Hello Brave Community,
We wanted to give you a heads up about an upcoming change. With the release of Brave 1.81 (expected on August 5, 2025), we’ll be fully removing WebTorrent support from the browser.
WebTorrent was a neat feature that let you download torrents and handle magnet links right in your browser. We know some of you found it handy! However, maintaining it required significant developer resources to keep up-to-date, handle feature requests, and manage ongoing support—resources that we can now focus on other core Brave features that benefit more users.
If you’ve been using WebTorrent, don’t worry—your browser will now handle .torrent files and magnet links the standard way, either downloading them or opening them with your preferred torrent application.
Thanks for understanding, and as always, we appreciate your feedback as we continue building the best privacy-focused browser we can.
-The Brave Team