18MB isn't that heavy, given that most users will want to download Gigs of movies / music.

It's not great, but I can't see it as a huge obstacle.

Yes it's not a huge obstacle. But this is targeted at users in Pakistan, where internet access is fairly limited, and it's mostly dial up/low speed in the areas that do have internet access. I can imagine the average user wanting to get his/her downloads started ASAP, a large client download will hinder that.

Thank you for this input. We didn't want to change much in the most popular Bittorrent client (Vuze) that we used for building this. You are right, we will work on releasing a light (perhaps sans-UI) version of this soon ..

Have you considered building it on top of a simpler open-source client, such as Transmission? Azureus/Vuze can single-handedly bring my modern desktop to its knees, so I can't see it working well on the older systems found in developing areas.

Perhaps you could compress it by releasing it as a patch to Vuze? That way people who already have Vuze (which is fairly popular) can get it faster.

Thanks, will do.