slskd vs Transmission
Both are self-hosted file transfer - peer-to-peer filesharing projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.
| slskd | Transmission | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 74/100 | 69/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 1101 | 616 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 200 | 42 |
| Stars | 4k | 15k |
| Latest release | 19 Jul 2026 | 30 Jun 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker, C# | C++, deb |
| Typical RAM | 2 GB | 1 GB |
slskd
A modern client-server application for the Soulseek file sharing network.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 81% of tracked projects; popularity more than 62%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
Transmission
Fast, easy, free Bittorrent client.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 69% of tracked projects; popularity more than 85%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
How to read this
Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.
What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.
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