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qBittorrent

Open-source BitTorrent client, an alternative to µTorrent.

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qBittorrent is a free, open-source BitTorrent client built on the Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar, developed by volunteers as an alternative to µTorrent. It runs on FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, OS/2 and Windows, offering the same feature set across platforms.

Features include an integrated, extensible search engine with simultaneous searches across torrent sites and category-specific requests, RSS feed support with advanced download filters including regex, and support for magnet links, DHT, PEX, LSD, private torrents and encrypted connections. It provides remote control through a Web UI, sequential downloading, torrent queueing and prioritizing, content selection, a bandwidth scheduler, a torrent creation tool, IP filtering, and UPnP/NAT-PMP port forwarding. The interface is available in around 70 languages.

The project is developed by volunteers and accepts donations.

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