The qBittorrent project aims to provide a Free Software alternative to µtorrent. Additionally, qBittorrent runs and provides the same features on all major operating systems. The user interface is similar to µTorrent, one of the official BitTorrent clients.
This helps ease the transition from µTorrent to qBittorrent for Windows users switching to Linux. qBittorrent is a multi-platform BitTorrent client developed in C++ and Qt4 by Christophe Dumez, offering a streamlined, lightweight experience similar to the best open-source torrent client for cross-platform users.
Its standout feature is the integrated search engine, which lets you search for torrents across major torrent websites simultaneously and seamlessly.
qBittorrent supports UPnP/NAT-PMP, BitTorrent protocol encryption (Azureus-compatible), Peer Exchange (PeX) fully compatible with µTorrent, IP filtering using eMule-style “ipfilter.dat” or PeerGuardian filters, as well as efficient handling of torrents and the files they contain.
Built with the Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar, qBittorrent offers secure remote management through its Web UI, allowing users to control their torrents from any device.
qBittorrent Features:
- Polished µTorrent-like User Interface
- Well-integrated and extensible Search Engine
- Simultaneous search in the most famous BitTorrent search sites
- Per-category-specific search requests (e.g., Books, Music, Movies)
- All BitTorrent extensions
- DHT, Peer Exchange, Full encryption, Magnet/BitComet URIs, …
- Remote control through a Web user interface
- Nearly identical to the regular UI, all in Ajax
- Advanced control over trackers, peers, and torrents
- Torrents queueing and prioritizing
- Torrent content selection and prioritizing
- UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support
- Available in 41 languages (Unicode support)
- Torrent creation tool
- Advanced RSS support with download filters (inc. regex)
- Bandwidth scheduler
- IP Filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible)
- IPv6 compliant
- Sequential downloading (aka “Download in order”)
- Available on most platforms: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD
Changes in qBittorrent version 5.1.4 :
- WEBUI: Fixes a regression in v5.1.3
Supported Operating Systems:
- Windows 11, 10.
- macOS Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey
