qBittorrent

qBittorrent has become the standard file sharing app as I stopped looking for similar alternatives since I was a regular user of uTorrent - which was at one point the most famous BitTorrent client.

Many years ago the Internet was all about file sharing. I think it was one of the big things that helped the Internet spread faster along with the chat apps which later evolved into social networks. If I recall correctly I was using P2P software before BitTorrent protocol even existed. If you heard about Napster or Gnutella (and a few others I can't even remember their names) then you're as old as I am. You can't really imagine the difference between the original P2P technology and the improvement along with BitTorrent protocol. For many people, this was similar to uTorrent. It was good while it lasted but fortunately qBittorrent came up just in time.

Why I Love qBittorrent for Sharing Files

I'm using qBittorrent since I was proud of my ADSL connection, and I really think it's one of the best free torrent clients you can find.

It's a small, open-source program that helps you download and share files using BitTorrent. You can get it on Windows, Mac, Linux, and even FreeBSD. What I like most is how clean it is with no ads, no extra toolbars, no junk. Just a simple, fast, and reliable program. Critics says that its user interface is old - I really don't care as I never chased shiny interfaces over functionality.

What Makes qBittorrent So Great:

Built-in search tool: You can look for torrents right in the app without going to sketchy websites.

Download while watching: You can start watching videos before they finish downloading.

Make your own torrents: You can create and share your own torrents when you need to send big files to friends or coworkers.

Lots of controls: You can set download speed limits, block certain IP addresses, set up port forwarding, and schedule downloads.

Web control panel: There's a way to manage your downloads from another computer or your phone.

Zero ads: This is huge! Many free torrent programs show ads, but qBittorrent doesn't.

It has everything you'd want from programs like uTorrent or BitTorrent, but without the extra stuff or attempts to sell you things. Plus, it gets regular updates and uses very little of your computer's power. Not to mention it is open-source.

Important: like any torrent client, it's not meant for stealing stuff—it's a file-sharing tool. People use it to share personal files, free software, Linux installation files, big data collections, or videos they've made themselves. It's a helpful tool as long as you use it the right way. There were cases in the past when qBittorrent was flagged as false-positive by certain AV companies.

Sun Apr 27th 2025 - sledgehammer999 [email protected]

• v5.1.0- FEATURE: Enable customizing the save statistics time interval (Burnerelu)
• FEATURE: Add drag support to torrent content widget (Chocobo1)
• FEATURE: Display External IP Address in status bar (Thomas Piccirello)
• FEATURE: Use modern functions to get random numbers under Linux/Windows (security related) (Chocobo1)
• FEATURE: Add eXact Length parameter when creating magnet URI (antanilol)
• FEATURE: Support fetching tracker list from URL (Thomas Piccirello)
• FEATURE: Add announce_port support (Maxime Thiebaut)
• BUGFIX: Enable adaptive step size for upload and download limits (Harald Nordgren)
• BUGFIX: Add URL link for reverse proxy setup examples (Chocobo1)
• BUGFIX: Allow drop action only on transfer list (Chocobo1)
• BUGFIX: Fix the tab order in dialogs (thalieht)
• BUGFIX: Fix filesize sorting in preview dialog (DoubleSpicy)
• BUGFIX: Improve the speed icons in the status bar (Mahdi Hosseinzadeh)
• BUGFIX: Update link to news (tinyboxvk)
• BUGFIX: Fix tab stop order in various dialogs and UI elements (Chocobo1)
• BUGFIX: Make links accessible by keyboard (Chocobo1)
• BUGFIX: Make tab key switch focus (Chocobo1)
• BUGFIX: Revise DHT bootstrap node list (stalkerok, Chocobo1)
• BUGFIX: Return first tracker as fallback for "current tracker" (glassez)
• BUGFIX: Prevent crash when exiting app with Add torrent dialogs opened (glassez)
• BUGFIX: Fix torrent relocating files when switching to "manual" mode (glassez)
• BUGFIX: Prevent crash due to corrupted resume data (glassez)
• WEBUI: Improvements that should help with assistive technologies (Chocobo1)
• WEBUI: Internal refactoring to migrate away from MooTools and towards native browser APIs (Chocobo1, skomerko)
• WEBUI: Implement path autocompletion (Paweł Kotiuk)
• WEBUI: Implement double-click behavior controls (Hanabishi)
• WEBUI: Add ability to toggle alternating row colors in tables (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Improve visibility of unread RSS articles (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Remove deleted torrents even if they are currently filtered out (Carmelo Scandaliato)
• WEBUI: Highlight torrent category in context menu (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Implement 'Auto hide zero status filters' (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Allow to filter torrent list by save path (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Handle regex syntax error for torrent filtering (HamletDuFromage)
• WEBUI: Add missing icons (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Add link to 'List of alternative WebUI' wiki page in Options (Chocobo1)
• WEBUI: Improve properties panel, torrent deletion dialog, filter list, subcategories, torrent deletion, statistics window (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Allow to display only hostname in the Tracker column (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Show country/region name next to its flag (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Improve hash copy actions in context menu (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Support removing tracker from all torrents in WebUI/WebAPI (Thomas Piccirello)
• WEBUI: Display DHT information in the Status bar only when DHT is enabled (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Add 'Confirm torrent recheck' option (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Support managing web seeds (Thomas Piccirello)
• WEBUI: Add colors to log table rows (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Prevent text selection within tabs, menu items (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Use correct text and background colors in RSS details view (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Reduce padding in torrents table (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Add WebAPI/WebUI for managing cookies (Thomas Piccirello)
• WEBUI: Support updating RSS feed URL (Thomas Piccirello)
• WEBUI: Add 'Engine' column to Search table (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Add confirm dialog for Auto TMM (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Add context menu to search tabs (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Show file filter when Content tab selected on load (Thomas Piccirello)
• WEBUI: DHT, PeX and LSD rows are now always on top in Trackers table (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Clear properties panel when torrent no longer selected (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Support auto resizing table columns (Thomas Piccirello)
• WEBUI: Fix displaying RSS panel on load (Thomas Piccirello)
• WEBUI: Add tooltip to regex filter button (Patrik Elfström)
• WEBUI: Hide context menu when clicking on a table row (Patrik Elfström)
• WEBUI: Display torrent progress percentage in General tab (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Use thin scrollbars (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Show 'Rename...' context menu item only when one torrent is selected (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Display error when download fails (Thomas Piccirello)
• WEBUI: Add colors to 'Status' column in Trackers table (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Add missing icon to 'Queue' context menu item (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Change filter inputs to type search (Patrik Elfström)
• WEBUI: Allow to move state icon to name column in torrents table (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Fix bug where the 'Tracker editing' dialog displays incorrect data (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Maintain row highlight after rearranging table columns (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Fix preferences not applied in magnet handler (Chocobo1)
• WEBUI: Update sort icon after changing column order (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Show 'Edit tracker URL...' only when one tracker is selected (skomerko)
• WEBUI: Set status filter to 'All' if selected filter is no longer visible (skomerko)
• WEBAPI: Don't reannounce when removing tracker via WebAPI (Thomas Piccirello)
• WEBAPI: Add WebAPI for managing torrent webseeds (Thomas Piccirello)
• WEBAPI: Add forced parameter to torrents/add (Chris B)
• WEBAPI: Optionally include trackers list in torrent info response (ze0s)
• WEBAPI: Add new method setTags to upsert tags on torrents (ze0s)
• RSS: Resolve relative URLs within RSS article description (Zentino)
• SEARCH: Provide SSL context field (Chocobo1)
• SEARCH: Allow to refresh existing search (glassez)
• SEARCH: Allow multiple simultaneous searches (glassez)
• SEARCH: Store opened search tabs (glassez)
• SEARCH: Store search history (glassez)
• SEARCH: Migrate socks.py from SocksiPy to PySocks 1.7.1 (FredBill1)
• SEARCH: Bump Python version minimum requirement (Chocobo1)
• WINDOWS: Opt into Windows SegmentHeap (Andarwinux)
• WINDOWS: Allow to choose color scheme on Windows (glassez)
• WINDOWS: Verify hash of Python installer (Chocobo1)
• LINUX: Add support for Thunar file manager (algebnaly)
• MACOS: Fix shift-click selection on macOS (Luke Memet)