ruTorrent Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

ruTorrent hosting on xCloud lets you deploy ruTorrent and manage the rTorrent BitTorrent client from your browser while it runs on your own server. xCloud runs the pinned ruTorrent 5.3.14 with rTorrent 0.16.22 image, writes the login you choose before the app starts, mounts volumes for state and downloads, and publishes the rTorrent web interface over HTTPS with its own peer and DHT ports.

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What is ruTorrent?

ruTorrent is a web front end for the BitTorrent client rTorrent. Upstream says it is lightweight on the server side, so it can run on low-end hardware, and extensible through plugins. A self-hosted ruTorrent lets you manage downloads from a browser while rTorrent runs on your own server, much like a seedbox you control. ruTorrent is released under the GPLv3, and rTorrent and libtorrent are GPL-2.0-or-later.

On xCloud the template runs ruTorrent 5.3.14 with rTorrent 0.16.22 in one container, a community image pinned by digest, with nginx, PHP-FPM and rTorrent together. State sits on rutorrent_data, downloads on rutorrent_downloads and the login files on rutorrent_passwd. Dedicated TCP peer and UDP DHT ports are published, and the template is a singleton, one install per server.

From Sign-Up to a Live ruTorrent Install In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a seedbox normally means a container, a login, two open ports and a domain before a single torrent can download. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick ruTorrent from the OneClick catalog, choose a domain, and set an administrator username and password — or leave the password empty to have a strong one generated.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned ruTorrent 5.3.14 with rTorrent 0.16.22 image, write the login before the app starts, allocate a peer (TCP) and DHT (UDP) port, and publish the interface over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Open Your Ports
Answer your browser's sign-in dialog with the saved credentials, then allow the TCP peer port and UDP DHT port shown on the credentials card in your own firewall before adding your first torrent.

Everything ruTorrent Does, On Your Own Server

ruTorrent runs in full here — the same browser-managed BitTorrent client as any seedbox interface, on infrastructure you control.

Manage Downloads From The Browser
Add, pause, prioritize and remove torrents from the ruTorrent web interface while rTorrent runs on your server.
Dedicated Peer And DHT Ports
Each install gets its own TCP peer port and UDP DHT port for incoming connections, shown on the credentials card.
Login Enforced Before The App Starts
The username and password are written before ruTorrent starts, so the web interface, XMLRPC and WebDAV were all verified to require authentication.
Loaded Torrents Survive A Restart
QA verified that torrents already loaded were still listed in ruTorrent after an xCloud Restart.
Settings And Downloads On Persistent Volumes
Session data, settings and downloaded files live on their own volumes, separate from the container itself.
One Container, Nothing Else To Wire Up
A single container runs nginx, PHP-FPM and rTorrent together — there is no separate service to configure.

Everything You Need To Run Your Downloads 24/7

Managed hosting for ruTorrent, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

ruTorrent 5.3.14 with rTorrent 0.16.22 deployed instantly
Login written before the app starts
Dedicated peer and DHT ports allocated
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With ruTorrent

Run a seedbox you control
Manage torrents from a browser while rTorrent downloads and seeds on your own Cloud VPS, with the files on its disk.
Keep downloads off your own machine
Start a torrent from your laptop or phone and leave it running on the server, instead of keeping a client open at home.
Add features with plugins
Use ruTorrent's plugin system to extend the interface, as upstream describes, without changing the rTorrent client behind it.
Share one client with a trusted few
Give a small group the login, remembering that anyone who signs in has full administrator access to the container.

ruTorrent vs Alternatives

Seedbox providers: Hosted services that run a torrent client for you. A ruTorrent alternative to seedbox providers runs on your own Cloud VPS, with the downloads on a volume you control.
qBittorrent: qBittorrent has its own OneClick page. In a ruTorrent vs qBittorrent comparison, ruTorrent is a plugin-based web front end for rTorrent, while qBittorrent is a different client with its own interface.
Deluge: Deluge has its own OneClick page. It is another BitTorrent client with a web interface, so choose by the client and plugins you already use.
Flood: Flood has its own OneClick page. It is a separate web interface for torrent clients; ruTorrent is the plugin-based web front end built for rTorrent, run here in one container with it.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for ruTorrent hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for large download libraries.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

ruTorrent alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. ruTorrent and rTorrent themselves are free, open-source software under their own GPL licences.

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Ready To Own Your Downloads?

ruTorrent on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is ruTorrent free?

Yes. ruTorrent is GPLv3 and rTorrent and libtorrent are GPL-2.0-or-later, so none of the software is paid. The recurring cost is the Cloud VPS, and the downloads you keep are what take its disk, so size the server for them.

How much RAM does ruTorrent need?

The floor is one core with 512 MB of RAM and 20 GB of disk, plus space for your downloads. Memory use grows with the number of torrents, so the 6 GB plan leaves room for that and for other apps; disk is what you will outgrow first.

Can you self-host ruTorrent with Docker?

Yes, and this template is ruTorrent Docker hosting without the setup: the crazymax rtorrent-rutorrent 5.3.14-0.16.22 image pinned by digest, nginx login files written for you, three volumes, public peer and DHT ports, and HTTPS on your domain.

Do I need to open ports for ruTorrent?

xCloud does not open firewall ports. Open the TCP peer port and the UDP DHT port shown in your credentials in your own firewall. Without them rTorrent still downloads, but incoming peers cannot connect to it.

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How do I sign in to ruTorrent?

Your browser shows a sign-in dialog; enter the username and password from the installation credentials. There is no separate login page, because the image protects ruTorrent with HTTP Basic authentication in nginx and the template writes the password files for you.

How much access does the ruTorrent login grant?

Full administrator access. Anyone who signs in can add and remove torrents, read and delete downloaded files, browse the container filesystem, and rTorrent can run commands. Basic authentication has no lockout, so use a long password and share it sparingly.

Can other peers see my server's IP address in ruTorrent?

Yes. Other peers in a torrent swarm can see this server's public IP address, so only download and share content you have the right to. xCloud does not filter what you add to the client.

How do I back up ruTorrent?

Back up rutorrent_data, which holds rTorrent and ruTorrent state and settings, and rutorrent_downloads, which holds incomplete and finished downloads, while the app is stopped. The rutorrent_passwd volume is rebuilt from your login on every start.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade ruTorrent?

The install stays on ruTorrent 5.3.14 with rTorrent 0.16.22 until you adopt a newer template version. Copy the state and downloads volumes, then read the upstream notes. Nothing upgrades the app by itself, so you choose when to move.

Is there a ruTorrent cloud service I can use?

This page is your own ruTorrent cloud: a dedicated Cloud VPS running the open-source client and its web interface, with downloads on a volume of your own. Nobody else shares the client, and the template allows one install per server.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.