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Rookparcel is a lean BitTorrent client in the spirit of µTorrent 2.2.1: small, fast and native. This wiki explains how to use it: installing it, adding and managing torrents, the settings, the Web UI and the headless daemon.

Rookparcel comes as four programs:

Program	Where	What it is
rookparcel.exe	Windows 10 and 11	the Windows window (GUI)
rookparcel-gtk	Linux, BSD	the GTK 4 window (GUI): the same main window and dialogs, with a few differences noted on each page
Rookparcel.app	macOS 11 or newer, Apple silicon and Intel	the native macOS window (GUI): the same main window and dialogs, with the Mac's menu bar and ⌘ shortcuts
rookparcel-nox	all of them	runs without a window, controlled from a browser through its Web UI

Most pages describe the Windows window and then say what differs in the GTK window and the Web UI. The macOS app works like the GTK window; where it differs, the page has a macOS section: Installing Rookparcel, Keyboard shortcuts, Tray, notifications and startup, Preferences reference and Auto Shutdown. The native macOS app is not in a published release yet; earlier releases have the GTK window for Apple silicon on macOS.

Version: the wiki follows the current code (1.1.63). The newest published release is 1.1.40; features added after it are marked on their pages.

Getting started

• Installing Rookparcel
• First start and the Setup Guide
• Where Rookparcel keeps its files (and portable mode)
• Profiles: several independent Rookparcels side by side
• Updating Rookparcel

Everyday use

• Adding torrents: files, magnet links, URLs, the Add New Torrent window
• The main window
• Managing torrents: start, stop, remove, labels, queue order
• Torrent details and files: the detail tabs, choosing files, Torrent Properties
• Creating torrents
• Importing from µTorrent and qBittorrent
• Searching for torrents and the step-by-step Searching for torrents on Windows
• RSS Downloader

Speed, network and disk

• Speed limits and the scheduler
• Keep ping low (gamer mode)
• Connection, ports and firewall, VPNs and proxies
• Queueing and seeding
• Disk and storage
• Auto Shutdown

Remote and headless

• Web UI
• Remote control: a desktop window driving a Rookparcel elsewhere
• Running rookparcel-nox: the headless daemon and services
• Docker: rookparcel-nox as a container image
• Sonarr, Radarr and Prowlarr

Reference

• Preferences reference
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Tray, notifications and startup
• Troubleshooting and FAQ

More

• Website: downloads, news, FAQ, benchmarks
• Releases
• Bug reports and questions
• Developer documentation: the repository's docs folder