KTorrent 25.04.0 — the first minute without a single click

How we tested: a clean Debian 13 in a disposable container; source — package ktorrent 25.04.0-1 from the Debian repository. Run as a regular user on a virtual screen, 60 seconds, nothing clicked. 19.10.2026. Every network request and every file written was recorded; the code was not decompiled. The container was deleted afterwards.

Program website: https://apps.kde.org/ktorrent

Package SHA-256: 55070a4e6afc1abb7a2e64267fe327cf435867c98db22dfb512b592b47419303

Summary

What we checked	Result
Built-in telemetry, crash reporting, analytics, ad SDKs	none
Network requests in the first minute	1 server name
Known trackers among the servers	none
Files written in the first minute	107
The program ran the whole time	yes — process alive at the end

The program’s screen at the end of the test

What is built in

298 files (17 MB) were checked.

No code of known telemetry, crash reporting, analytics or ad SDKs was found.

Addresses of known trackers in the program’s files — addresses in code, not requests:

Tracker	Addresses	Mentions
Google	`suggestqueries.google.com`	1

Where it connected

Server	How	From second	Times	Known tracker
`download.db-ip.com`	connection	1.8	1	—

A DNS lookup is not yet a connection: the program looked up the server’s address. But the lookup itself is visible to the ISP and the DNS server.

What it wrote to disk

Folders the program wrote files to during the minute:

Folder	Files
`~/.cache/mesa_shader_cache_db`	102
`~/.local/share`	2
`~/.config/ktorrent_infowidgetrc`	1
`~/.config/ktorrentrc`	1
`~/.local/state`	1

How to read this card

This is the first minute after launch with no action at all: what the program does on its own. Normal use may involve more requests.
A “built-in SDK” means the library’s code was found. It does not prove data transfer, and an address in the code is not a request.
The review was made automatically using a single method. You can check any program yourself here.