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Favourite FOSS Torrenting Client for Linux that has a VPN killswitch? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'm a long-time Transmission user but I just learned that VPN killswitches are a thing (how did it take me so long!?). I would like to try another client which has this feature in case I forget to launch my VPN client before opening Transmission. Does anybody have any recommendations? Deluge? QBittorrent? Or any others?

UPDATE: Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I decided to give qbittorrent a try and have been enjoying it so far.

I followed these steps to bind it to my VPN from on Linux:

Pause torrents
Connect VPN
Open qBittorrent. Go to Preferences, and then Advanced tab
Change network interface to tun0. If unsure, disconnect VPN and restart qBittorrent then repeat step 1 to see which interface appears.
Restart qBittorrent
Test it out on the official kubuntu torrent or your favourite distro from LinuxTracker.org. Turn your VPN on and off while verifying whether it pauses and resumes downloading.

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[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

In what way does this seem simpler to you?

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

It’s not just about being simple, it’s about 1) still using transmission - because some people like decent and simple torrent clients and 2) a systemd enforced network restriction is way safer than whatever bind to interface / IP setting a program might come up with.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But you called it a simpler option, that's why I'm asking

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Its simpler than having to learn another torrent client or whatever, at the end of the day what I'm suggesting is adding a line to a text file with the interface.