The code has also been employed by BitTorrent, Inc. Although originally developed by Ludvig Strigeus, since December 7, 2006, the code is owned and maintained by BitTorrent, Inc. The program has been in active development since its first release in 2005. The program has received consistently good reviews for its feature set, performance, stability, and support for older hardware and versions of Windows. ) It gets the 'µ'(Greek letter ' mu') in its name from the SI prefix 'micro-', referring to the program's small memory footprint: the program was designed to use minimal computer resources while offering functionality comparable to larger BitTorrent clients such as Vuze or BitComet. It is the most widely used BitTorrent client outside China (where Xunlei is more popular. ΜTorrent (or uTorrent commonly abbreviated as ' µT' or ' uT') is a free-of-charge, ad-supported, closed source BitTorrent client owned by BitTorrent, Inc.
