---
name: "transmission-remote-gtk"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "transmission-remote-gtk"
version: "1.7.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/transmission-remote-gtk"
---

# transmission-remote-gtk(1)

RPC client for the Transmission BitTorrent client, written in GTK.

## Name

transmission-remote-gtk - RPC client for the Transmission BitTorrent client, written in GTK.

## SYNOPSIS

```
transmission-remote-gtk [OPTIONS] [torrent file|magnet link|url]
```

## DESCRIPTION

**transmission-remote-gtk** is an application for remote management of the Transmission BitTorrent client using its RPC interface.

## OPTIONS

**transmission-remote-gtk** has no options, but torrent files, magnet links, or URLs may be passed to the command to be automatically loaded. For example:

```
transmission-remote-gtk Downloads/ubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
```

## ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables an be used when running **transmission-remote-gtk**

**TRG\_CLIENT\_DEBUG**

When this environment is set, verbose HTTP and JSON information will be logged to stdout for debugging purposes. Be aware that this can be extremely verbose.

## AUTHOR

Written by Alan Fitton.

Maintained by various contributors.

## BUGS

Please see \<https://github.com/transmission-remote-gtk/transmission-remote-gtk/issues\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2011 Alan Fitton and various contributors.

This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License \<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

[**transmission-daemon**(1)](/transmission-daemon/1.md)

The project website \<https://github.com/transmission-remote-gtk/transmission-remote-gtk\>