32-bit
wixmachine scopegithub.com · known platform- File name
- transmission-4.1.3-x86.msi
- SHA-256
- 74485b7b5d494cf98549e9165fd8f64a8640f2990aeee5edb43fae529dc0ec29
- Product code
- {9A6FE859-BC52-4324-B99A-9F8670C4F55B}
Transmission
by Transmission Project · GPLv3
95/100how this is calculated
Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client
Record
- Latest version
- 4.1.3
- Release date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Official page
- https://transmissionbt.com/
- Package identifier
- Transmission.Transmission
Official downloads
These URLs are the ones Transmission Project declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.
More than one architecture below. Check which one your Windows is if you are not sure.
64-bit
wixmachine scopegithub.com · known platform- File name
- transmission-4.1.3-x64.msi
- SHA-256
- c8ea492d8f46fadac26e0c05b244cabba556201d5fe348dfcf1cf036621741f8
- Product code
- {6F8D6CC5-B77E-4803-8EFA-34509F53360F}
Verify the file you downloaded
Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Transmission Project published. Delete it.
Windows · PowerShell
Get-FileHash "transmission-4.1.3-x64.msi" -Algorithm SHA256macOS · Linux
shasum -a 256 "transmission-4.1.3-x64.msi"Expected output
c8ea492d8f46fadac26e0c05b244cabba556201d5fe348dfcf1cf036621741f8
Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.
Install Transmission silently
This installer is an MSI package, so it takes the standard Windows Installer switches. That is a property of MSI itself rather than something the publisher declared.
32-bit · machine scope · MSI convention
msiexec /i "transmission-4.1.3-x86.msi" /qn /norestart64-bit · machine scope · MSI convention
msiexec /i "transmission-4.1.3-x64.msi" /qn /norestartRun it from the folder holding the downloaded file, in a terminal opened as administrator when the package installs for all users. Silent means no window and no prompts, so check the exit code rather than waiting for something to appear: 0 is success and 3010 means it worked but wants a reboot.
Silent install commands for every program we index · silent uninstall
Uninstall Transmission cleanly
Every guide on this tells you to hunt for the product code with Get-WmiObject or in the registry. You do not need to: it is published in the installer manifest, and it is printed below.
Product code · 32-bit
{9A6FE859-BC52-4324-B99A-9F8670C4F55B}
Uninstall, with the usual prompts
msiexec /x {9A6FE859-BC52-4324-B99A-9F8670C4F55B}Silent, for deployment
msiexec /x {9A6FE859-BC52-4324-B99A-9F8670C4F55B} /qn /norestartProduct code · 64-bit
{6F8D6CC5-B77E-4803-8EFA-34509F53360F}
Uninstall, with the usual prompts
msiexec /x {6F8D6CC5-B77E-4803-8EFA-34509F53360F}Silent, for deployment
msiexec /x {6F8D6CC5-B77E-4803-8EFA-34509F53360F} /qn /norestartThe product code changes with every version
The codes above belong to Transmission 4.1.3, the version in our index. If you have an older release installed, its code is different and this command will report that the product is not installed. In that case run Get-Package -Name "Transmission*" in PowerShell to read the code of what you actually have.
This removes the program as the publisher packaged it. Settings and files created after installation, typically under AppData, are deliberately left behind by the uninstaller and have to be deleted by hand if you want them gone.
Reinstalling and hitting error 1638? That is this same product code, and the command above is the fix.
Product codes for every program we index, with the msiexec switches and how to read the code off your own machine.
Download Transmission for Mac
The macOS build as Homebrew declares it, with the same treatment as the Windows side: the publisher's own URL and a hash to check it against.
- Version on Homebrew
- 4.1.3
- File name
- Transmission-4.1.3.dmg
- Download URL
- https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases/download/4.1.3/Transmission-4.1.3.dmg
- SHA-256
- d622736c19990262f2ab12183e1acaa5b0dad5777ddc7db0a187c06e035a7e1a
- Install with Homebrew
- brew install --cask transmission
How we scored this 95 out of 100
| Signal | Finding | Points |
|---|---|---|
| SHA-256 hash published | 2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built. | 30 / 30 |
| Binary provenance | 2 on a recognised distribution platformThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for. | 29.8 / 35 |
| Served over HTTPS | 2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit. | 15 / 15 |
| Release recency | last release about 2 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities. | 15 / 15 |
| Licence declared | GPLv3A declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software. | 5 / 5 |
Opens 1 file type
Extensions Transmission registers itself to handle.
Is Transmission safe to download?
The installer comes from a recognised distribution platform rather than Transmission Project's own domain. That is normal for this kind of software and not a red flag by itself.
Every one of the 2 installers on this page comes with the SHA-256 Transmission Project declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.
What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.
If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.
How the 95/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation
Install Transmission with winget
Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.
Install
winget install --id Transmission.Transmission --exactUpgrade later
winget upgrade --id Transmission.TransmissionWhy --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.
Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.
Old versions of Transmission9 with hashes
The version history of Transmission, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.
We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.
4.1.2
released 02 Jun 2026EEAFC800A804DA5D2BFBA7418FDD6D3F18CC403D9090369CC5400B803F87070C
F36FD9C245F3C298597AC238B319C86F00EACFD1984881AA8ECA3A0943F53008
4.1.1
released 20 Feb 2026AC43A305DA0CD41D91B87C0E698A7C691A403AC9F5553FAFF687CDD3622DA7DC
F3D2C0164ADB38086710ED6C3297EF9F9C8D7D674BAB898F9D71C3ECFDD0D4E6
4.0.6
released 29 May 20242F58C166E3163AD4FBE7C14A2A1FDF4C36FD7376891BE2922091FFED1AA3C702
8FE99234539DA38BE335FC3D999D1364C0C203D5DBC53109519B1DF634E0462D
4.0.5
released 07 Dec 2023D7B1B6270970E0E1117BF0E267163333561E63CB08D466DB0075F096C80EC6DC
A7D6E094D716563BFDA3FCEDC8667291AEB1324B8125915B8745E0EA5E2EBAE8
4.0.4
released 23 Aug 20239C850EDA756CE5D2B8F9AE2DA9EBCDA76A27EFEE7A10F040B8D5C5B502EE0487
3317EC120481DBD36B75AF8D01CB397638073D91EF01F66EDC55E4AFBC8B2955
4.0.3
released 13 Apr 20231EF1294F0CD1F352DB7367BE04A8BDC77083EE82926D76769F20937B90FA1202
A131F8F1654C5A787D8C67A0667A34852952CDFAAF97DD1E93864200196CE098
4.0.2
1B8BBC17863E0FFC243F0CF5095B93CC2C8589CE09D4E9BECE7D24812A8B7D09
96D5730FDCAC459B1849948D740C04AD6B9D898F920EEED8D9BBE88F7061090E
4.0.0
released 08 Feb 2023465BB5591D76057AD781651DCFA77CB07D3C884EBE2127723C5AF8E26A964A3C
1262EFA209554C0FF8EF55B1626B89791C8B63DFBDAA88339C48B9797689F4BC
3.00.0
released 22 May 2020C34828A6D2C50C7C590D05CA50249B511D46E9A2A7223323FB3D1421E3F6B9D1
EEAB85327FA8A1299BB133D5F60F6674CA9E76522297202BBE39AAE92DAD4F32
Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.
Every version on record10
Every Transmission version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.1
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.0
- 3.00.0
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