Tixati 3.43

Tixati is a lightweight BitTorrent client with detailed transfer insights, trackerless torrent support, and extensive download management features.

Razvan Serea News Reporter Neowin · Jun 20, 2026 03:04 EDT with 0 comments

Tixati

Tixati is a free and easy to use BitTorrent client featuring detailed views of all seed, peer, and file transfer properties. Also included are powerful bandwidth charting and throttling capabilities, and a full DHT implementation. Tixati is one of the most advanced and flexible BitTorrent clients available. And unlike many other clients, Tixati contains NO SPYWARE, NO ADS, and NO GIMMICKS.

Tixati portable version is meant to run on a USB flash drive or other portable media. It stores all its configuration files in the same folder as the executable binary files, and all file paths are stored in a format relative to the program executable folder.

It is important you do not delete the "tixati_portable_mode.txt" file within the executables folder. This file is what triggers Tixati to run in portable mode. (The executable binaries are actually the same as the standard edition binaries.)

When running the portable edition from a USB flash drive, especially one that is formatted in FAT16/FAT32, you may experience some lag when initially loading a new transfer. This is because initializing and allocating large files on flash-based media consumes a greater amount of time and resources compared to a conventional hard-drive.

Tixati has the following features:

detailed views of all aspects of the swarm, including peers, pieces, files, and trackers
support for magnet links, so no need to download .torrent files if a simple magnet-link is available
super-efficient peer choking/unchoking algorithms ensure the fastest downloads
peer connection encryption for added security
full DHT (Distributed Hash Table) implementation for trackerless torrents, including detailed message traffic graphs and customizable event logging
advanced bandwidth charting of overall traffic and per-transfer traffic, with separate classification of protocol and file bytes, and with separate classification of outbound traffic for trading and seeding
highly flexible bandwidth throttling, including trading/seeding proportion adjustment and adjustable priority for individual transfers and peers
bitfield graphs that show the completeness of all downloaded files, what pieces other peers have available, and the health of the overall swarm
customizable event logging for each download, and individual event logs for all peers within the swarm
expert local file management functions which allow you to move files to a different partition even while downloading is still in progress
100% compatible with the BitTorrent protocol
Windows and Linux-GTK native versions available

Tixati 3.43 changelog:

Several major DHT improvements
Added several screening heuristics to filter malicious DHT nodes, prevent Sybil floods
Rewrote DHT search algorithms to add support for multi-path lookups
Improved DHT logging, more details in several error messages
Extended timeout lengths for outgoing queries over I2P
Added incoming query / response per second to DHT table status display
Updated Regex engine to PCRE2
Faster Search function, scans channel user profiles in much less time
Fixed problems with file name parsing and date handling in RSS
Faster and more accurate RSS filtering and episode number detection
Several optimizations to global text processing functions, such as UTF-8 cleaning, line splitting, and token parsing
Complete update of port-mapping UPNP/NAT-PMP engine, added PCP support, mapping over VPN support, and more
Several refinements to default gateway detection on Windows / Android, which is used for port-mapping
Support for IPv6 interface-scoped addresses, which is sometimes needed for IPv6 gateway detection and port mapping
Full support for PCP port remapping, added backup zero-port query in case requested port is rejected
New UPNP/NAT-PMP Monitor in Help > Diagnostics
New reflected local port/location tracker that analyzes DHT replies to detect true port/location and NAT mapping type
New TCP/UDP Ports monitor in Help > Diagnostics, with several statistic and information tabs, and a detailed event log
Calculated/reflected local port is now used for port parameter in tracker queries and peer handshake
Fixed several problems with Linux Wayland compatibility
Completely replaced tray icon functions in Linux, new SNI implementation is now the default with GSI backup
Implemented full DBus-Menu server to be used by new SNI tray icon implementation
Replaced Linux tray balloon notification DBus client
Rewrote auto-shutdown DBus interface for Linux
Rewrote sleep inhibit DBus interface for Linux
Dropped deprecated Linux dbus-glib dependencies
Completely new Windows asynchronous file handling, now using IOCP model with several block-alignment optimizations
Better handling of system network resets and interface down/up cycles
Added option to fully clear configuration in Settings > Import/Export
Remember last option checkboxes when using Import/Export
Fixed minor I2P incoming connection routing problems
Much faster I2P vanity host name finder
Much faster channel user vanity key finder
Raised length limit for torrent tracker remote failure messages to 120 from 64
Fixed problems setting download location on a torrent before the meta info is resolved
Added location/MOC paths to category pane tooltips
Several minor Web Interface fixes
Refinements to static and scrolling ellipsizing layout routines
Several fixes and improvements to single and multi-line text edit controls
Many other minor fixes throughout the user interface
A major overhaul of the Android framework has also been done:
API target raised to 35, page alignment set to 16K
Rewrote all inset processing routines
Full rewrite of foreground service, application, and main activity objects
New permission request routines
Added multi-cast lock request before UPNP/LPDP discovery operations
Fixed file permission and locking problems when loading .torrent from web browsers
Fixed problems with Z-ordering of modal / non-modal and popup windows
Fixed handling of back gesture on newer OS
Added status bar icon adjustment based on status bar background color
Added option in Settings > UI > Behavior to continue running in tray when task removed from recents
App can be closed by swiping away notification
Rewrote IME interface, fixed several problems with auto-correct, on-screen keyboard visibility, and cursor positioning
Added full support for Android hardware mouse and keyboard function
Added full tooltip implementation for Android hovering via mouse or other cursor device
Full rewrite of popup menu widgets to better support hardware pointers and keyboard
Added mouse cursor updating framework for Android hovering
Added Settings > Import/Export to Android builds
Added language file support to Android builds