The BitComet client is a P2P file-sharing program compatible with the BitTorrent protocol. BitComet supports simultaneous downloads, HTTP and FTP downloading, webseeding, search for additional HTTP and FTP sources when downloading through the BitTorrent client, download queuing, selected downloads inside a torrent package, fast-resume, Mainline DHT, protocol encryption, disk cache, speed limits, port mapping, peer exchange (PEX), UDP NAT traversal, proxy, and IP filtering. BitComet contains an embedded Internet Explorer window for the purpose of allowing users to search for torrents within the client.



BitComet (originally named SimpleBT client from versions 0.11 to 0.37) is a cross-protocol BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP client written in C++ for Microsoft Windows and available in 43 different languages. Its first public release was version 0.28 and the current preview release comes bundled with the BitComet FLV Player.