<s>
Deluge	B-Language
BitTorrent	O
Client	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
,	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
BitTorrent	O
client	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluge	B-Language
uses	O
a	O
front	B-Architecture
and	I-Architecture
back	I-Architecture
end	I-Architecture
architecture	O
where	O
libtorrent	B-Language
,	O
a	O
software	B-Library
library	I-Library
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
which	O
provides	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
networking	O
logic	O
,	O
is	O
connected	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
various	O
front	B-Architecture
ends	I-Architecture
including	O
a	O
text	B-General_Concept
console	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
web	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
a	O
graphical	O
desktop	O
interface	O
using	O
GTK	B-Application
through	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
own	O
Python	B-Language
bindings	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluge	B-Language
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluge	B-Language
aims	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
lightweight	O
,	O
secure	O
,	O
and	O
feature-rich	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
1.0	O
,	O
Deluge	B-Language
separated	O
its	O
core	O
from	O
its	O
interface	O
,	O
running	O
it	O
instead	O
in	O
a	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
(	O
server/service	O
)	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
remotely	O
manage	O
the	O
application	O
over	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluge	B-Language
has	O
supported	O
magnet	B-Protocol
links	I-Protocol
since	O
version	O
1.1.0	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluge	B-Language
was	O
started	O
by	O
two	O
members	O
of	O
ubuntuforums.org,	O
Zach	O
Tibbitts	O
and	O
Alon	O
Zakai	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
hosted	O
and	O
maintained	O
the	O
project	O
at	O
Google	B-Protocol
Code	I-Protocol
,	O
but	O
who	O
subsequently	O
moved	O
it	O
to	O
its	O
own	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
first	O
stages	O
,	O
Deluge	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
titled	O
gTorrent	O
,	O
to	O
reflect	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
targeted	O
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Deluge	B-Language
due	O
to	O
an	O
existing	O
project	O
named	O
gtorrent	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
finally	O
coded	O
to	O
work	O
not	O
only	O
on	O
GNOME	B-Application
but	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
which	O
could	O
support	O
GTK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
0.5.x	O
branch	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
encryption	O
,	O
peer	O
exchange	O
,	O
binary	O
prefix	O
,	O
and	O
UPnP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nearing	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
0.5.1	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
original	O
developers	O
effectively	O
left	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
leaving	O
Rory	O
Mobley	O
and	O
Andrew	O
"	O
andar	O
"	O
Resch	O
to	O
continue	O
Deluge	B-Language
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
0.5.4.1	O
saw	O
support	O
for	O
both	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
(	O
via	O
MacPorts	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Windows	O
being	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Deluge	B-Language
became	O
notable	O
for	O
its	O
resistance	O
to	O
Comcast	O
's	O
bandwidth	O
throttling	O
without	O
a	O
change	O
in	O
code	O
,	O
while	O
clients	O
like	O
Vuze	B-Application
(	O
Azureus	B-Application
)	O
and	O
μTorrent	B-Application
had	O
to	O
borrow	O
the	O
method	O
implemented	O
by	O
Deluge	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
became	O
unavailable	O
following	O
the	O
move	O
to	O
GTK3	B-Application
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Windows	O
installers	O
,	O
supporting	O
both	O
libtorrent	B-Language
1.2.x	O
and	O
2.0.x	O
,	O
are	O
once	O
again	O
available	O
starting	O
with	O
version	O
2.1.0	O
released	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
1.1.3	O
,	O
packages	O
for	O
all	O
non-Windows	O
operating	O
systems	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
;	O
instead	O
,	O
source	O
tars	B-Application
and	O
community	O
provided	O
packages	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
