What VPN would you recommend for torrenting?

Mullvad or Proton. IVPN is also good.

Another user already said this, but just in case, Mullvad got rid of their port forwarding.
- Can still seed with upnp forwarding
- I forget about port forwarding because I never get to seed because of my abysmal upload speed.
- Mullvad got rid of their port forwarding.
  So did IVPN. Use Proton VPN now.

Mullvad

They got rid of port forwarding unfortunately, so good luck seeding.
- Do you need port forwarding for seeding?
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- If you’re looking for a VPN and to de-google proton is the way to go

Mullvad or Proton

Note that Mullvad no longer allows port forwarding, which can make it harder to torrent effectively
- Is it really that bad? I haven't had any issues torrenting stuff with Mullvad, although I usually don't torrent files above like 20GB
- Then, Proton it is

I use ProtonVPN whenever I download a lot of Linux ISOs.

Several times a week I too download all the Linux ISOs, and I will have a look at ProtonVPN 👍
- Just curious, why do you download so many ISOs?

I'm using Private Internet Access. It's fast and pretty lightweight compared to the other choices. Snagged a 2 year plan on sale for like 50 bucks.

I was on PIA, but they were bought by Kape a few years ago. Kape, previously known as Crossrider. Crossrider, known primarily for developing adware and PUPs.
- I also dropped them after the acquisition
- thanks for this info, I was wondering why PIA isn't recommended anymore
- well shit, guess the recommendation I saw was outdated. that sucks
In addition to getting acquired by a shady group, Mark Karpeles also works at PIA. I'm all for edemption arc, but that doesn't mean I'm ok with him in charge of some security product. I dropped them for mullvad.
I use PIA as well but I have never seen good upload speeds through them, which is a shame.

I’ve been happy with AirVPN for the last year or so

The way they handle port forwarding is particulalry good, as compared with pia, that assigns a random port every time you bring up a connection, so you have to have a script to update your port in your client.
Seconded.

It isnt the best one, but its cheap, allows port forwarding and its not sketchy as far as we know

Air vpn

You may want to take a look at Italy's recent changes in legislation around VPNs tl;dr Italy's government has an anti-piracy measure called Piracy Shield which is a list that needs to be blocked by ISPs, VPN providers etc but is entirely arbitrary with no governance.
Air has stopped onboarding Italian customers but you may want to consider given they're based in Italy, if this compromises your use case/opsec
+1 for airvpn. I've never had any issues, port forwarding works flawlessly, and you can get some incredible deals if you buy 3 years at a time during a sale.
I've been using it for probably 5+ years and it's been great. I wish I could port forward to incoming 80 in my server so I could run a site while it's up, but at the end of the day I can always run a site elsewhere.
That aside, it's never gone down on me, the speeds are fast, it auto-connects to the best server available, and they run lots of promos.
- I'm wondering, is there any anonymous VPN that supports port forwarding to port 80? I'm thinking about self-hosting a website from my server at home under a VPN.
- You can port forward to another port without issue, then just route through to it from your server. Domain name lookups support explicit port lists. Although I'd suggest just buying a domain name, setting up dynamic dns through a raspberry pi and forward from your router to port 80. I use porkbun for the latter.

Proton VPN has been working pretty well for me. Includes port forwarding and a lot of servers.

I’m all in on proton. VPN, email, calendar, and cloud storage. Unlimited is $10/mo and while it’s a little deceptive as a name it’s still great. The simple login alias feature if fantastic.
Same.

Whatever you do, maybe sure you network bind the vpn interface

https://protonvpn.com/support/bittorrent-vpn/

No VPN, just qBittorrent and I2P = anoymous torrents

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If I turn off mixed mode in qbittorrent i2p settings, it should only use i2p, right?
- If "mixed mode" is enabled I2P torrents are allowed to also get peers from other sources than the tracker, and connect to regular IPs, not providing any anonymization. This may be useful if the user is not interested in the anonymization of I2P, but still wants to be able to connect to I2P peers
  That's what the description says.
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does it still require port forwarding for seeding ? (yeah, I know port forwarding isn't required for torrenting)
- As in I2P itself or bittorrent? In order for I2P to access the network it needs to be able to access the internet. If you're behind a router, that does mean either enabling universal plug and play (UPnP) or manually opening a port for it that forwards traffic to the port on the I2P machine. UPnP is obviously the easiest (if you're behind a router).
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I2P?
- An alternative to TOR that's better for P2P.
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ProtonVPN/Mullvad. This is the post number 288471 talking about this. Can we put it somewhere un wiki?

I pay for Proton Unlimited so I use Proton VPN. Getting port forwarding to work on Linux is a bit of a hassle but they have steps on their website. It's hardly any slower than my internet connection, but that's because I'm on the paid servers. The free servers are rather slow. They have a graphical client for Windows and Linux.

Proton Unlimited is €12.99/month. The VPN has a good number of features and you get the whole Proton suite with it and 500GB of storage. You can pay for just the VPN which is cheaper if you don't want the rest of Proton.

I created a script exactly for that, I'm using it for months now and it's working fine: https://github.com/giu176/ProtonVPN-auto-NATPMP
- Yo!! Thanks for sharing. The qbittorrent-nox integration is just what I need!

I went the seed box route and I'll never go back. It's faster and I don't even need a stable connection. Start the download from my phone and it's waiting for me when I get home.

I use Mullvad through Tailscale. If you already use Tailscale it’s a no-brainer

I'm using selfhosted wireguard server. Speed about 250 mbps and this VPS costs me about 3$ per month. Super easy to deploy wireguard server using this script

What VPS service?
- Yeah, same question. I thought most of them would be super strict about torrreting.
What VPS?
- vds6.net

I've been using airvpn for the last 4 or 5 years with no issue.

Google Fiber.

They don't give a fuck.

This is a thing that story rpeats :
"Until they do.".
- I leave this here:
  https://www.techradar.com/vpn/five-eyes-nine-eyes-and-fourteen-eyes-explained-how-these-alliances-affect-you

Proton VPN.

while I do not know anything about torrenting. "mullvad" is a highly recommended vpn providers with a strong emphasis on privacy.

Mullvad recently removed port forwarding from their service, which is sub-optimal for torrenting.

This will be an unpopular answer but I use Nordvpn mainly because during Black Friday sales you can get it essentially for free using a cash back portal. The start of the sale last year, which I missed, was offering over 100% cash back. They’d pay you to use it!

Others are better but if the level of protection you’re looking for is “Comcast stop sending me piracy warnings” this’ll work.

I'm also a Nord user since it's super simple and effective. Paid less than $100 CAD for 2 years which I think is decent. I'm open to alternatives for a noob though.
- Count me in that group too. Nord just works for everything I want. Geoblocks, doubleVPN, etc. And it's super affordable. Yes, O hope they had a more user friendly way to use it on Linux, but I guess we can't have it all after all.

I have a lifetime subscription for Windscribe, so I've just been using that with no issues for years. I've recommended it to some other friends and they've been fine.

I also pay for Proton services, so I have ProtonVPN, but I've yet to try it for torrenting.

RealDebrid and/or Proton VPN

Is a VPN even worth it for that use case? A seedbox won't cost that much more, esp. if you factor in electricity costs from keeping your machine running. And getting to 1.0 seed ratio is also much easier.

Do you have an off prem seed box then? Mine is in my home lab but still needs to be routed through a vpn

You could self-host wireguard on a cheap VPS using something like YUNOhost. You would be limited to the one IP address but you could also host other useful stuff on the same server like email, website, Nextcloud etc for no additional cost. On a slight tangent, you could also check out seedboxes or even TorBox.

Thats good but you need to blend with othet people.

Mullvad or IVPN. Some VPNs like Perfect Privacy do leak your IP via DHT and other torrent features, even when full lockdown mode is on. You can search 'torrent leak test' to verify yours doesn't. I found out with a 2nd DMCA warning from my ISP.

Express VPN

It feels better with no condom. Private trackers have no STI’s.

Proton