When comparing BitTorrent Surf vs KTorrent, the Slant community recommends KTorrent for most people. In the question“What are the best Torrent clients?” KTorrent is ranked 11th while BitTorrent Surf is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose KTorrent is:
Even if you have 500+ torrents, KTorrent works without any issues.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Built-in custom search
Built-in search engines allow finding torrents to download right from withing the torrent client. BitTorrent Surf can be customized to include multiple custom search engines.
Pro Works great even with a high number of torrents
Even if you have 500+ torrents, KTorrent works without any issues.
Pro Good UI
KTorrent has a neat and minimal UI.
Cons
Con Unknown underlying technology
It is unclear what BitTorrent protocol features or extensions are supported by the add-on.
Con Slow development
BitTorrent Surf has been in beta since it was announced in 2013. No changes to the add-on have been made since.
Con Ads
Includes "BitTorrent Bundle recommendations".
Con Requires KDE dependencies
This is somewhat inconvenient if you're not on KDE.