Is rtorrent safe to use?

rtorrent has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.16.10). DepScope rates its health at 64/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of rtorrent?

The latest version of rtorrent is 0.16.10, released 2026-04-23.

Does rtorrent have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of rtorrent.

Is rtorrent deprecated?

No, rtorrent is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.16.10 (2026-04-23).

What are alternatives to rtorrent?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for rtorrent at this time.

What license does rtorrent use?

rtorrent is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later.

rtorrent

homebrewv0.16.10

Ncurses BitTorrent client based on libtorrent-rakshasa

License GPL-2.0-or-later1 versions1 maintainers7 deps146 weekly dl

rakshasa/rtorrent

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 64/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

3/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (7)

libtorrent-rakshasa xmlrpc-c autoconf autoconf-archive automake libtool pkgconf

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/homebrew/rtorrent

Last updated · 2026-04-23T12:53:19Z

rtorrent

homebrewv0.16.10

Ncurses BitTorrent client based on libtorrent-rakshasa

License GPL-2.0-or-later1 versions1 maintainers7 deps146 weekly dl

rakshasa/rtorrent

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 64/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

3/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (7)

libtorrent-rakshasa xmlrpc-c autoconf autoconf-archive automake libtool pkgconf

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/homebrew/rtorrent

Last updated · 2026-04-23T12:53:19Z