The BitTorrent client enables a user to search for and download torrent files using a built-in search box ("Search for torrents") in the main window, which opens the BitTorrent torrent search engine page with the search results in the user's default web browser. Since version 6.0, which was released on September 18th 2007, the BitTorrent client has been a rebranded version of μTorrent. Version 5.30 of the client which is snapshotted at Internet Archive is the latest open source version. Version 4.20 of the client was dubbed Allegro by BitTorrent Inc., in reference to protocol extensions developed by the company to accelerate download performance and ISP manageability.
Versions 4.0 and 5.3 were relicensed under the GPL. The source code for versions 4.x and 5.x was released under the BitTorrent Open Source License, a modified version of the Jabber Open Source License.
Versions up to and including 3.4.2 were distributed under the MIT license. Very early versions released prior to Decemwere released into the public domain without a license. Prior to version 6.0, BitTorrent was written in Python, and was free software. It is now maintained by Cohen's company BitTorrent, Inc.
Programmer Bram Cohen designed the protocol in April 2001 and released a first implementation of the BitTorrent client on 2 July 2001. There are currently two versions of the software, "BitTorrent Classic" which inherits the historical version numbering, and "BitTorrent Web", which uses its own version numbering. It is currently available for Microsoft Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android. As a result, it is no longer open source. Since version 6.0 the BitTorrent client has been a rebranded version of μTorrent. It is often nicknamed Mainline by developers denoting its official origins. BitTorrent was the first client written for the protocol. used for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent is a proprietary adware BitTorrent client developed by Bram Cohen and Rainberry, Inc.
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