qBittorrent

Spec sheet

Purpose

The project describes qBittorrent as an open-source alternative to µTorrent.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Platforms

The project lists Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and OS/2; its download page says macOS support is limited because it lacks active macOS developers and contributors.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Integrations

The project says qBittorrent is based on the Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar library.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Security

The download page says that source tarballs and binaries have been signed since version 3.3.4 and provides a current signing key and fingerprint.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Support

The official forums provide platform-specific sections for Windows, Linux, macOS, Docker, and general questions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · forum.qbittorrent.org

Linux and server use

The download page offers official Docker images, and the project wiki documents running qBittorrent without an X server using WebUI only.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Maintainers

The project says qBittorrent is developed by volunteers in their spare time and invites donations to support it.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Networking

The feature list states IPv6 compliance and UPnP/NAT-PMP port forwarding support.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Remote control

A web user interface provides remote control and is described as nearly identical to the regular GUI.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

RSS

It supports RSS feeds with advanced download filters, including regular expressions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Search

Its search engine can search multiple torrent sites at once and make category-specific requests.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Torrent client

It supports magnet links, DHT, peer exchange, local peer discovery, private torrents, and encrypted connections.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Torrent management

Features include sequential downloading, torrent queueing and prioritization, content selection, and a bandwidth scheduler.Read 30 Sep 2026 · qbittorrent.org

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Software#12 of 367.8