to Azureus2.jar to replace your old jar in the Azureus program dir."

".....COMPILED FROM THE VERY LATEST AZUREUS CVS SOURCE CODE".

This is just a SNAPSHOT that updates the .JAR file!

photonboy reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 6 on Jun 11, 2005

I've used them all and I keep coming back to Azureus. Bitspirit worked great, but for some reason the same files downloaded faster with Azureus. I tried Bitcomet and others which I also liked, but some files just would not download at all.

I don't know whether I have setting problems with the others or not, but Azureus works for me every time.

Goldengamegod reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 6 on Jun 10, 2005

"Plus, do we need to hear about all these nightly builds? When you have a real product ready for launch, let us know. Otherwise, can you just skip posting every nightly build?"

The nut balls here at BN cannot read and just post every random thing....

eviljolly reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 6 on Jun 9, 2005

Yes Azureus rocks. No I don't want to hear about every beta release that comes out. That's what the CVS updater is for. I don't think betanews will ever figure out that these are nightly builds and some are full of bugs, and some are great releases. One day betanews will get it right....or not.

SG1969 reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 4 on Jun 8, 2005

my client of choice. does all that i need it to do, plus more. sure, it uses a lot of memory, but compared to older versions, it's using about 30mb less on my system, so it is going in the right direction, and using 70mb of ram when most systems nowadays have at least 512mb, it's not really a problem... the ability to install plugins is great, and the update system works well too, no hassle.
Dudeboyz: what do you mean, post it when it's ready to launch? this is BETAnews.com
Crashoverride: hey dude, how's it going

brotherS reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 4 on Jun 7, 2005

A great program, works fine here. Support is great too, what more can you want?

And yes, I like the fact that every nightly/CVS is reported here - hey, this is BETAnews.com! :-)

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 4 on Jun 7, 2005

It's not getting any leaner or more efficient. It's just getting bigger and slower and more bloated. It's very powerful and feature rich, but the new coding is dragging it down.

Plus, do we need to hear about all these nightly builds? When you have a real product ready for launch, let us know. Otherwise, can you just skip posting every nightly build?

crashoverride reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 4 on Jun 7, 2005

On the positive side it's an all around good Bittorrent client. It loads faster than previous versions and has great features. It's more efficient than some BT clients i've used.
On the negative side, It's not getting any more efficient. Also, what's up with all these betas, when are we gonna see a final version. Then there's the memory usage, which is quite intense, which really doesn't matter to me because my system can take the load but to some it can be too much ( such as my laptop). If memory consumption is a concern I recommend bitcomet.

I'll have to give it a 4 out of 5.

MMPD reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 4 on Jun 6, 2005

Client works perfictly, load time on this last build has been great sped my load time to a few seconds rather than a minute!

Just so you guys know there is a changelog on their website for the builds...
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index_CVS.php

FXSoftware reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 4 on Jun 6, 2005

Azureus is a great BT client, and probably the most complete one. The only downside is heavy memory usage (like 99% of java based apps). No changelog btw :(

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 2 on Jun 1, 2005

Azureus is still the best p2p application (after eMule)

husky87 reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 2 on Jun 1, 2005

i used azuerus almost exclusively for the past few months but the memory usage is now way to high for my laptop to bare.. its a shame as it is one of the best clients, hopefully they can do something to optimise the client and bring down memory usage. until then i use bitcomet and recomend it to all users who's systems are low on resources..

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 2 on Jun 1, 2005

More nightly builds?

That aside, it still is not becoming faster or more efficient. If anything it is getting slower and more bloated / resource intensive.

It's a great program in terms of features. Can't they just do something to make it leaner and meaner?

acascianelli reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 2 on Jun 1, 2005

No problems what so ever...

abam reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 1 on May 31, 2005

I love Azureus, but in the last couple of upgrades--particularly with the last Java upgrade--I can no longer effectively run the program without serious resource utilization issues. I don't mind the 70MB of memory usage from javaw.exe. That's okay and not unexpected. What I do feel though is the 50-90% continuous CPU hammering. I feel this in every single application I run.

I keep downloading the most recent upgrades and patches, but still suffer from serious sluggishness. Any ideas?

bugmenot reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 1 on May 30, 2005

Azureus is now running for 2 years on my little Celeron 1200(512MB) 24/7 - ive never experienced any problems.
Azureus is the only bittorrent client that is able to run completely unattended. RSS Feed importer, web interface, XMLoverHTTP interface for any other applications. Its able to download a torrent even if you have never seen the tracker. your able to use magnet links instead of torrent files. you can enhance it with any plugin you like. Azureus _IS_ the best client when it comes to automation.
Oh and to that smart guy who keeps posting developer releases of Azureus. STOP IT! They are not meant to be used by the usual BetaNews users. (they are just to impatient >_>" )

asellus reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 1 on May 30, 2005

To TheQuestor: I have a P4 computer and Half-Life 2 runs faster than this slow-poke resource-hugging Bittorrent client. Features are awesome, but with every increase of the version number, it seems that Azureus become slower and slower.

anarkhy reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 1 on May 29, 2005

try g3torrent, much better

TheQuestor reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 1 on May 29, 2005

This IS by far the most feature rich client of them all. Yes it is writting is java, but the day that one of the other clients does what this this one does, is the day I can drop java for good. No other client lets me setup a share, drop all my torrents there, then when done it auto moves them to my server. This is an awesome feature for those of us with REAL computers that can run REAL programs. If your XBOX isn't powerfull enough then get a REAL computer.

kashin reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 1 on May 29, 2005

Matb_TePe3a's review is the funniest thing I read all day. He complains about Shareaza being bloated and having unneeded features. Meanwhile, Azureus is _the_ epitome of bloat and useless features. This thing eats up a good 60 megs of RAM just starting up, without any torrents loaded. Sun(tm) and Java blow. They always have and always will. I shouldn't need a 3Ghz CPU just to download some torrents. There are far, far better clients than this, such as BitComet and TorrentStorm, just to name a couple. BitComet being my personal favorite, because it does everything a torrent client should do without all the fluff. Do yourself a favor and try several different clients before settling, and if you still think this one is the best, well all the power to you!

rseiler reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 1 on May 29, 2005

Hilarious: "Fixed biased randomness for optimistic unchoke picking."

Speaking of randomness, it's as if that sentence was constructed out of random words.

contranj reviewed v2.3.0.3 Beta 1 on May 29, 2005

well.. it is a point point point release.

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.3.0.2 on May 26, 2005

@DudeBoyz

Shareaza... Don't make me laugh.

Shareaza is bloated. Crappy mediaplayer, useless medialibrary, skin support and other uneeded trash like retarded ed2k support. Shareaza runs processes behind your back.

@greatgooglymoogly

Spend some little money. Upgrade your 486 to Pentium.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.2 on May 25, 2005

I'm almost at the same place the previous poster is at. I have been working with this app for a long time, but it just keeps getting slower and more bloated all the time, and those darn 80 nightly build beta posts were driving me nuts.

I whipped out the latest download of Shareaza from Beta News just a day or two ago when I saw it posted, and was actually shocked at the difference.

Unlike Azureus, it doesn't bog down the bandwidth of my home network but still gets the same 20-80kbps downloads of files. It starts up and closes down wicked fast and doesn't crash or leave the system in an unstable state.

I'm just going to have to give up on Azureus if things don't get better. Yeah, it's very feature rich, but the constant barrage of nightly builds being put out as Betas, plus the direction of the code make it no longer worth making the effort, I feel. Sad too, cause I gave it about a year of my time waiting for it to get better.

greatgooglymoogly reviewed v2.3.0.2 on May 25, 2005

Well, this is a good program in terms of features and stability. Very good. However, the memory consumption is ridiculous, especially if you keep it running for a couple of days. It's also very slow overall.

It needs a complete overhaul or possibly just move away from Java completely because the creators obviously can't cope with it.

I had to stop using it due to its utter slowness and memory-eating. Sad, because underneath all that s*** there's a very solid app.

Features/Usage: 5
Performance: 1
Final: 3

Metshrine reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 8 on May 25, 2005

Posted at 12:43EST

2.3.0.2 released

Changelog

New Features:

* UI | Console UI now has update check, alerting and DHT stats
* UI | SWT make torrent wizard remembers value for "add other hashes"
* UI | Console UI logging config
* Plug | Added progress indicator and torrent stats to tracker web templates
* Plug | Availability column added to webui + some alignment changes
* Plug | XML/http interface access to individual torrent file stats added

Changes:

* Core | CPU usage reductions when connected to many idle peers
* Core | Disable console view logging by default
* Core | Memory usage reductions and optimizations
* Core | Improved long-term connection-attempt management
* Core | DHT bootstrap in absence of version-check server improved
* Core | DHT IP filter reports reduced
* Core | Disk manager read/write threads now started on demand
* UI | Default for "add other hashes" in make torrent wizard and sharing config changed to false
* UI | Retention of log history removed as taking up to 1MB mem
* UI | Added missing spaces back into SWT dock item's tooltip
* UI | Restore version number on status bar and add protocol rate to the stats view
* Plug | JPC plugin refactoring to help reduce cache server load

Corrected bugs:

* Core | Fix compatibility with JRE 1.4 series under Win32 due to NIO bug
* Core | Ignore peers with these data ports config option didn't work the DHT and PEX obtained peers
* Core | DHT IP derivation from contacts fixed

I-Be-wAx reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 8 on May 24, 2005

looks like they solved the memory leak.
once again its tops on my list of torrent apps.

Aires reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 4 on May 13, 2005

BetaNews please look into this. If they are genuine betas - fair enough. If they are nightly builds either pull the updates or state so up top.

tre2004 reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 4 on May 13, 2005

I bet you more than ANYTHING that the reason they went from Version 2.2.0.3 to 2.3.0.1 was ONLY cause they knew that having 80 FREAKING "BETA" builds was absolutely REDICULOUS... now they can start at beta 1, now were up to b4.. I'm going to guess that this one will go to 284 builds :)
Then there will be version 2.4.0.0

I think giving it 4 is pushing it because of the direction azureus seems to be going.. I'm telling you what.. I saw so many people was using bitcomet and I have been using it.. like someone said, it doesn't use up hardly any resources.. I just hope that Azureus gets back on track..
And they need to find out who is submitting all these damn nightly builds.. everyone knows what they are getting into when they install a BETA, but these are NIGHTLY builds.. there should be more of a warning.. AT LEAST if they HAVE to keep posting these..

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 4 on May 12, 2005

Great tip, Qwerty - thanks.

Funny line about the build 85 thing. Way to get a chuckle. :)

I'm still annoyed that someone is taking it upon themselves to post nightly builds as betas. For the love of all things holy, can SOMEONE stop this fanatic? :p

BTW, the thing does seem to be getting more bloated and bandwidth hogging with each of these lame builds. The program may have a lot of features, but it is starting to lose some of what makes a program good. Good programs run efficiently and cleanly, with few bugs, few memory leaks and they play well with others in terms of resources and bandwidth consumption.

I am beginning to think Azureus is heading in the wrong direction and may have been for some time now, sadly.

May be time to start looking at alternatives if the trend continues.

DLX reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 4 on May 12, 2005

For god's sake, rewrite it in C++ with inline assembler thrown in for good measure!

With BitComet I can have 12 or more torrents downloading - and it barely shows up on my CPU. Maybe 3..6% if IPFilters.dat is disabled (Preferences --> Advanced --> IP Rules). Doing that with Azureus will eat up 60..80% CPU and use three time as much memory.

However, Azureus has best features among BT clients. Gets 3 for that...

redgrave reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 4 on May 12, 2005

I say we start a bet. Nightly builds are going to be posted here until which number for this version ?

I say 85 !

qw3rty reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 7, 2005

Azureus uses 100% CPU only when it is checking a partial file before it resumes a download or upload or after it finishes the download. You can have many files downloading and uploading and it will use very little CPU.

GO to Options > Queue
And set Don't count torrent as using a download/upload slot if speed is below, to 0 kBs

Then it won't be constantly checking queued downloads.

Then Azureus will only use 10% of the CPU.

Noodlewad reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 7, 2005

All versions of 2.3.0.1 are giving me 100% CPU on downloads only.
I can have as many uploads running as I want and 0 downloads without any CPU utilization trouble.
As soon as I start a D/L I get 100% CPU utilization. I've tried the follwing without any success: Remove JRE and reinstall latest. Remove Azureus and reinstall latest (removing all profile/config info)
Nothing seems to work other than reverting to 2.2.0.2

pyridox reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 6, 2005

I wish it was less of a memory hog. Slows the machine down quite a bit, after you've been using it for a while.
:-(

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 6, 2005

I-Be-wAx

beta60? Which version of Azureus do you using? Azureus 2.3.0.0 is already out.

I have noticed, that memory leak occured only on popular downloads with a lot of peers. Non-popular downloads are ok. So i decreased "Maximum Number of Connections Per Torrent" from default 80 to 50. Memory leaks dont disturb me anymore.

That does not affect speed of downloading.

I-Be-wAx reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 6, 2005

new features are nice except for the massive memory leak .... javaw.exe runs up well over 200MB !!! Good thing I kept an older jar file ... beta 60 rests comfortably at 50MB.

How quickly the mighty have fallen. This used to be my favorite torrent program ... memory leaks make it the worst.

AlanS2001 reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 5, 2005

LMAO @Metshrine, 3 signatures. LOL, you goanna change the world with those numbers behind you.

vampireborn reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 5, 2005

If you're having problems with Netlimiter, get the latest alpha 2.0a4.

normal_blue reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 5, 2005

It's the best except really suck on using memory and CPU, and this never seen to be fixed. For this reason I give 4.

SG1969 reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 5, 2005

qw3rty that's different, we get 100% CPU even if it's not checking the files.
ddawg: uninstalling and getting rid of all traces of java, same with azureus, and then a fresh install of latest versions of both gave me the same results. 7% cpu with netlimiter off, 100% with netlimiter on...
as for these new build posts: is it betanews posting them, or the azureus team?

Yochanan reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 5, 2005

Here is the link to the changelog, which is updated with every version/build:
http://cvs.sourceforge.n.../ChangeLog.txt?rev=HEAD

No information about this first beta, however.

Every time you install any type of Java, it does not install over the top, but separately. If you have JRE 5.0 Update 3, you'll need to uninstall 1 and 2. Also, in your temporary internet files, you should only have one Java entry. Delete any older entries and leave the newest one. This may help.

acascianelli, if you're tired of hearing about beta builds, unsubscribe from BetaNews. Hence the name?

httpd.confused reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 5, 2005

Metshrine's comment, "Here we go again", is exactly the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this new beta posted. The gadflies refuse to give up.

My 100%-CPU problem, which only happened once during normal use of Azureus 2.3.0.0, was caused by NOD32 2.5. (Process Explorer came in handy in figuring this out.) Excluding Javaw.exe in NOD32's IMON component solved the problem.

When you update the Java JRE, you have the option to either install in a separate directory (which is the default), or install it over the top of the existing version. I always install directly to "C:\Program Files\Java".

@Metshrine: I was going to sign your petition until I saw the blurb that said "We wish for fileforum to remove adware supported programs". That would cause legitimate applications like Opera to be delisted, which isn't right. Adware isn't evil; it's not the same thing as spyware.

DDawg reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 5, 2005

To the people who are having 100% cpu problems you need to upgrade to JRE 5.0 at http://java.sun.com/
I read somewhere that this fixes the problem

dzjepp reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 5, 2005

Please don't knock the score of the app because of the beta builds, blame BetaNews for posting them if you have to.

acascianelli reviewed v2.3.0.1 Beta 1 on May 5, 2005

You've got to be kidding me...

this is getting ridiculous, this is a good program but I'm tired of reading about nightly builds.

bsr500 reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 5, 2005

This version has been laggin me bad with 100% cpu usage the entire time.. I am either going to go back to older version or find another torrent program :(

Maximus-Sniper reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 5, 2005

I don't like this version :( Because of all that 100% CUP Usage and memory use. And i don't want to turn of my netlimith. So i go back to 2.2.0

qw3rty reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 4, 2005

Azureus uses 100% CPU only when it is checking a partial file when it is resuming a download or after it finishes the download. You can have many files downloading and uploading and it will use very little CPU.

GO to Preferences > Queue
And set Don't count torrent as using a download/upload slot if speed is below, to 0 kBs

Then it won't be constantly checking queued downloads.

Then Azureus will only use 10-20% of the CPU.

SG1969 reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 4, 2005

i was having 100% CPU issues with this, but it seems to be running fine now that I have netlimiter turned off.. so if anyone's having the same problem, and you're running netlimiter, or another bandwidth monitor program, try turning it off. (got this info from the azureus error message, which led me to a wiki entry). i bet it won't fix it for all of you, but might be helpful.

netean reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 4, 2005

memory monster...just eats your memory (currently mine is using 89 MB of ram and 81MB of Virtual Ram !!!!!!!

is feature rich sure, but doesn't give me fast downloads and frequently causes my internet connection to drop (guessing it overloads the cpu which is required for my usb adsl modem)

No download tool should require 100MB of ram to run, it's just such a massive massive overhead.
but that's java for you!

abear27 reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

Although it does seem to want alot of memory (97MB at the moment!), it's barely uses any of my CPU power. I've never had problems, even with all the beta's.

I like the options and interface on Azureus over others that I've tried. I can quickly see the stats on my downloads and adjust accordingly.

Excellent program. :)

mutara reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

The developers really did it this time. They went from a perfectly usable version 2.2.0.2 to a totally unusable version 2.3.0.0. CPU-Load is nearly always 100% with this version, it doesn't matter which JAVA-version u have.
How can crap like this can ever reach release status after there have been some 65+ nightly builds?

I will go back to version 2.2.0.2 until this matter is resolved.

FrequentFlyer reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

Great Torrent program. Best customizable interface and detailed settings, including UPnP support for those with firewall problems.
This version is only receiving a 3 though because I am still getting 100% CPU problem (even with latest Java and clean Java installs). This problem has existed throughout the beta phase, with postings on Sourceforge, but there has been no fix even with the final (v2.3.0.0) release now! (and yes I know the problem is probably related to Java and not with Azureus, but will Java really change somethinng.....NO!)

acascianelli reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

Its about damn time...

Great program, one of the best BT clients.

deathshead reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

Great program. Lots of new features I don't what to do with yet. I'm only rating it 4 because of the high memory usage.

To those with 100% CPU usage problems. I seem to remember the following helping with some systems:
Uninstall all versions of java (inc updates), then run a clean install of the latest version.

vampireborn reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

Azureus is my favorite bt client. The statistics it gives you can not be beat.

All of the 2203 betas locked up when I ran Netlimier 1.3, along with this final build. The screen locks and the you can't move the mouse for about 60 seconds. I found though, that if you use 2203 with Netlimiter 2.0 alpha, everything works perfectly without lock ups.

httpd.confused reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

The new version works well for me so far, though it did lock up with 100% CPU while I was simply trying to update plugins using the wizard.

The thing I hate about the 75,000 new features is that I have no idea how to use them. And from what I can tell, the online docs are outdated. And, of course, Azureus ships with no documentation. It is ironic to click the Help button only to find none. (And I don't count a crappily-organized, outdated and woefully-incomplete "wiki" as help.)

sfo reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

You can get sun java update 3 here at betanews...just search for it :)

cory1492 reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

thks sfo, search for the java update 3 to find it here on betanews

note - upnp refresh crashes my dlink router (and it does a refresh automatically every so often, which requires the router to be unplugged and replugged)

crashguy reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

I just updated the azereus version. Firstly the downloads would no go, so i uninstalled it and java and reinstalled java (the latest version, i have update 2 and 3 tested now) and on both version, javaw.exe would just up to 70mb in memory, and would then suddenly have CPU usage go up to 100% and freeze the computer.

Does anybody have any idea on how to fix this? as i like azureus and want to use it, but not much point if it freezes my computer.

Zoch reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

Quote from Azureus FAQ:

What's up with memory usage and cpu load?

* Memory usage is known to climb up and drop back repeatedly when using java jre 1.4.2 with some configurations. The cpu load is higher too.
Please use latest Java 1.5.

asellus reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

dzjepp has a good post until he/she says that the javaw.exe isn't very big in resource taking. From someone who personally sees javaw.exe gobbles 100+MB with just a few torrents running, I can safely say that this is wrong.

Azureus is a fine client with tons of features. But the biggest mistake the developers has made is writing it in Java. And for that reason alone, it will get the rating of 1 from me. Plus, I seem to not being able to stop not-running torrents from scraping the tracker ( have to remove it from the list).

Write it in a faster language like, say, C++ or at least Python, and this will get 5 stars.

M3wThr33 reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

Still hasn't fixed the peer connection bug MANY people are having since B61. Avoid.

dzjepp reviewed v2.3.0.0 on May 3, 2005

Superb. I hope BetaNews dosen't keep posting nighties in the future and just wait 100+ days for a new official release (as the case with this).

Nothing beats Azureus still. It has 20+ fantastic plugins that can be installed via the app. It uses a decentralized tracker so it functions similar to Exeem now. (Meaning even if the tracker on your torrent goes down, the torrent will continue to function). You can create seperate chat channels within the app, or for the torrents you are running, and have others connect. You can send email updates on your torrents or have irc bots do it. You can publish your torrents to a blog system, so you have a mini-site with all your torrents with info and a quick way for others to download them.

Azureus comes with many privacy and security features and you can publish torrents yourself within the app via the tracker system, it's all very secure. Also, it's possible to rate each individual torrent now from 1-5 stars and give comments to the rating. It's all very nice. I hope people start using these features (I just rated a few torrents myself). :)

People that say Azureus is bad because of Java, need to wake up. The memory footprint with Java 5 Update 3 isn't very big. Besides, right now, Azureus is the only client with so many robust features, I don't know of any other that even comes close to it.

httpd.confused reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 70 on May 2, 2005

How did we get from 2.2.0.3 (beta) to 2.3.0.0?

Anyway, here is a link to the Azureus change log, in case you don't want to try reading it in the 1-inch window below:

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/changelog.php

Zoch reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 70 on May 2, 2005

Azureus 2.3.0.0 IS OUT! :D

New Features:

* Core | Client support for the 'trackerid' announce extension
* Core | Client support for the 'min interval' announce extension
* Core | Added options to disable scrape entirely or just for non-running torrents
* Core | RSS Feed parse APIs added to plugin interface
* Core | Non-blocking sockets based TCP tracker implementation
* Core | Client identification plugin interface
* Core | Separate protocol payload and overhead stats
* Core | Data deletion can now defer to Recycle Bin and Trash under Windows and Mac OS X, respectively
* Core | Distributed Database
* Core | Decentralised tracking
* Core | Magnet URI for location of decentralised torrents
* Core | Ability to update built-in plugins independently of the core
* Core | Diagnostic collection for system properties and config settings
* Core | added option to move newly completed seeds to the end of the seeding list, rather than the front
* Core | Support for I2P plugin
* Core | Network selection support (public, i2p, tor)
* Core | Inter-client peer exchange
* UI | Option to disable small fonts under OSX
* UI | Console support for aliases
* UI | Torrent export option added to SWT UI
* UI | Keyboard shortcut parsing system
* UI | System tray menus for setting global upload and download bandwidth limits
* UI | Synthesized speech alerts for Mac OS X; Go to Azureus / Preferences to enable it
* UI | New file icon for Mac OS X
* Plug | Added local host configuration setting for statusmailer
* Plug | Reworked CSS for tracker web pages to create old and new styles
* Plug | StartStop Rules: First Priority ignore Rules: 0 Peers and SeedsPeers Ratio
* Plug | RSS Feed added to tracker web pages
* Plug | Tracker stats added to tracker web pages
* Plug | Generic Messaging API: inter-client message passing
* Plug | Joltid Peer Cache plugin is now bundled with Azureus
* Plug | I2P plugin

Changes:

* Core | Smarter re-announce interval handling, especially for lopsided swarms
* Core | Added many new peerid identifications
* Core | First piece priority option now also prioritizes last piece of file
* Core | NAT check functions even when downloads have already been started
* Core | Update check can now check via configured proxy
* Core | Rewritten download code: decreased cpu usage and faster speeds in LAN network environments
* Core | Network IP_TOS option now sets required registry setting under Win2K/XP
* Core | Favor establishing inbound peer connections, to increase the health of swarms with firewalled clients
* Core | Improved seeding unchoking algorithm: distributes data more evenly
* Core | Anti-leech code to prevent optimistic unchoke leechers
* Core | Reduced threads required for multiple torrents
* Core | Relaxed cross-torrent file locking to permit multiple read access
* Core | changed HTTP user-agent to include OS and java version
* Core | max cache size limited to 32M less than VM size
* UI | Reintroduced download completion alerts in Mac OS X (use System Preferences / Sound to set the alert sound of choice)
* UI | For Mac OS X, contextual menu items no longer carry images for better compliance with Apple Human Interface Guidelines
* UI | RFE #1092614: Informational popup messages now auto-close after 5 seconds - unless the message window is closed manually, or if the mouse is over it / details view is open (the timing will be 'reset' then)
* UI | Miscellaneous cosmetics updates for Mac OS X
* UI | Bug #1112278: https:// URLs now autopaste in Open URL window
* UI | Main menu bar should now be more streamlined in its arrangement
* UI | Console view will now display information logged (for the duration of the application session) when the Console view is closed
* UI | ETA and remaining now take into account DHD files
* Plug | More choices in First Priority ShareRatio

Corrected bugs:

* Core | IPFilters loaded from static config file weren't working
* Core | Fix re-announce interval bug when zero peers in swarm
* Core | Send uninterested message when complete while using do-not-download feature
* Core | Optimistic Connect, when seeding, no longer drops just random connections
* Core | Better recovery from corrupt resume data
* Core | Better handling of invalid torrent save locations
* Core | fix for SSL (https) problems introduced by changes in JDK 5.0
* Core | fix for hash-fails when running with cache + incremental file creation enabled
* Core | Fix scrape processing stall bug when scrape url was invalid
* UI | Corrected save dialog behaviour on Make Torrent Wizard regarding file selection
* UI | Bug #953619 concerning Mac OS X: Double-clicking .torrent files now activate Azureus with the expected Finder dialogs (Dragging files to the Dock icon will continue to malfunction for the indefinite future)
* UI | Bug #1120995: Improper validation could allow unreasonably low global upload cap
* UI | Main window no longer tries to steal focus on opening (Mac OS X)
* UI | Pop up messages no longer try to steal focus (Mac OS X)
* UI | Resolved fuzzy dock icon display under Mac OS X if Column Setup is opened
* UI | Upload caps for individual transfers now display more sensible values if global upload cap is set to unlimited
* UI | In My Torrents, a category view will no longer prevent its corresponding table view's horizontal scrolling
* UI | Download bars should no longer disappear when the main window is minimized (Mac OS X)
* UI | Certain table column contents no longer 'disappear' when a row is selected (Mac OS X)
* Plug | StartStop Rules: Autostart Seed Count Only and Prefer Large Swarms removed First Priority

Metshrine reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 70 on May 2, 2005

OMG! A CHANGELOG!!!!

crowbar82 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 70 on May 2, 2005

Beta 70?? OMG!! ^^

boogeyman reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 69 on May 1, 2005

Its simply the best Client, nothing is better to handle. But, you need a fast CPU to run it (trough JAVA). But all in one, a great Client.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 68 on Apr 29, 2005

Maybe send emails to the folks at BetaNews asking them to stop posting these nightly builds, if they concern you.

I did that, and will continue to do so. How are they going to know there is an issue if nobody tells them?

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 68 on Apr 29, 2005

Azureus is great piece of software which supports decentralised tracking, joltid peer cache and so on

I agree that there is no reasen to update list when ChangeLog remains the same from beta to beta. But current beta has differences in changelog comparing to previous beta.

c4p0ne reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 68 on Apr 29, 2005

Recode it in C++/WTL for LIGHTNING FAST operation and ULTRA-low memory/resource consumption. DUMB the stupid bulky memory & CPU hog known as the Java beast. Screw multi-platform compatibility seriously! *nix users already have a good selection of torrent clients, I know because I am one.

When I'm at work lollygagging around though and downloading "illegal" movies/music n' stuff, I want SPEED, responsiveness, and low resource consumption. And right now, BitComet (with patch of course) is THEE sweet spot! It's too bad Azureus has my favorite interface and option-structure though. I'd go back to it in a split second if it wasn't such a warthog. =( =( =(

Rocking BitComet until developers of Azureus come to their senses and realize what a great client it would be if re-coded from the ground up WITHOUT JAVA DEPENDANCY!!

Metshrine reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 68 on Apr 28, 2005

Amen, I dont care HOW a user tries to justify it that "Oh, the developer posts nightlies on their site, so what is the difference if its posted here or not", this is getting FREAKING ridiculous. Betanews allows ANYONE to register as a developer and post any software.The betanews moderators really need to get this under control as this is getting very very annoying. I will not rate this client low, because it is a very nice piece of software, but I do wish the fileforum/bn moderators would take control of their site and help it regain its credibility.

httpd.confused reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 68 on Apr 28, 2005

I want to thank the dumba**(es) who are constantly updating the Azureus listing, and also the FileForum editors who continually approve them. Thanks to the senseless posting of nightly builds, I am deactivating email notification of Azureus.

I've never had to do that before. Take a bow.

Danny7 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 65 on Apr 28, 2005

These "betas" are just nightly builds which being updated every day. We need to wait for the final version that will be available when its done.
As of now Azureus is still my favorite BT client.

Metshrine reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 65 on Apr 28, 2005

Yes, the devs post it on their beta page, BUT THEY DONT POST IT ON BETANEWS. I am not saying Azureus is a bad piece of software, its not, far from it. Its the best of its kind. But, by some USER (Not azureus devs, as everyone seems intent that they are doing, they've already admitted they ARE NOT POSTING THEM on betanews) posting every single nightly, you are giving the idea that this software is extremely buggy, no one knows what to look for to fix in these releases as no WHATS NEW is posted, and the overall image of the software is being hurt. Now, dont go telling me I dont understand what is going on here, as I clearly do.

jshrk reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 64 on Apr 27, 2005

This is swear word ridiculous!! OK so its some nightly build, are you telling me that BetaNews dont monitor these releases?! What are you playing at allowing this BS to go on. Gimme a break pleasee, and isnt this the same beta number now being released again 64? How does that work or even make sense. BetaNews i love you, but sort your selfves out ffs!

AlanS2001 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 64 on Apr 26, 2005

@Metshrine, roj & DudeBoyz: I don't know what is up with you guys, but it seems like you can't read for s***. As I've said, these so-called 'nightly builds' are being published under the beta link on Azureus home-page. So no, some evil genious is not making these available to the public at large, the developers of the product are doing it themselves and making it look like it's a beta (ah duh, by having it on the beta page).

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 64 on Apr 26, 2005

These are not betas, they are nightly builds.

Whomever is uploading them and incorrectly identifying them as actual beta releases is doing Azureus a disservice by making them look like some amature organization. Totally lame.

cowticket reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 64 on Apr 26, 2005

I really appreciate the updates to this software. Azureus in my opinion is a top notch program, it seems that there are very few programs out there that work as efficiently and effectivly at what they do like this. Keep the betas coming!

kise reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 64 on Apr 26, 2005

For ****'s sake, download a stable release guys if you got problem with all nightly builds and ignore these betas.

Ramhound reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 64 on Apr 26, 2005

M3wThr33

If you cannot connect to peers, means your network setup is not correct.

M3wThr33 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 63 on Apr 25, 2005

I can't connect to any peers in this current beta. Avoid until the next release.

Metshrine reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 63 on Apr 25, 2005

Umm, you are the most ignorant user I've ever seen post. Are you telling me that you actually download and install every single one of these betas that some moron is posting here? I am sorry, but the azurues folk have already admitted to not posting these, so someone else is taking it upon themselves to post every single solitarie update to this software. Whoever it is needs to stop because quite frankly, I am sick of seeing this on the fileforum homepage.

Yes, before you whine at me, I do know this is BETANEWS, but most products have how many betas? I've not seen a product with more than 5-6 betas, this has had 63, and its getting ridiculous. Anyways, great product. Keep it up, and hopefully you can track down the IDIOT who is posting all of these

Also, where did httpd say that he didnt want to put up with bugs? Bugs anyone can deal with, as I am sure he can, but posting a new version every other day is quite frankly annoying.

Please note, I am not speaking for httpd.confused, merely stating my view on his post and how I assume he feels.

AlanS2001 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 63 on Apr 25, 2005

@DudeBoyz, these 'nightly builds' are listed under the 'beta' link on Azureus's homepage. @httpd.confused, this site is called betanews (not superior or stable news, lol). So I think the people who whine incessently about buggy software need to realise this and not use alpha/beta software if they aren't willing to put up with bugs (not saying that you're one of those people).

httpd.confused reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 63 on Apr 25, 2005

It is pretty senseless to be updating the Azureus listing every 5 minutes, when there is a stable 2.2.0.2 version out there. But, I have to point out that FileForum editors must approve listings before they are posted.

To me, this is and always has been a real problem with FileForum: They always want to list the latest and greatest, but when they do, other (and sometimes, as in this case, superior) versions get blown away.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 63 on Apr 25, 2005

I emailed the folks at Azureus - these are in essence nightly builds that are mislabled as betas by whomever is uploading them.

They are not supposed to be posted as Betas, apparently. They have test features and code that is pulled and modified and may never see the light of day. Warts and all are being shown to a public that is not supposed to see them. When Azureus wants us to see the polished code, they will RELEASE it themselves.

I for one would like to ask whomever is doing this to STOP. I think it is doing Azureus more harm than good and making folks resentful.

You are doing nobody a favor here. You are making their product look bad and making users and potential users angry.

Can you take a chill pill and knock it off please?

If folks want the nightly builds, they can get them from Azureus.

lzvk25 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 63 on Apr 25, 2005

Two betas on the same day ?
This morning, Beta 62 was released and at Noon it is at Beta 63 ?
That's just too much sloppy testing.

BNuser reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 62 on Apr 25, 2005

Hmm. The site is called BetaNews...new betas is what I expect. Even with one line of code changed. If I don't find it worth of testing, I just don't download it. Just keep in mind that this single line of code might exactly fix the problem you possibly have with the former version.

Ramhound reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 62 on Apr 25, 2005

Awile I don't understand the point of reporting each beta of this product, each release is exactly that, a new build with changes I would hope.

So those changes need to be tested, even if its one line, sometimes one line can make a difference.

x10an reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 62 on Apr 25, 2005

the upload throttling seems to be fixed in 2.2.0.3 Beta 62, and yes Beta 63 was released 5 hours ago :)

Metshrine reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 62 on Apr 25, 2005

2 years later, Azureus 2.2.0.3 Beta 2918

Please, stop all the damn betas and release the thing already so we can expect 60 more betas of the next SubMinor Release

Great program, but the author needs to learn when to release a product.

And to those of you who will whine at me for complaining about these betas, come on, are this many releases really necessary? They dont even post a change log, so how is one to know what is fixed or added?

GeneralLeoFF reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 62 on Apr 25, 2005

How many betas are they going to do?

maxx1453 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 60 on Apr 20, 2005

best bittorrent client all-time..

.:zoo:. reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 60 on Apr 20, 2005

This version is very stable. The blurs screen effect is gone :D Cool!

System resources used 2.208K !!!! OMG I can't beleaved :)

Good job!!

Cekay reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 60 on Apr 20, 2005

I don`t understand why peole complain.
1.) This is BETAnews and the quality of a good news platform IS to present every single version change. If you don`t want these detailed beta status information, simply stick to the official final release and it will update itself if a new official/proved version is out. That simple!
2.) Instead of complaining around about high resources and problems, send a bug report to the author, thats for why he released this BETA
3.) This peace of Software is free. People so often forget that. Have a look at how other major software developer so often sell a "main" product, but it gets finally testet from all the buyers and needs updates and patches and service packs.

Simply stay off, if you don`t like the fabolous service of the BetaNews team.

Ameranu reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 60 on Apr 20, 2005

Program itself it is a very good piece of work, but imho all java-based programs should be categorized as BLOATWARE/RESOURCE-EAT-WARE. We (users) really do not need another 100MB of required-to-run (java) files inside our \Windows directories.

Dave_Man reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 60 on Apr 20, 2005

To all the complainers below:
Bate releases exist exactly for this reason... to test the changes the author did to the product!
If you don't want to use unstable, resource hungry, software... just don't use the beta!
There is a very stable 2.2.0.2 version available for you.

cowticket reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 60 on Apr 20, 2005

Azureus is a top notch program. It is by far the best program on my computer. It has NO spyware or advertisements, and its not bloated. Just the right tool.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 60 on Apr 20, 2005

I have to agree. These constant betas are getting incredibly annoying.

Not just that, but since Beta 24, the program is getting more resource hungry and even less stable!

I dig the app, but COME ON MAN! Clean up the act. Make it leaner and cleaner and hold off until you have a good working product and THEN release a beta, k?

And this from a fan of the program. :)

some guy reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 60 on Apr 20, 2005

software great
but as stated below stop posting somany betas when I see a real change I will try it.

Klusternisse reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 60 on Apr 20, 2005

the author of this program just want to be on betanews first page, therefor he releases so many 'betas', i rate it 1/5

Metshrine reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 60 on Apr 20, 2005

To the reviewer below, think about it, the author posting every nightly or bi-nightly build is ridiculous. There hasnt really been any changes in the betas since beta 48. The client is still great, but come on, STOP POSTING SO MANY BETAS. Even xplane doesnt have this many betas.

To Cekay, This is the ONLY program I've seen that has had more than 10 beta releases before a final release is achieved. This isnt even a MAJOR version change, its a sub-minor. I use betanews all the time to test out new software and beta versions, but sitting here posting a change every 2-3 days, give me a break, release the product already, then work on another sub-minor version change which fixes more bugs. A Sub-minor version change shouldnt require 60 betas

dgtlchlk reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 58 on Apr 13, 2005

First the review.
Great client, if you need a function then the likelyhood is that this client has got it. That its java is a slight bugger but you get used to it after awhile and don't notice. I've been using this for a long time now and can't see any other client dethroneing it (only if bitcomet pulls a miracle out).

Now the rant.
These betas are built automatically against cvs/svn EVERY SINGLE or EVERY OTHER SINGLE night, so for everyone to be b****ing that there are too many betas is ludicrous. Also you're browseing a site called BETANEWS! If you would rather have no or almost no betas then go browse download.com

Metshrine reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 58 on Apr 12, 2005

Great client, BUT STOP WITH ALL THE FREAKING BETA VERSIONS! Windows doesnt even have this many betas. Come on folks! Release it!

Maximus- reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 57 on Apr 11, 2005

Hi all :)

Well this is still a Beta version :) But i test it, and got some CPU problem :( My CPU worked up and down from 5% to 99% all the time :( So i when't back to Azureus v.2.2.0.2. Azureus is the best :) :) I hope they gonna fix the CPU problem :)

madk0w reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 57 on Apr 9, 2005

Azureus is the only client i use. Nothing matches it. It's just a bit sad that java itself consumes so much processing power and makes azureus unstable, i'm still using the 1.0.4 java client version 2 totally ruins it for me..

some guy reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 57 on Apr 9, 2005

nice program but yes I to prefer Bitcoment over this one, smaller foot print, and less conection hassel.

TheQuestor reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 57 on Apr 9, 2005

Though I aggree that any other language would have been better on windows, I do think that java gave them the ability to run it on any platform.
There are some faster ones out there, but not one has matched the ability to get me what I need. This one also has one feature that keeps me from ever leaving. The ability to have it look in a certain directory every minute then auto pick up and start the torrent. Then when it is done, it auto moves to finished file to another directory. This for me is a must have option since I run the client on a seperate pc and just drop the torrents in a share and have the other box do the rest.

VikingBlade reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 57 on Apr 8, 2005

Still my favorite bittorrent program.
Why is it in Java? Because Java is cross-platform.

BobTheVeg reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 57 on Apr 8, 2005

decent program but why not use BitComet which is still free yet much better...and not in java. why the hell did they make this is java. oh well. Anyways BitComet is the way to go!
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I like BitComet better personally, and you'd think they'd finalize this by now. I can't ever recall having seen FIFTY SIX public betas of anything before.
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Answer : BitComet is BANNED !

cath4rsis reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 57 on Apr 8, 2005

The latest version (.57) fixed what was normally a 72 or so percent CPU usage for me (one torrent). Recommended.

pvolk reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 57 on Apr 8, 2005

decent program but why not use BitComet which is still free yet much better...and not in java. why the hell did they make this is java. oh well. Anyways BitComet is the way to go!

distinguished reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 56 on Apr 7, 2005

just wish it had a global time scheduler for download and upload for off peak times

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 56 on Apr 6, 2005

it is just another beta. there is no reason to underrate Azureus until its stable release...

yes, i had experienced 100% cpu usage issue too...

Domingo reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 56 on Apr 6, 2005

I like BitComet better personally, and you'd think they'd finalize this by now. I can't ever recall having seen FIFTY SIX public betas of anything before.

B3AN reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 56 on Apr 6, 2005

The 100% cpu issue is likly to be caused by NOD32.

.:zoo:. reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 55 on Mar 30, 2005

~100% CPU usage issue :( Going back to stable version.

.:zoo:. reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 54 on Mar 28, 2005

Yeah. All is Ok right now!. No blurs screen anymore :)

poostain reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 54 on Mar 28, 2005

in my opinion beta52 is more stable than beta54

httpd.confused reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 54 on Mar 28, 2005

Beta 53 worked very poorly for me, throwing network errors, and worse yet, absolutely devouring CPU (the well-known ~100% CPU usage issue). I backed down to version 2.2.0.2, and all is well again.

Blaxima reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 52 on Mar 25, 2005

People who don't know how to use this program shouldn't be rating it. This is a BETA version too so go to the homepage and download the stable(2.2.0.2)version to get a better idea of what this program can do. This is one of the better BitTorrent clients out there if not the best and it's free. I have no complaints with it, it does everything I want it to do. Strongly recommend this one

scottbailey reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 52 on Mar 24, 2005

how do i run this program

.:zoo:. reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 52 on Mar 20, 2005

All my screen have a blurs effect when i'd charge this BETA version. :(

Go back to a final version right now :-@

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 52 on Mar 20, 2005

Beta 24 is still the most stable and functional for me. I don't get why this version seems to be having so many betas, and why they keep getting slower and more of a system hog and more unstable as they advance. Baffling.

Still, I dig the app, flaws and all.

httpd.confused reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 36 on Feb 24, 2005

This is still--by far--the best BitTorrent client available. I just tried several of the other supposedly-wonderful clients that idiots have seen fit to rate highly, and it was a big waste of time. (Thanks, idiots.)

As just one small example, Azureus handles UPnP better than other clients. Rather than just open ports when it's started, Azureus also closes the damned ports when it's terminated. The other client I tried (I haven't bothered remembering its name, but it was something like BitCrap) took a good chunk of eternity to open ports via UPnP, and it was too stupid to close them when it was terminated.

I still hate Java, though. It is a memory hog (not that I care much, with 2-GB of memory), and it presents problems with other applications in some cases. I also hate screwing with JAR files (I like to update manually, rather than let Azureus do it for me, thanks).

Azureus supposedly has issues with one particular tracker I use (lost stats), but my guess is that it's not Azureus, but the tracker at fault. (This is my guess since the people who run the tracker can't seem to tell their a** from a hole in their head.)

azalyn reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 34 on Feb 23, 2005

For the person who asked if Java can be compiled into a runtime. It can:
http://gcc.gnu.org/java/

GCJ is part of GCC, which is an OpenSource multiplatform (portable) compiler collection for *many* languages, I couldnt even begin to count them all. It's produces the most efficient binaries for C than any other compiler, even commercial ones (although for C++ theres a few commercial ones like ICC that do a better job).
I'm not exactly sure how sophisticated GCJ is at this point compared to Sun's JRE, but I don't think all apps work in it without changes. If you wanted to compile Azureus into a binary with GCJ you'd probably have to at least tweak the code here and there, and I'm not sure if you'd get a performance gain from it if any. However that would be the 'goal' of GCJ in the future I'd imagine, so you should keep an eye on it. It's promising.

As for Azureus itself, I mostly have slow-ish computers in my home and I too am annoyed at how much of a hog it is, the solution "get a better computer" is completely ridiculous, better hardware should only be nessesary for games these days, you should be capable of doing everything else with an average system even if it's a few years old. If Azureus was in C or even C++ I'd be able to use it on a 400Mhz computer without any slowdown whatsoever.

It's disturbing that people are adopting a "hey, we have better hardware, so lets suck all the power out of it even if we don't REALLY need it for our app" philosophy these days.
I hope things change soon. Maybe if someone created an ideal programming language. hehe

Well, that's just my opinion.

/azalyn

bsr500 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 34 on Feb 23, 2005

This one appears faster than the beta's before it.

comctrl6 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 34 on Feb 23, 2005

This is a really good Bit Torrent client. One of the best clients out there. I've been using this for a while. It is a bit slow, since it was written in Java, but all the features compensate for its slowness. Give it a try, you'll like it.

cPingN reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 33 on Feb 21, 2005

"..isn't the primary reason Azureus is such an excellent and high quality BT ...because IT is based on Java code?"

No, writing something in Java does not magically make it great. It "can" make it cross-platform compatible. And slow. Features are there simply because they are bright designers/programmers who take the time to keep improving the product instead of giving up once they got it to download a file.
The biggest fault, to me, is Java itself. I personally don't think Sun gives a much of a sht about java on the PC so they don't bother to write a tighter, more efficient library. But who knows.
Can't Java be compiled into a runtime exe by now?

Still a kick a** client - tho I wish I knew why suddenly my peersafe plugin locks it up if I try to load a peer txt file (ie: make it useful).

Obren reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 33 on Feb 21, 2005

WTF?! Thirty three betas have been released so far for minor version upgrade (2.2.0.2 to 2.2.0.3).

Fourth decimal version change should indicate plain bugfix release, not a major revision with tons of new features that need this livel of beta testing.

Don't get me wrong, I am using Azureus and I am quite satisfied with the program, but this is not serious...

dzjepp reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 33 on Feb 21, 2005

Obren, 2.2.0.2 and previous final illiterations had about 60 betas a piece leading up to it. Someone is submitting the betas to BetaNews, it's probably not the developers themselves. I think it's great we get so many fixes Azureus is frequently in the top 5 projects in terms of activity over at SourceForge.

cPingN reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 32 on Feb 18, 2005

c4p0ne said it all. And yes, it WILL be the death of them as soon as someone does what they did with a better language. We have Java for our enterprise level apps at my last job. Slow, 512megs of ram upon startup, etc. Ridiculous. Java was a good concept and certainly has SOME uses, but people try to make it do everything and.. well... it just ain't up tot he task. Until hardware "java processors" come around (ie: never), it will continue to suck.. both in overall experience, and your computer resources. So sad that so many programmers and companies think it's such a great solution.
as a side note, you want to see a real web app that would have been done in java back in the day? maps.google.com... now THAT's the way to build an app! hehehe (nothing to do with azureus but it is very impressive and not a java client app).

c4p0ne reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 32 on Feb 18, 2005

I love Azureus. Let me make that clear. I just totally HATE the fact that it has anything at ALL to do with Java. Screw the multi-platform. Re-build it from the ground up pure MSVC7 C++/WTL and watch it *FLY*. This is the reason Azureus sucks up so much resources. That was their fatal mistake. Well, not "fatal" but still!

Anyway, it's a great program, the only thing that can make Azureus stand out against the rest in a MASSIVE way is to REDUCE RESOURCE USAGE! Honesly, there is absolutely NOTHING more in terms of features and "bells & whistles" that one could ever want out of Azureus. I mean, the plugins are there, the interface is dope, it's the shiznit. I would absolutley drop everything else (at least for now) and totally FOCUS on reduction/streamlining of resource/memory usage!

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 31 on Feb 16, 2005

I've had to drop back to Beta 24 to get a mix of performance and stability. Beta 24 is not the most stable, but it doesn't seem to totally bog down the system as much as the later ones do, so for now, I'm stickin' there. 31 was much worse than I had expected it to be, sadly.

Hope they can get it all smoothed out. I'd like to see Azureus be a better multi-tasker and not geek up my mapped network drives and make them inaccessible. Bad enough that I can't browse the web after using the app for a while, but I can't even drop new torrents in from my other machine any more without stopping the program (actually, I usually have to CTRL-ALT-DEL and kill it cause it won't close cleanly - just locks up most of the time)

I'm a die-hard fan though, so I guess I'll stick it out. Good luck guys.

bjoer751 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 31 on Feb 16, 2005

c4p0ne: Perhaps you have missed the fact that these builds are snapshots from the CVS - that means that these builds are not finished products, but instead testbeds which the developers make available. These builds include all new features which are planned for the next release, and also all faults which are bound to surface during this process.
If you believe you have found a bug in the current development build, please direct your browser to http://sourceforge.net/f...rum.php?forum_id=374248 and check if someone else has the same problem as you have - and if not found, please create a new topic in which you describe the problem and in what build it appeared. This way the developers will be notified of the problem, and ther's a much bigger chance of them fixing it before the next build.
If you don't want to run development code, but want a stable product, just surf on to http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ and download the current stable version - in which bandwidth limit works just fins.

c4p0ne reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 30 on Feb 15, 2005

NOPE. Bandwidth control is still SCREWED in Beta 30! Damn what's wrong with these guys?

bsr500 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 29 on Feb 11, 2005

beta27 was least stable so far.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 29 on Feb 11, 2005

Which version is the stable version for you?

I have to admit, 27 seems less stable than some of the earlier ones.

c4p0ne reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 27 on Feb 10, 2005

WTF?? Bandwidth control is SCREWED. My downloads are going crazy-wacko now sucking up the entire pipe like a bandwidth crack-fiend! No matter what limits I set in the config options (50kB/sec for instance) I wind up getting like 430kB/sec meaning there is no cap cause thats my bandwidth ceiling right there! Back to the stable version whew!

For those of you who never set caps, go for it. BTW this opened up the "flood gates" for my upload cap as well!!! from the limit of 50kB/sec which is what I had set, to you don't wanna know.

krondike reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 27 on Feb 9, 2005

Good that FileForums/BetaNews checked the data that I submitted, becuase I did get wrong file size. I didn't downloaded the hole thing (wonder why) so I got the size 3044KB and it wouldnt run when I tried it today, but the real size is what its says upthere, 4502KB. So I seams that moderators/administrators dosent have so mutch to do, and can keep the speed up for the updates submitions. ;)

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 27 on Feb 8, 2005

If they keep up this quick release schedule on the Betas, the thing might actually stop locking up all the time! :p

heh...

I'm glad they keep their noses to the grindstone. Good work, lads

bsr500 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 27 on Feb 8, 2005

These releases are coming to fast.

krondike reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 26 on Feb 8, 2005

You go to the folder thats the original Azureus is installed, delete Azureus2.jar and rename the Azureus2203-B#number.jar to Azureus2.jar and start Azureus.exe ;).

And I just submitted 2.2.0.3 Beta 27!

madk0w reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 26 on Feb 8, 2005

azureus all the way ;)

just wish this javaw.exe would suck up so much memory and cpu

photonboy reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 26 on Feb 8, 2005

I have to eat my previous words. I downloaded the latest version and I'm not having any problems. It works just as good or better than Bitspirit, but has a nicer interface.

I didn't know how to use this beta file so I'm basing my review on the stable .exe windows version.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 25 on Feb 6, 2005

Holy Cow! These Beta Updates sure are coming at a fast clip. Either they are very dedicated or the thing is full of holes like Swiss Cheese! :D

I'm glad they are working on it. More than anything, I'm hopeful it becomes more stable as time goes on.

Best of luck to the programmers, cause this is a really helpful tool with some nice, basic features that seem to fit the bill.

Nikkie reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 24 on Feb 6, 2005

My first choice for a Bt client . Well put together .works nicely in both linux and windows .

Highley reccomended . Gets the job done and looks good while doing it :)

ArKay74 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 24 on Feb 5, 2005

Good client, I like and use it a lot. But for people who want to use the CVS versions it would be better to get the AZCVSUpdater plugin. There's no need to post every new build here.

denka reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 24 on Feb 4, 2005

Azureus uses a lot of computer power.
BitComet is a better alternative.

bsr500 reviewed v2.2.0.3 Beta 24 on Feb 4, 2005

My god, 3 or 4 beta's in a 24 hour period.