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qBittorrent

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# Change Log

Sun Sep 29th 2024 - sledgehammer999 sledgehammer999@qbittorrent.org - v5.0.0

- FEATURE: Support creating .torrent with larger piece size (Chocobo1)

- FEATURE: Improve tracker entries handling (glassez)

- FEATURE: Add separate filter item for tracker errors (glassez)

- FEATURE: Allow to remove tracker from tracker filter widget menu (glassez)

- FEATURE: Implement `Reannounce In` column (Hanabishi)

- FEATURE: Expose `DHT bootstrap nodes` setting (Chocobo1)

- FEATURE: Add support for [Mark-of-the-Web](https://redcanary.com/threat-detection-report/techniques/mark-of-the-web-bypass/) (Chocobo1)

- FEATURE: Allow to keep unwanted files in separate folder (glassez)

- FEATURE: Add `Copy Comment` to the torrent list's context menu (thalieht)

- FEATURE: Allow relative profile paths (Victor Chernyakin)

- FEATURE: Enable Ctrl+F hotkey for more inputs (thalieht)

- FEATURE: Add seeding limits to RSS and Watched folders options UI (glassez)

- FEATURE: Subcategories implicitly follow the parent category options (glassez)

- FEATURE: Add option to name each qbittorrent instance (Chocobo1)

- FEATURE: Add button for sending test email (Thomas Piccirello)

- FEATURE: Allow torrents to override default share limit action (glassez)

- FEATURE: Use Start/Stop instead of Resume/Pause (thalieht)

- FEATURE: Add the Popularity metric (Aliaksei Urbanski)

- FEATURE: Focus on Download button if torrent link retrieved from the clipboard (glassez)

- FEATURE: Add ability to pause/resume entire BitTorrent session (glassez)

- FEATURE: Add an option to set BitTorrent session shutdown timeout (glassez)

- FEATURE: Apply "Excluded file names" to folder names as well (glassez)

- FEATURE: Allow to use regular expression to filter torrent content (glassez)

- FEATURE: Allow to move content files to Trash instead of deleting them (glassez)

- FEATURE: Add ability to display torrent "privateness" in UI (ManiMatter)

- FEATURE: Add a flag in `Peers` tab denoting a connection using NAT hole punching (stalkerok)

- BUGFIX: Display error message when unrecoverable error occurred (glassez)

- BUGFIX: Update size of selected files when selection is changed (glassez)

- BUGFIX: Normalize tags by trimming leading/trailing whitespace (glassez)

- BUGFIX: Correctly handle share limits in torrent options dialog (glassez)

- BUGFIX: Adjust tracker tier when adding additional trackers (Chocobo1)

- BUGFIX: Fix inconsistent naming between `Done/Progress` column (luzpaz)

- BUGFIX: Sanitize peer client names (Hanabishi)

- BUGFIX: Apply share limits immediately when torrent downloading is finished (glassez)

- BUGFIX: Show download progress for folders with zero byte size as 100 instead of 0 (vikas_c)

- BUGFIX: Fix highlighted piece color (Prince Gupta)

- BUGFIX: Apply "merge trackers" logic regardless of way the torrent is added (glassez)

- WEBUI: Improve WebUI responsiveness (Chocobo1)

- WEBUI: Do not exit the app when WebUI has failed to start (Hanabishi)

- WEBUI: Add `Moving` filter to side panel (xavier2k6)

- WEBUI: Add dark theme (d47081)

- WEBUI: Allow to remember torrent content files deletion (David)

- WEBUI: Leave the fields empty when value is invalid (Chocobo1)

- WEBUI: Use natural sorting (Chocobo1)

- WEBUI: Improve WebUI login behavior (JayRet)

- WEBUI: Conditionally show filters sidebar (Thomas Piccirello)

- WEBUI: Add support for running concurrent searches (Thomas Piccirello)

- WEBUI: Improve accuracy of trackers list (Thomas Piccirello)

- WEBUI: Fix error when category doesn't exist (Thomas Piccirello)

- WEBUI: Improve table scrolling and selection on mobile (Thomas Piccirello)

- WEBUI: Restore search tabs on load (Thomas Piccirello)

- WEBUI: Restore previously used tab on load (Thomas Piccirello)

- WEBUI: Increase default height of `Share ratio limit` dialog (thalieht)

- WEBUI: Use enabled search plugins by default (Thomas Piccirello)

- WEBUI: Add columns `Incomplete Save Path`, `Info Hash v1`, `Info Hash v2` (thalieht)

- WEBUI: Always create generic filter items (skomerko)

- WEBUI: Provide `Use Category paths in Manual Mode` option (skomerko)

- WEBUI: Provide `Merge trackers to existing torrent` option (skomerko)

- WEBAPI: Fix wrong timestamp values (Chocobo1)

- WEBAPI: Send binary data with filename and mime type specified (glassez)

- WEBAPI: Expose API for the torrent creator (glassez, Radu Carpa)

- WEBAPI: Add support for SSL torrents (Chocobo1, Radu Carpa)

- WEBAPI: Provide endpoint for listing directory content (Paweł Kotiuk)

- WEBAPI: Provide "private" flag via "torrents/info" endpoint (ManiMatter)

- WEBAPI: Add a way to download .torrent file using search plugin (glassez)

- WEBAPI: Add "private" filter for "torrents/info" endpoint (ManiMatter)

- WEBAPI: Add root_path to "torrents/info" result (David Newhall)

- RSS: Show RSS feed title in HTML browser (Jay)

- RSS: Allow to set delay between requests to the same host (jNullj)

- SEARCH: Allow users to specify Python executable path (Chocobo1)

- SEARCH: Lazy load search plugins (milahu)

- SEARCH: Add date column to the built-in search engine (ducalex)

- SEARCH: Allow to rearrange search tabs (glassez)

- WINDOWS: Use Fusion style on Windows 10+. It has better compatibility with dark mode (glassez)

- WINDOWS: Allow to set qBittorrent as default program (glassez)

- WINDOWS: Don't access "Favorites" folder unexpectedly (glassez)

- LINUX: Add support for systemd power management (Chocobo1)

- LINUX: Add support for localized man pages (Victor Chernyakin)

- LINUX: Specify a locale if none is set (Chocobo1)

- MACOS: Display download/upload speed in dock icon (Nick Korotysh)

- MACOS: Add support for quarantine on macOS (Chocobo1)

- OTHER: Drop support for Qt5, qmake, autotools, Windows 10, Windows 32-bit

- OTHER: Minimum supported versions: Qt: 6.5, Boost: 1.76, OpenSSL: 3.0.2

- OTHER: Switch to C++20

Description

Download qBittorrent a free, open source application based on Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar that runs on all major OS such as Windows®, Linux, Mac® OS X®, OS/2 or FreeBSD (including support for over 25 languages).

The primary purpose of this Bittorrent client is to offer an alternative to other similar torrent managers. The main features are:

- similar user interfaces with µTorrent (for a smooth transition).

- integrated and customizable search: on most famous BitTorrent search sites.

- support for all BitTorrent extensions: Magnet/BitComet, Peer Exchange, DHT, etc.

- advanced control for trackers, peers, and torrents (torrent queueing and prioritizing).

- support for UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding.

- bandwidth scheduler and sequential download.

- IP Filtering (compatible with eMule and PeerGuardian) and IPv6 compliant.

- detailed torrent info: size, status, seeds, peers, download and upload speed, ratio, etc.

- etc.

Important: Please be aware that while qBittorrent is a free, open source, clean torrent manager software YOU are responsible for the data you choose to download. Do not distribute or redistribute any illegal content. A good example of a legit torrent can be found on the official GIMP homepage - the download section OR Ubuntu download section. There are many other legit usage examples of how qBittorrent can be used.

Trademark Note 1: Microsoft®, Windows® and other product names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Trademark Note 2: Mac and OS X are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

qBittorrent Review

Note regarding the installation: There's nothing hidden in this app, no bundles, no unwanted ads or anything like that. It's 100% clean, so the setup process should be easy enough and without any unwanted advertising. Just remember that although the application itself is clean, you are responsible for the data that you will upload or download through a torrent.

The first interaction: If you're a fan of the old uTorrent (like me) I am sure that you will appreciate the simple interface. You have access to everything you need to customize this client from "Option" area. The transfers from all torrents will appear on a left column close to the "Search" feature. You can even lock down qBittorrent with a password if you want to keep your activity private.

Performance: I (and a few friends of mine) was able to reach the maximum speed provided by my ISP on Windows® 8.1 and 10 (100 Mbps). Apparently, such high-speed transfers are achievable from close locations but what I am trying to say is this: there's no limitation coming from this software.

If there's any restriction, it will come (in most cases) from your ISP or hard drive (e.g. if your Internet connection has 1 Gbps you should know that you can't reach this speed with an HDD and you will need a solid-state drive - SSD).

Conclusion: You don't need a manual to learn how to use this client. If you used any other similar client before (uTorrent is the best example) you will need just a few minutes to get comfortable with this program. After a few days, you will feel that you have found the perfect Bittorrent client. The whole FossHub team use and highly recommend qBittorrent (just like all the other apps). If you also find this software useful, please donate folks! The author(s) will appreciate each and every donation!

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