Name: transdroid

Last reviewed by: Clipper, April 2026

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Installing Transdroid and connecting it to your torrent clients

Transdroid is an Android application that allows you to connect to and interact with your torrent clients remotely — monitor downloads and uploads, add new torrents, and pause or resume existing ones. With a data connection you can control your Appbox from anywhere, since it's always on and always accessible.

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Table of Contents

• Downloading and installing Transdroid
• Configuring rTorrent
• Configuring Deluge
• Troubleshooting

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Overview

Requirements

• Deluge and/or rTorrent installed on your Appbox.
• An Android smartphone or tablet.
• (Optional) Pushbullet to easily send your passwords to your device for copy/paste.

Objectives

• Download and install the Transdroid app.
• Configure the app to access your rTorrent or Deluge torrent clients on your Appbox.

Difficulty: Low

Downloading and installing Transdroid

Transdroid is not available on the Google Play Store due to Google's terms of service regarding torrent search functionality. You can install it from:

• F-Droid — recommended, free and open-source app store, no account needed
• Official website — direct APK download

If installing via APK, you will need to allow installation from unknown sources in your Android security settings.

Open the .apk file, review the required permissions, and complete the installation. When prompted, open the newly installed Transdroid app.

Configuring rTorrent

Within the Transdroid app, select Settings in the upper right. On phones, this may be hidden behind the 3-dot menu.

Select Add new server.

Select Normal, custom server.

You will be presented with a blank configuration. Fill in the fields as follows:

Give your server a recognisable name.

Set Server type to rTorrent.

Set IP or Hostname to your Bytesized hostname in the format: username.servername.bysh.me

Set Username to your Bytesized username.

Set Password to your ruTorrent password.

Open Advanced settings.

Select SCGI mount point.

Enter: /rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php

Exit settings and tap the refresh button — you should now be connected to your rTorrent server.

Configuring Deluge

Within the Transdroid app, select Settings in the upper right (or the 3-dot menu on phones).

Select Add new server.

Select Normal, custom server.

Fill in the configuration fields as follows:

Give your server a recognisable name.

Set Server type to Deluge.

Set IP or Hostname to your Bytesized hostname: username.servername.bysh.me

Set Username to your Bytesized username.

Set Password to your Deluge password.

Set Deluge web password to the same password.

Open Advanced settings.

Select Port number.

Enter your Deluge web port as found in the Deluge section of your Bytesized Dashboard.

Exit settings and tap the refresh button — you should now be connected to your Deluge server.

Conclusion

If you followed this tutorial correctly, both servers should now appear under the Servers section of your Transdroid settings.

You can now monitor your torrents and receive notifications when downloads complete. Transdroid also includes torrent search functionality (requires a separate plug-in) and the ability to download completed torrent content directly to your Android device via FTP — both beyond the scope of this tutorial but available to explore.

Troubleshooting

No running web daemon

This occasionally happens when Deluge disconnects itself. To fix:

1. Open a browser and log in to your Bytesized account.
2. Navigate to your Deluge app and click Direct Link.
3. Enter your password when prompted.
4. You will likely see the connection manager — select the entry in the list and click Connect.

Transdroid should now be able to reconnect successfully.

⚠️ Note: The screenshots in this guide were taken with an older version of Transdroid and Android. The UI may look slightly different on your device, but the settings and workflow remain the same.