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Deluge Team is the volunteer development team behind the Deluge BitTorrent client, coordinated through its Launchpad project team.

Last updated September 29, 2026

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Overview

Deluge Team is the development team associated with the Deluge BitTorrent client, an open-source file-sharing application. The team is organized as a project team on Launchpad, Canonical's software collaboration platform, where its members manage code, bug reports, blueprints, translations, and answers for the Deluge project. The Launchpad team page lists five direct members, with Andrew Resch and Cas serving as administrators. Andrew Resch, who joined the team in July 2007, is widely recognized as the original author of the Deluge BitTorrent client. Other approved members include Cristian Greco, Damien Churchill, and John Garland, who joined between 2009 and 2010. The team also lists pending members such as AlexKim and Georg Engelmann, who have applied for membership but have not yet been approved. The team's work is distributed across the Launchpad platform, which is operated by Canonical Ltd. The Deluge Team does not appear to be a commercial company with a formal corporate structure; rather, it is a community-driven group of developers maintaining a free and open-source software product. As such, it has no publicly listed headquarters, ownership, or revenue. The team's primary output is the Deluge application itself, which is distributed under an open-source license and used worldwide for BitTorrent-based file transfers. The team's Launchpad presence serves as the central coordination point for development, issue tracking, and community support.

History

The Deluge Team is the group of developers responsible for the Deluge BitTorrent client, an open-source application. The team operates on Launchpad, Canonical's platform for hosting and collaborating on free software projects. According to the team's Launchpad page, Andrew Resch joined on 2007-07-12 and serves as an administrator; he is commonly credited as the original author of Deluge. Cas joined on 2011-05-31 and also serves as an administrator. Other approved members include Cristian Greco (joined 2009-06-04), Damien Churchill (joined 2009-06-03), and John Garland (joined 2010-01-18). The team page also lists pending members: AlexKim (applied 2019-12-21) and Georg Engelmann (applied 2024-01-25). The team's Launchpad presence includes sections for Overview, Code, Bugs, Blueprints, Translations, and Answers, indicating that the team manages the full development lifecycle of the Deluge project. The Deluge Team is not a commercial entity; it is a volunteer group maintaining a free software product. No formal corporate history, funding, or ownership is associated with the team in the available evidence.

  • Andrew Resch joins the Deluge Team as an administrator.

  • Damien Churchill joins the Deluge Team as an approved member.

  • Cristian Greco joins the Deluge Team as an approved member.

  • John Garland joins the Deluge Team as an approved member.

  • Cas joins the Deluge Team as an administrator.

  • AlexKim applies for membership in the Deluge Team.

  • Georg Engelmann applies for membership in the Deluge Team.

Products and positioning

Community-driven open-source development team for the Deluge BitTorrent client.

  • Deluge BitTorrent client

    An open-source BitTorrent client maintained by the Deluge Team.

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