
These tools both have free versions and download files directly to your computer, and you can stream video as it downloads.īelow we’ve reviewed each of the tools and given a short tutorial to show how they work. The latter two, JSTorrent and Bitford, are Chrome extensions written in Javascript, meaning they run entirely on your computer and don’t communicate with a server. This is useful if you have a Chromebook without much memory to store large files. You can then stream videos from the cloud on your device. The former two, Bitport.io and Put.io, are paid subscription services that allow you to store downloaded files on a personal cloud. All of these are either standalone Chrome extensions or web apps, so they can be used on both Chrome browser and Chrome OS. Chromebook users can still take advantage of the BitTorrent network using one of the four tools we’ve detailed on this list: Bitport.io, Put.io, JSTorrent, or Bitford.


Chrome OS does not support native BitTorrent clients like uTorrent and Vuze for Windows and Mac, but that doesn’t make torrenting impossible.
