Control for Transmission

A concise, lightweight and high-performance Transmission Manager and Web Extension.
What is Control for Transmission?
Control for Transmission is a concise, lightweight, and high-performance Chrome extension that allows you to manage download tasks in Transmission and add magnet links from BitTorrent websites. It supports multiple remote or local Transmissions, provides a Web Console for filtering and searching, and offers single and batch torrent management. With fast page loading, low CPU and memory usage, this extension is the perfect tool for efficient and hassle-free downloading.

Extension stats

Users: 923 ▲ 37
Rating: 4.27 (11)
Version: 1.0.3 (Last updated: 2023-12-28)
Creation date: 2022-12-14
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
Size: 87.19K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.

Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Overview A concise, lightweight and high-performance Transmission Manager and Web Extension. It supports managing multiple remote or local Transmission at the same time, as well as adding magnet links from BitTorrent websites.

Features:

  1. Concise, lightweight and high-performance: Removed some not commonly used functions; The installation package size is small; Fast page loading, low CPU and memory usage.
  2. Support simultaneous management of download tasks in multiple remote Transmissions.
  3. Support adding download tasks by right-clicking on magnet links in Web pages.
  4. This extension doesn't require "Read and change all your data on all websites" permission.

Config Transmission: In the option page, you can configure one or more remote or local Transmissions.

Add download tasks from web pages: Right-click a magnet link (or select a text that is a magnet link and right-click it), then add it from the context menu.

See more

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well and is reliable
  • Modern and visually appealing design
  • Easy to set up and use
  • Supports multiple servers
Cons
  • Does not support adding torrents via .torrent files
  • Incompatible with Chrome Remote Desktop
  • Lacks backup/restore option for settings
  • Missing feature for disk space info
Most mentioned
  • Icon badges for active torrent count
  • Ability to sort torrents by percentage complete
  • Desire for 'ratio' column in the main window
Recent reviews
Works good. Hereby a few suggestions: * add overlay-icon on extension, showing active number of torrents * option to sort list of torrents, on % complete * option to backup/restore extension settings/credentials
by Wouter Haring, 2024-08-05

Works perfect, thanks! Not a complaint but a suggestion: Is it possible to add "ratio" column to the main window?
by Sergey D, 2024-04-16

by Stefanos Chatz, 2024-01-27
View all user reviews

Extension safety

Risk impact

Control for Transmission requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Control for Transmission has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Upgrade to see risk analysis details

Promo images

Control for Transmission small promo image
Small promo image

Similar extensions

Here are some Chrome extensions that are similar to Control for Transmission: