qBittorrent is a BitTorrent client in Qt.
It aims to be a good alternative to all other BitTorrent clients out there. qBittorrent is fast, stable and provides unicode support as well as many features.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Polished µTorrent-like User Interface
- Well-integrated and extensible Search Engine
- Simultaneous search in many Torrent search sites
- Category-specific search requests (e.g. Books, Music, Software)
- RSS feed support with advanced download filters (incl. regex)
- Many Bittorrent extensions supported:
- Magnet links.
- Distributed hash table (DHT), peer exchange protocol (PEX), local peer discovery (LSD).
- Private torrents.
- Encrypted connections.
- Remote control through Web user interface, written with AJAX.
- Nearly identical to the regular GUI.
- Sequential downloading (Download in order).
- Advanced control over torrents, trackers and peers.
- Torrents queueing and prioritizing.
- Torrent content selection and prioritizing.
- Bandwidth scheduler.
- Torrent creation tool.
- IP Filtering (eMule & PeerGuardian format compatible).
- IPv6 compliant.
- UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, OS/2, and Windows.
- Internationalization support – available in approximately 70 languages,
Website: www.qbittorrent.org
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: sledgehammer999, Chocobo1 and other contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
qBittorrent is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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|---|---|
| qBittorrent | BitTorrent client in Qt |
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