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Flood For Transmission

Author Avatar Theme by Johman10
Updated: 13 Jan 2026
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A Flood (https://github.com/Flood-UI/flood) clone for Transmission

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Overview

Flood for Transmission is an alternative Web UI for Transmission. Unlike other web apps, it does not require any extra services to communicate with Transmission. It is a lightweight and dedicated tool for supporting Transmission. Even though it is a work-in-progress, it is already good enough to use.

Features

  • Super lightweight and does not require any running process
  • Designed specifically to support Transmission
  • Utilizes the recommended way from Transmission to load the UI
  • Provides a clean and user-friendly interface

Installation

  1. Download the latest release by running the following command:
curl -OL https://github.com/johman10/flood-for-transmission/releases/download/latest/flood-for-transmission.zip
  1. Unpack the downloaded zip file using this command:
unzip flood-for-transmission.zip
  1. Remove the redundant zip file with this command:
rm flood-for-transmission.zip
  1. Set up the environment for Transmission:
    • On Linux, run the command systemctl edit transmission-daemon.service and ensure that it contains at least the necessary configuration. You can add additional configuration as desired.
    • On Windows, set an environment variable called TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME with the value set to the path of the extracted flood-for-transmission folder.
    • On Mac, create a backup of the folder at /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/Resources/web by running cp /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/Resources/web /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/Resources/web.default. Then, copy the extracted flood-for-transmission folder to /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/Resources/web.

Please note that Flood for Transmission currently only supports Transmission and requires Transmission to be installed and running. Also, make sure to use an up-to-date browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge, as older browsers are not supported.

Summary

Flood for Transmission is a lightweight alternative Web UI for Transmission. It offers a clean and user-friendly interface and does not require any additional services to function. With its dedicated support for Transmission, it provides an easy and efficient way to manage Transmission downloads. Installation is simple and can be done by downloading the latest release and following a few steps to set up the environment.