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Deluge

Deluge is an open-source BitTorrent client built on libtorrent with a daemon/client design and GTK, web and console interfaces. It is licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or later with an OpenSSL linking exception.

Licensing at a Glance

  • Open source

  1. Deluge is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 with a special exception permitting portions of the program to be linked with the OpenSSL library.[1]

  2. Source file headers state the licence as GNU GPL 3.0 or later, with the additional OpenSSL linking exception.[2]

  3. Deluge uses a daemon/client model with GTK, Web and Console user interfaces and uses libtorrent to handle the BitTorrent protocol.[3]

  4. Deluge can be installed from PyPI (pip install deluge) or from source code.[4]

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References

  1. deluge/LICENSE at develop · deluge-torrent/deluge · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. deluge/deluge/core/core.py at develop · deluge-torrent/deluge · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. deluge/README.md at develop · deluge-torrent/deluge · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  4. deluge/README.md at develop · deluge-torrent/deluge · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
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