How Deluge connects to automation apps on your seedbox

What Is Deluge?

Deluge is a lightweight, open-source BitTorrent client that runs on your seedbox. It offers a clean web UI, a desktop thin client for remote management, and plugin support for automation. While ruTorrent is the most popular seedbox client, Deluge is preferred by users who want a simpler interface or need specific features like label-based automation and the YaRSS2 RSS plugin.

Installing Deluge on Evoseedbox

  1. Log in to your Evoseedbox client area
  2. Open your seedbox dashboard
  3. Find Deluge in the apps section
  4. Click Install — Deluge deploys in seconds
  5. Click Open to launch the Deluge Web UI

Your Deluge username and password are the same as your seedbox credentials (same as ruTorrent, FTP, and all other apps).

Deluge Web UI Overview

The Deluge Web UI consists of:

  • Toolbar: Add torrent, remove, pause, resume, and preferences buttons
  • Torrent list: All active, downloading, seeding, and paused torrents with status, progress, speed, ratio, and ETA
  • Bottom panel: Details for the selected torrent — Status, Details, Files, Peers, Options, and Trackers tabs
  • Sidebar filters: Filter by state (All, Downloading, Seeding, Paused, Error), tracker, or label

Adding Torrents in Deluge

Method 1: Upload .torrent File

  1. Click the Add button (+ icon) in the toolbar
  2. Click File and browse for a .torrent file on your computer
  3. Optionally set a download location and label
  4. Click Add to start downloading

Method 2: Magnet Link

  1. Click the Add button
  2. Click URL and paste a magnet link
  3. Click Add

Method 3: Watch Folder

Upload .torrent files to your seedbox’s watch folder via FTP. Deluge automatically detects and starts downloading them. Configure the watch folder in Preferences → Downloads → Auto-add .torrents from.

Configuring Deluge for Maximum Performance

Connection Settings

Go to Preferences → Network:

  • Incoming Port: Leave as default (random) or set a specific port if your tracker requires it
  • Outgoing Ports: Leave as random
  • Encryption: Set to Forced for maximum privacy
  • Peer TOS: Leave default

Bandwidth Settings

Go to Preferences → Bandwidth:

  • Maximum Download Speed: -1 (unlimited) — your seedbox handles the speed
  • Maximum Upload Speed: -1 (unlimited)
  • Maximum Connections: 200 (increase to 500 for heavy use)
  • Maximum Upload Slots: -1 (unlimited)
  • Maximum Half-Open Connections: 50
  • Maximum Connections Per Torrent: 50

Queue Settings

Go to Preferences → Queue:

  • Total Active Torrents: 50 (adjust based on your plan’s storage)
  • Total Active Downloading: 10
  • Total Active Seeding: -1 (unlimited — seed everything)
  • Share Ratio Limit: Set to 2.0 for private trackers, -1 for no limit
  • Seed Time Ratio: Set based on your tracker requirements

Using Labels to Organize Torrents

The Label plugin helps organize torrents by category (movies, TV, music) and set different download paths per label:

  1. Go to Preferences → Plugins
  2. Enable the Label plugin
  3. Right-click any torrent → Label → Create or assign a label
  4. To set auto-move paths per label: Right-click the label in the sidebar → Label Options → Set move completed path

Labels are essential when integrating Deluge with Sonarr/Radarr — each *arr app uses a label to identify its downloads.

RSS Feeds with YaRSS2 Plugin

YaRSS2 lets Deluge automatically download new torrents from RSS feeds — essential for private tracker automation:

  1. Go to Preferences → Plugins → Enable YaRSS2
  2. Go to Preferences → YaRSS2 → RSS Feeds tab
  3. Click Add Feed → enter your tracker’s RSS URL
  4. Set the update interval (15 minutes recommended)
  5. Go to the Subscriptions tab → Add subscription
  6. Select the RSS feed, set regex filters for content you want (e.g., .*1080p.*)
  7. Optionally set a label and download path

YaRSS2 checks your RSS feeds at the set interval and auto-downloads matching content.

Connecting Deluge to Sonarr/Radarr

To use Deluge as the download client for Sonarr or Radarr:

  1. In Sonarr/Radarr, go to Settings → Download Clients → Add
  2. Select Deluge
  3. Enter:
    • Host: localhost
    • Port: 8112 (Deluge Web UI default)
    • Password: your seedbox password
    • Category/Label: sonarr or radarr
  4. Click Test → Save

Sonarr/Radarr will now send downloads to Deluge with the appropriate label. After download completion, they automatically rename and move files to your Plex library folder.

Deluge Thin Client (Remote Management)

The Deluge Thin Client lets you manage your seedbox’s Deluge from a desktop app on your local computer — faster and more responsive than the web UI for heavy use:

  1. Download and install Deluge desktop client on your PC
  2. Open Deluge → Preferences → Interface → Uncheck “Classic Mode”
  3. Restart Deluge → You’ll see the Connection Manager
  4. Click Add and enter:
    • Hostname: your seedbox IP
    • Port: 58846 (Deluge daemon port)
    • Username and Password: your seedbox credentials
  5. Click Connect

The thin client connects to your seedbox’s Deluge daemon directly, giving you a native desktop experience for managing torrents remotely.

Changing Your Deluge Password

Your Deluge Web UI password is the same as your seedbox password. To change it:

  1. Open the Deluge Web UI
  2. Go to Preferences → Interface
  3. Enter the current password and new password
  4. Click Change

Note: If you change the password via the Evoseedbox dashboard’s password reset, the Deluge password updates automatically since they share the same credentials.

Deluge vs ruTorrent: Which to Use?

Feature Deluge ruTorrent
Interface Clean, minimal Feature-rich, complex
Resource usage Moderate (Python) Low (rTorrent is C++)
Plugin ecosystem Good (Label, YaRSS2, Execute) Excellent (autodl-irssi, RSS, ratio groups, 50+)
Private tracker racing Good Better (autodl-irssi real-time IRC)
Desktop thin client Yes (native) No (web only)
Sonarr/Radarr support Yes Yes (via rTorrent XMLRPC)
Best for Beginners, automation fans Power users, private trackers

Both are fully supported on Evoseedbox as one-click installs.

Common Deluge Issues and Fixes

Deluge Web UI won’t load

Try restarting your seedbox from the dashboard. If that doesn’t work, clear your browser cache or try incognito mode.

Torrents stuck at “Checking”

This happens after a restart. Wait for the check to complete — it verifies file integrity. For large torrents, this can take several minutes.

Slow speeds in Deluge

Check Preferences → Bandwidth — ensure all limits are set to -1 (unlimited). Also check Preferences → Network → Encryption is not set to “Full Stream” which can slow some connections.

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