Halite is a free BitTorrent client that is based upon the popular libtorrent library. Halite has been developed in C++ and relies on portable C++ source libraries called Boost libraries to operate efficiently.

• Lightweight/ small footprint.
• Managed torrent queue.
• Support for Magnet URI and disk cache.
• Super-seeding and Web-seeds included.
• Support for protocol encryption.
• Full Unicode support.
• Minimize to tray option showing transfer rate.
• Support for 'Log-In' if the required.
• Create torrent files and edit trackers.
• Support for forwarding and port randomisation.
• Shutdown scheduler.

Halite is a simple, yet useful BitTorrent client that has a low memory footprint, a clean interface and is easy to use. It has lots of features such as file selec­tion and/or file pri­or­ity specifications, a man­aged tor­rent queue system, disk cache support, sup­port for Mag­net URI torrents, and super-seeding. It also has the abil­ity to edit track­ers spe­cified in the torrent, and it has the abil­ity to cre­ate tor­rent files. What more could you need?

*Note: Starting with version 0.4.0.1, Halite no longer runs on Windows XP.