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radiomaffia reviewed v0.3.2.2 on Feb 25, 2010

Edit:Halite is not an allowed client in private trackers :-(

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It's not an allowed client, so if you use it, you'd be taking all the risk should something bad happen.
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-------- radiomaffia wrote: --------

Hello ...,
Because uTorrent from version 2.xx using the utp feature I am looking forward to another client and fell in love with Halite
http://www.binarynotions...alite-bittorrent-client
I can never find anything on private bittorrent forums if Halite is an allowed client or not and I dont wanna take any risk.
Please your kind answer.

Regards ...

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Tokar reviewed v0.3.2.1 on Dec 24, 2009

One of the only 64bit torrent clients, and a good one at that. We need more 64bit software.

Dana1 reviewed v0.3.2.1 on Dec 3, 2009

Downloaded and installed this piece of software. The first time I ran it I successfully got a win32:Delf-MZG and a win32:ZBOT-MKK Virus on my system. Took two hours to clean out the system and re- download and install 27 programs. Not much to say for this piece of software.

animex360 reviewed v0.3.2.1 on Dec 2, 2009

the x86-x64 versions run faster & stable ram usage has been optimized :D run well on windows 7 -64 & 32

wodez reviewed v0.3.2 RC2 on Oct 9, 2009

"It uses less RAM than uTorrent."

How much RAM do you have when this matters? 16MB?

neodemio reviewed v0.3.1.1 on Apr 3, 2009

It is fast and quite stable. It uses less RAM than uTorrent. I find it really good.

radiomaffia reviewed v0.3.1.1 on Oct 10, 2008

Can it create torrents now? Edit : YES!FINALLY! Does it stays stable on the torrents after you shut down the pc and start up again startup Halite? A major problem in the early beginning and that is why I still did switch over.And...in uTorrent you can see by the red colour that there is no connection to the tracker and that is a must have for my since i'm into private trackers and ratio is everything! I stay looking to this prog cause it is having potential but who can give an anwser to me?

anonymous_user reviewed v0.3.1.1 on Oct 10, 2008

About time there was a new version. Even its only minor fixes :P

BenHoium reviewed v0.3.1 on Jul 23, 2008

Simply amazing compared to Vuze what I was using this uses no memory at all compared to Vuze I now have my favorite bit torrent client

radiomaffia reviewed v0.3.1 on Jun 17, 2008

all the problems (not connectable to the privatetracker) with utorrent i had were only cause i changed the connections from 50 to 200.
cause this program is not create torrents i see no other option then to stay with utorrent

radiomaffia reviewed v0.3.0.5 Revision 408 Snapshot on Jun 4, 2008

Was promising but is devoloping too slow.
Can still not create torrents.
Seems like an early dead, too bad..

facewad5 reviewed v0.3.0.5 Revision 408 Snapshot on Apr 14, 2008

This is a nice little program, I used to use uTorrent but I couldn't surf the internet or barely do anything, it slowed down my computer. I used this and got better speeds plus it didn't slow my computer at all. I was actually able to peak out at one point at 1mB/s!!!

aking80 reviewed v0.3.0.5 Revision 408 Snapshot on Mar 28, 2008

Minor release, still not ready.

Long ways to go but very promising.

dpcdpc11 reviewed v0.3.0.5 Revision 408 Snapshot on Mar 28, 2008

still missing the choice to select what files to dld when u open the torrent file... and the tray icon doesn't work like it should... screws up my tray icons all the time! can't make it my main torrent software yet... sticking with the uTorrent 1.8 beta for now.

styxchan reviewed v0.3.0.5 Revision 408 Snapshot on Mar 28, 2008

it is ready. And for the question of features: this is version 0.xxx µTorrent already many more than one programmer and on top it is not(!) open-source and there is no x64 version(and that one is especially really fast).

dhry reviewed v0.3.0.5 Revision 408 Snapshot on Mar 28, 2008

Nice try, but this thing has a LONG way to go before it comes close to uTorrent. Definitely worth keeping your eye on but it's not ready for prime time right now.

radiomaffia reviewed v0.3.0.4 Revision 386 Snapshot on Mar 18, 2008

*Highly recommend when you only download torrents
*For time beiing useless if you are uploading torrents

Torrents starting very fast, with private trackers I am connectable as YES with a non-blockedport offcourse (see detailed logging info, it is informing you). Where uTorrent fails to stay connected, Halite stays connected to the tracker!

Halite is informing you also better then uTorrent does. It is having difficulty to remember the new configuratingsettings and it happens also that I have 2 times halite it the systray, both bugs needs to be fixed.

As a uploader you can NOT create torrents, if you could 2nd problem comes along because you can NOT choose where the new made torrent must be downloaded. Halite useless for uploaders to privatetrackers because...

>>if you create a temporarely torrent and uploading it to a PRIVATE tracker you have to download that same torrent again (then is the keypass added) open it and browsing to the actualy folder where the file(s) are added, with Halite you can NOT browse and can NOT create torrents as earlier mentioned

obscur156 reviewed v0.3.0.4 Revision 386 Snapshot on Mar 16, 2008

Nice client with just what you need in it.
Most important its open source.
Now its time to let the dust fall on utorrent...

Giving a 4 because NOTHING is perfect.
Best regards.

Prospero424 reviewed v0.3.0.4 Revision 386 Snapshot on Mar 16, 2008

Great stuff. They're doing all of the right things to turn this into the best open-source BitTorrent client out there.

It's still not quite as full-featured as uTorrent or Azureus (Vuze), and no, it's NOT as light as uTorrent is. But it's a great compromise if resource usage and using open-source software are priorities for you.

Big thanks to the Halite team!

anomoly reviewed v0.3.0.4 Revision 386 Snapshot on Mar 15, 2008

I have to say that the recent changes are a HUGE improvement. Gui is now more customizable (like utorrent), port forwarding is customizable.
Most importantly I have been recognized by every tracker I tried it with. (there are a few that have allowed only lists)
CPU use goes up as you add torrents but on my slow amd it is almost expected.
As long as I also stay connectable I will stop using utorrent. cross-fingers

echohead reviewed v0.3.0.4 Revision 386 Snapshot on Mar 15, 2008

open-source and lighter than utorrent (which by the way, is slowly becoming identical to the official bittorrent client). halite is updated about once a month and with every revision becomes more and more stable without adding unnecessary features.

if you miss the days before utorrent was bought out and the devs started adding unnecessary features to it, give halite a try.

c4p0ne reviewed v0.3.0.4 Revision 386 Snapshot on Mar 15, 2008

utorrent is aeons ahead of this. However, I still see massive potential in this client if only they could start pumping out updates faster. Dev is ultra-slow on this little joint.

Matb_TePe3a reviewed v0.3.0.4 Revision 386 Snapshot on Mar 14, 2008

Much better than Azureus and MTorrent.

Very promising. 5/5

comeoffit reviewed v0.3.0.4 Revision 386 Snapshot on Mar 14, 2008

Halite just keeps on improving.

For me, Halite works great as my main (only) client.

aking80 reviewed v0.3.0.4 Revision 386 Snapshot on Mar 14, 2008

Ian is right, this client is still too young. I wouldn't consider it ready as a "main" client... as of now it's only good as something to toy around with imo.

Has a bright future ahead but development is extremely slow.

Winkler reviewed v0.3.0.4 Revision 386 Snapshot on Mar 14, 2008

"Reviewer: Ian C. Mar 8, 2008
Version: 0.3.0.2d
this thing is very primitive. It works, but thats the only good thing I can say about it. Tons of stuff still not done on it, and all the info is laid out bad."

are you complete idiot???

(by the way, i did have all those problems when i did use BitTorrent and µTorrent anyway)

Ian C. reviewed v0.3.0.2d on Mar 8, 2008

I don't see why everyone loves this so much. I'm sure it'll be a competitor eventually, but as it stands now, this thing is very primitive. It works, but thats the only good thing I can say about it. Tons of stuff still not done on it, and all the info is laid out bad.

mulerin reviewed v0.3.0.2d on Feb 8, 2008

hi! about this problems readi here http://loadingvault.com/search.php?q=Halite

anomoly reviewed v0.3.0.2 on Jan 26, 2008

Hopeful & wishful but not much more. Biggest problem: not connectable when I know the router is forwarded properly. Needs rawsocket ability for the peer exchange, i.e. trackerless ability.
File deselection was fixed however

radiomaffia reviewed v0.3.0.2 on Jan 25, 2008

It did not show the seeds, they where all zero as if was seeding alone. That is defenitily a bug.
The first button is not in use yet.
I am looking for a replacement for uTorrent 1.76 and this program would be the replacer if it where showing the seeders (the do if i switch back to uTorrent).
This bittorrent client is NOT blocked in forums, so that is one good thing about it, you can put everything to pause with just one button, second good thing. What I miss is it colors that uTorrent are using, it is just to plain text now. Will look to future release and stick to uTorrent for this moment, expecting this program will devolope itself in the near future!

M a t t L e e reviewed v0.3 on Jan 24, 2008

no s*** to the guy who said this would have lower ratings if utorrent hadnt been bought out.

almost every torrent client would have a lower rating had uTorrent decided not to sell out.

look at what we have here now between open source ((best way to go because everyone can develop them and safest)).

Deluge: high potential but is huge like over 30 mbs installed and isnt as stable on windows as it is on linux systems ((where it was made on))

Azureus: java based making it a resource hog and now has the s***ty Zuedo added to it, i mean i think they want us to use 100% resources and its basically their "legal" way to get away with adding adware without calling it that. its bloatwear city in azureus land.

Torrent Swapper: a new one hasnt been released in over a year.

Halite: id say has 2nd best potential to Deluge. deluge's plug-in system is what makes it a great torrent even being able to download blocklists directly to it. halite is far smaller, and is updated more between the 2. so while deluge might have the most potential, halite might have the best chance to reach theirs.

Winkler reviewed v0.3 on Jan 15, 2008

anomoly, i dont have any of those "errors"

anomoly reviewed v0.3 on Jan 14, 2008

Not allowed on some trackers and consistently made me not connectable. I'll try it again. Can't seem to get the speeds one can with utorrent as utorrent has local peer discovery with peer exchange BUT it does have more encryption abilities.
OK tried it.
Major issues with a torrent that works fine in utorrent:
"Exception caught; invalid torrent handle used, from alertHandler"-critical". Halite just hangs with "Queued..." on that one, but handled another torrent from same tracker fine.
File deselection is broken.
Didn't get around to addressing not connectable issues or, of course, trackers where it is not allowed.
I am guessing utorrent will NEVER be bested? Nor come close either

sooti reviewed v0.3 RC on Jan 13, 2008

:O

amazing speeds, very light, NO SPYWARE or ADWARE, not owned by any coporote so far, the new version has many more features, this may be the future of bittorrent after uTorrent gets bloated or legal

guti reviewed v0.3 RC on Dec 28, 2007

Quite compact, and with native x64 support.

fss69 reviewed v0.3 RC on Dec 28, 2007

Ehh it's pretty decent. In all honesty, the best features it has going for it is that it has the potential to be very good and it's not utorrent. If utorrent wasn't bought out, the ratings for this program would be much lower.

Skawt reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 344 on Dec 8, 2007

I'm very impressed with Halite. It doesn't have all of the features I would like yet, but the author does take suggestions and implements them properly. It may take up more memory, and is physically a larger binary, but there has been an unquestionable increase in speed. This could very well be due to my connections not being blocked because I was using uTorrent.

Automated loading of ipfilter.dat, automatic reloading and restarting existing torrents after shutdown and restart of Halite, and the ability to close to the system tray would be nice. I've already suggested these features.

christ999 reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 344 on Dec 7, 2007

very promissing...

Diam0nd reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 344 on Dec 6, 2007

Definately a uT killer, BUT it has a long way ahead: needs way more features. But still, #2 client aiming for the top spot! ;D

ljepava reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 335 on Nov 27, 2007

nice, but needs more features. (file selection on start, torrent speed control by days and time (like utorrent) and so on.

styxchan reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 335 on Nov 15, 2007

like echohead says: kills µ ! Best Client if you search for a fast, stable feature rich and open source one.

echohead reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 335 on Nov 15, 2007

utorrent killer. period.

horsecharles reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 330 on Nov 11, 2007

Hurry up with the remote features-- it's the main selling point / what will distinguish it in such a crowded/competitive field.

Prospero424 reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 330 on Nov 8, 2007

Great stuff; keeps getting better as features are added. Right now it's the most efficient open-source BT client for Windows.

I still prefer uTorrent simply because it's so feature-rich, but Halite is slowly gaining.

BTW, if you're going to suggest a "clean" version of a client, it shouldn't be from a group that is releasing closed-source, self-described "leech" versions that have been modified by completely anonymous people who have already proven themselves to be untrustworthy by configuring these clients to send falsified data to trackers and other peers just to get faster download speeds. It boggles the mind that this could somehow be considered "cleaner" than the official uTorrent client.

Farking leechers...

aking80 reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 330 on Nov 7, 2007

@anomoly:

I believe you downloaded that txt file was because of the file you wanted was either before or after that in piece number. In order to get the compete file you do want, you have to download the last piece of the file before it and also the first piece of the file after it. I believe the minimum size for a piece is 256k, so you're going to just download that whole txt file since it's only 1 piece and required.

Eh sorry for rambling :P Great program so far. Still needs some work/tweaks but it's so damn light and it's open source to boot.

anomoly reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 330 on Nov 7, 2007

Now at rev 335 and actually works better than utorrent. I must forgive the inability to easily deselect files in torrent. (I like ebook downloads).
I just assumed halite would be able to do so as easily as 'did' utorrent.
Thanks for the progress, however slight.
I will keep tabs on down page.
Name is also very nice

echohead reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 330 on Nov 7, 2007

everything utorrent should be, and more. i switched from utorrent to halite about a month ago, and i dont see any reason to switch back.

and for those of you who would rather use utorrent...may i suggest a clean version?:

http://www.seba14.org/20...-175-emu16-leecher-pack/

photonboy reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 330 on Nov 7, 2007

I tested this quite thoroughly.

First, I don't particular care about the politics behind the development of the software; I'm only interested in its performance.

That said, I found I just couldn't do in Halite everything I wanted to in uTorrent. uTorrent has been running rock solid for 2 years with low CPU usage running multiple downloads and I can not think of a single thing that I would change about the program.

I'm sure Halite is good for many people and it will obviously continue to improve. I recommend trying both programs (preferably not at the same time), going through the preferences, CTRL-ALT-DEL to observe CPU and Memory usage etc and basically decide for yourself.

I should note that if one program uses LESS memory it might not necessarily be better. You wouldn't appreciate it if Windows used 5% of your RAM and constantly thrashed to your hard drive would you? No, you want the software to provide a good balance automatically and give the necessary Advanced Tweaks for those who need them.

Depray reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 330 on Nov 7, 2007

@DJInsomniac

utorrent was bought by bittorrent inc (owned by Bram Cohem, the creator of the bittorrent protocol) right after the release of 1.6.2 for 1 or 3 million dollars.
bittorrent inc makes bittorrent, aka mineline. and since lude, orginal maker of utorrent has been cut out and theres some question of whether or not bittorrent inc has been tainted by the MPAA, I'm really hoping that this surpasses utorrent

Methsrine reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 330 on Nov 7, 2007

Simple, light and works fine. Uses ip filter too.

DJInsomniac reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 330 on Nov 7, 2007

Since when did they make money off uTorrent?

anomoly reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 326 on Nov 6, 2007

The ability to NOT download certain files has huge memory leaks or whatever.
Adding a torrent in stopped mode so I could select exactly which ones I DIDN'T want still gave me 5+MB of data I specifically said NO to.
Nice try. Hopefully this is fixed soon.
Weird as I tested with same torrent twice. It's almost as if the first time it simply ignored me.
I asked for 12+MB of data and it gave me the entire torrent (30+MB).
I believe there is an issue between the left/root pane and the right one.
Until this is fixed I will have to go back to utorrent.
BTW. The 3.33MB halite exe can be upx'd (with alpx) down to 962KB
ALSO-When you tell it to remove a torrent and data it leaves stuff behind.
These I believe are minor issues and I DO prefer this over utorrent and it's one too many options.
Utorrent is 170KB & halite is 962KB not a big difference. But who knows. Considering what the internet is these days maybe utorrent will always be a better client (too bad it's a closed source).
The guy's probably retired on the $ he made

ComradeF reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 326 on Nov 3, 2007

Just replaced µTorrent for me. It's nice and light, so much that it's also a little bare. Hopefully the developers will keep the former and pick away at the latter. =)

Also, for those saying we need the ability to control torrents on the individual file level -- click the gear icon on the top, then click on one of your torrents. You'll see a Files tab pop up down there. It's not intuitive and needs to be changed, but it's there. This view probably ought to be the default.

NurEinTier reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 326 on Nov 1, 2007

Could be the next Utorrent but it is lacking seperate files download, a must have.

anomoly reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 320 on Oct 23, 2007

WE NEED THE OPTION TO DOWNLOAD ONLY CERTAIN FILES!
Already has that lame!
It simply needs to be as easy as using utorrent

echohead reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 320 on Oct 22, 2007

anyone serious about torrenting should at the very least, keep an eye on halite. its just a few features away from being an open-source utorrent alternative. its extremely small and light on resources, even by utorrent standards.

**WE NEED THE OPTION TO DOWNLOAD ONLY CERTAIN FILES!*

anomoly reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 313 on Oct 9, 2007

Last review was wrong. On my amd xp2000 (lousy 1243 mghz) I had high cpu fluctuation running a gig of mem (wtf?) and trying to actually select certain files was more than annoying (compared with utorrent).
Will give this a shot. But really need something that works just like utorrent but better.

CharlieGimbert reviewed v0.2.9 Revision 313 on Oct 9, 2007

I'm really happy with Halite. I used to like utorrent (and new bittorent) but Zonealarm crashed with those.

+ IP filtering with eMule ipfilter.dat import.

Prospero424 reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 283 Beta on Sep 13, 2007

Wonderful stuff.

It's not quite as light, feature-rich, or polished as uTorrent, but it is open source, and I consider that a very good thing.

A great open alternative to the comparatively hungry but powerful Azureus.

anomoly reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 283 Beta on Sep 10, 2007

Thanks for a great utorrent alternative. I have permanently switched
Full encryption caps.
supports unplugnplay
files are selectable

Marth reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 283 Beta on Sep 8, 2007

This needs uPnP to make it easier to deal with on the ports.

Once it has that, maybe I'll try it.

some guy reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 283 Beta on Sep 8, 2007

give me a break the only post are you people the one's that made it bashing all the other clients lol!

Comit reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 283 Beta on Sep 8, 2007

Fiiinnaally. I haven't been able to recommend any client to anyone 'till this came along. Bittorrent, utorrent, bitcomet, azureus all have some big con. Halite is perfect though, nice work guys :D

christ999 reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 283 Beta on Sep 7, 2007

Well Done! Continue the good job.

p.s. Have in mind the utorrent client as a bad example!

CharlieGimbert reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 283 Beta on Sep 7, 2007

my zonealarm don't crash with this one (used to do that with bittorrent & utorrent).

+ Multiple downloads.
+ Displays more detailed information for the selected torrent.
+ Connection limits both global and per-torrent.
+ Transfer rate limits again global and per-torrent.
+ Minimize to tray with transfer rate summary.
+ Trackerless torrents (using the Mainline kademlia DHT protocol).
+ IP filtering with eMule ipfilter.dat import.
+ Association with ".torrent" files.
+ Option to limit the number of instances to one.
+ Estimated time remaining indicator.
+ Full Unicode support through UTF-8 and native Windows wide-charstrings.
+ Login support where tracker requires it.
+ Ability to edit trackers specified in the torrent

echohead reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 283 Beta on Sep 7, 2007

id suggest saving the newest version of halite to your flash drive...and at the FIRST confirmed report that utorrent is doing something malicious/RIAA-ish, ditch utorrent and switch to halite.

halite is basically a young, open-source utorrent. give it time and the two will be indistinguishable (assuming halite doesnt pull ahead).

oh, and the main feature im waiting for is the ability to specify which files you want to download.

WMachado reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 270 Beta on Sep 1, 2007

It´s fast, slim, so much better than uTorrent, BitTorrent, BitSpirit and Azureus. This is the best torrent software! It doesn´t speed down your web surfing and your pc memory. It´s fantastic, like uTorrent once was. It´s better to keep it on low popularity or some major company will buy it and f*** it for good.

hell0 reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 270 Beta on Aug 27, 2007

Halite is small BitTorrent client with potential. It doesnt use a lot of memory and has good speed; now Im just waiting for it to have file selection.

Zenphic reviewed v0.2.9 on Apr 8, 2007

Nice slim software that does not eat up your ram nor CPU too much. With a dozen torrents loaded and running, the software barely hits the 10 mb mark, which is quite nice. Seeing as this is a fairly new bittorrent client, features are still minimal: there is currently no seeding rules and no speed scheduling. Straightforward and clean GUI is very welcomed, but is a bit confusing at first since there is no labels for the icons.

A great beginning to maybe one of the next top bittorrent client. Keep up the good job guys. I'll be keeping an eye on its devellopment.

PhrostByte reviewed v0.2.9 on Apr 8, 2007

To Program86: I don't use this program.. but I understand the backlash against CPU/RAM intensive programs... I mean yeah sure... with modern PC's, it's not really a big deal. But, it is. Programs like Azereus really do hinder performance when you need it.. like during folding, gaming, emulation, media conversion, etc. A simple downloader application shouldn't be raping your computers performance... there are a ton of more serious programs that have that agenda. Anyway, I've never used this program, I'm a long time uTorrent fan, but I support any program that follows the uTorrent philosophy of coding.

Program86 reviewed v0.2.9 Rev 145 Beta on Mar 19, 2007

Waa Waa Waa, all I hear is "takes up too much space this, and takes too much RAM that"... What are you guys running????? A P3 600, 4GB HD and 128MB of RAM????
For christ sake, buy a new computer if you cant run modern programs. Quit whining like little children when you have only yourself to blame.

And| reviewed v0.2.9 Beta on Jan 23, 2007

I want to start out with saying that I have NOT tried this. I am a loyal uTorrent user.
Still it is nice to see people make software dont dont fill out 10mb. This download comes at 500kb, not as little as uTorrent but still.

It seems to be lightweight, and have the most important options in front of you.

Ian C. reviewed v0.2.9 Beta on Jan 22, 2007

Yes it is indeed a large program considering its minimal feature set when compared to uTorrent.

LyyNx: Even on *nix operating systems I don't see this competing with uTorrent, seeing as how uTorrent runs perfect on most *nix OSes using wine.

LyyNx reviewed v0.2.8 on Jan 4, 2007

quite nice client.. very few features and i'd say a little too much of ram usage for what it offers.. this certainly isn't a competitor for utorrent but if there was linux version of this (open source afterall..) it would be very popular i think