transmission

4.1.3-r0-ls365

transmission is designed for easy, powerful use. Transmission has the features you want from a BitTorrent client: encryption, a web interface, peer exchange, magnet links, DHT, µTP, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding, webseed support, watch directories, tracker editing, global and per-torrent speed limits, and more.

Downloaders

docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/transmission:latest

Quick start

Generated from the image's own configuration. Replace the /path/to folders with real paths on your host.

Include optional settings

---
services:
  transmission:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/transmission:latest
    container_name: transmission
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
      - TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME= # optional
      - USER= # optional
      - PASS= # optional
      - WHITELIST= # optional
      - PEERPORT= # optional
      - HOST_WHITELIST= # optional
    volumes:
      - /path/to/transmission/data:/config
      - /path/to/downloads:/downloads # optional
      - /path/to/watch/folder:/watch # optional
    ports:
      - 9091:9091
      - 51413:51413
      - 51413:51413/udp
    restart: unless-stopped

Parameters

Ports
Port	Function	Required
9091:9091	WebUI	required
51413:51413	Torrent Port TCP	required
51413:51413/udp	Torrent Port UDP	required

Environment variables
Variable	Function	Required
PUID=1000	User ID	required
PGID=1000	Group ID	required
TZ=Etc/UTC	Timezone	required
TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME=	Specify the path to an alternative UI folder.	optional
USER=	Specify an optional username for the interface	optional
PASS=	Specify an optional password for the interface	optional
WHITELIST=	Specify an optional list of comma separated ip whitelist. Fills rpc-whitelist setting.	optional
PEERPORT=	Specify an optional port for torrent TCP/UDP connections. Fills peer-port setting.	optional
HOST_WHITELIST=	Specify an optional list of comma separated dns name whitelist. Fills rpc-host-whitelist setting.	optional

Volumes
Path	Function	Required
/config	Where transmission should store config files and logs.	required
/downloads	Local path for downloads.	optional
/watch	Watch folder for torrent files.	optional

Architectures

Pulling :latest picks the right one for your host automatically.

x86_64amd64-latest
arm64arm64v8-latest

Changelog

31 May 2026
Bind RPC to IPv6 interface by default, fall back to IPv4 if unavailable.
29 Nov 2024
Fix PEERPORT setting.
7 Oct 2023
Install unrar from [linuxserver repo](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-unrar).

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