PikaTorrent
Dev tools
bittorrent client
SHOW HN2023
65points
47comments
#910of 3,109 in 2023
Top 30%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 14 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score -0.51.
Design: 1 for, 11 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Sleek UI that suits users with few torrents
From 1 comment
I think the UI likes sleek, seems like it would be perfect for users with a handful of torrents. Nice work OP!
domc24 on HN
Modern UI is a fresh take on old clients
From 1 comment
I don't disagree that the space could be used more efficiently, but I definitely agree that the current torrenting apps have really old UIs. I think the target users for this app…
kevinlinxc on HN
Objections
Screen space is wasted; only a couple of torrents visible
From 3 comments
I prefer the “rather old interface” over whatever this is. Whats the point of so much whitespace? On the desktop screenshot, only two downloads are visible in the window. In any…
dszb on HNWhy is there so much space. I can only view a few torrents at once in this app. I guess I will stay with qbittorrent.
rowanG077 on HNSolution in the search of a problem? Made by someone who doesn't uses BT often: Not only there is too much whitespace so you can't see more than two torrents, but.. Why there is…
justsomehnguy on HN
Card view is poor for advanced users with many torrents
From 2 comments
Not sure who this is for? It looks like something made for casual users, but I'm not sure that they need a web UI for remote control or CLI. More advanced users are very unlikely…
dawidpotocki on HN> What would you suggest? Should I offer two view modes, one with cards and one with a list? I could find a way to reduce the vertical height of the cards anyway. I'm personally…
dawidpotocki on HN
Search bar just opens a web search and is pointless
From 2 comments
Not sure who this is for? It looks like something made for casual users, but I'm not sure that they need a web UI for remote control or CLI. More advanced users are very unlikely…
dawidpotocki on HNSolution in the search of a problem? Made by someone who doesn't uses BT often: Not only there is too much whitespace so you can't see more than two torrents, but.. Why there is…
justsomehnguy on HN
Large JavaScript dependency tree
From 2 comments
Not sure who this is for? It looks like something made for casual users, but I'm not sure that they need a web UI for remote control or CLI. More advanced users are very unlikely…
dawidpotocki on HN> What would you suggest? Should I offer two view modes, one with cards and one with a list? I could find a way to reduce the vertical height of the cards anyway. I'm personally…
dawidpotocki on HN
Lacks transmission settings in the UI
From 1 comment
Why bake libtransmission into the app instead of just using the transmission daemon's RPC? What you've done actually makes it harder to use, because in order to configure any of…
stinkypeterson on HN
Requests
Offer a compact or table list view
From 2 comments
> What would you suggest? Should I offer two view modes, one with cards and one with a list? I could find a way to reduce the vertical height of the cards anyway. I'm personally…
dawidpotocki on HNThat UI may make some sense on mobile where a finger, which is bigger than a mouse pointer, must operate bigger controls comfortably; but on desktop? Nope, old interfaces win…
squarefoot on HN
Expose more transmission settings in the UI
From 1 comment
Why bake libtransmission into the app instead of just using the transmission daemon's RPC? What you've done actually makes it harder to use, because in order to configure any of…
stinkypeterson on HN
Better filtering and labels for many torrents
From 2 comments
I think so, too. It seems people here would prefer a table view. However, I'm uncertain about the value added by including all this information in a table. Personally, I find…
G-Ray on HNThe first time, yeah, but its incredibly easy to filter after IMO
lionkor on HN
Questions
Who is the target user for remote management
From 1 comment
Can you speak to the target user? Remotely managing torrents makes me think "seedbox user", but your ui makes me think "person who deletes torrents as soon as they finish…
austhrow743 on HN
How many torrents can it handle at once
From 1 comment
How many torrents can PikaTorrent serve simultaniously?
eimrine on HN
Why bundle libtransmission instead of using the daemon RPC
From 1 comment
Why bake libtransmission into the app instead of just using the transmission daemon's RPC? What you've done actually makes it harder to use, because in order to configure any of…
stinkypeterson on HN
Alternatives named
qBittorrent
From 2 comments
Why the hell would you ever use this over qbitorrent. Holy, that screenshot is terrible
tekla on HNqbittorrent is rock solid, performant (libtorrent puts libtransmission to shame), light on resources, has a great webui (if you don't want to run in desktop mode) and is…
armitron on HN
Transmission with its web UI
From 1 comment
Why not use transmission headless with the web interface? ( Ok, Transmission's web interface is a bit shit and you have to use the command line for some options.)
readonlyaccount on HN
Flood
From 1 comment
Why bake libtransmission into the app instead of just using the transmission daemon's RPC? What you've done actually makes it harder to use, because in order to configure any of…
stinkypeterson on HN
Transmission Web Control
From 1 comment
Why bake libtransmission into the app instead of just using the transmission daemon's RPC? What you've done actually makes it harder to use, because in order to configure any of…
stinkypeterson on HN
Fragments GNOME app
From 1 comment
Not sure who this is for? It looks like something made for casual users, but I'm not sure that they need a web UI for remote control or CLI. More advanced users are very unlikely…
dawidpotocki on HN