Open Source Torrent Program

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Jun 05, 2020. Bram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol, made the first BitTorrent client, which he also called BitTorrent, and published it in July 2001. Many BitTorrent programs are open-source software; others are freeware, adware or shareware. Some download managers, such as FlashGet and GetRight, are BitTorrent-ready. ΜTorrent® (uTorrent) Web torrent client for Windows - uTorrent is a browser based torrent client. Not to worry, because we've compiled a list of the best free torrent clients to get you downloading those 'Linux installers' and all that 'open-source software' in no time at all.

Open Source Torrent Program

About qBittorrent

The qBittorrent project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent.

Additionally, qBittorrent runs and provides the same features on all major platforms (FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, OS/2, Windows).

Open Source Torrent Program Download

qBittorrent is based on the Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar library.

Help qBittorrent

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qBittorrent is developed by volunteers in their spare time.

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If you like this piece of software, please make a donation and help it survive.

How To Open Torrent Files

Donation info here.

If you want to help in translating qBittorrent, see these instructions.

qBittorrent Features

Open Source Torrent Client Linux

  • Polished µTorrent-like User Interface
  • No Ads
  • 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
    • and many more...
  • 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
  • Available on all platforms: Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OS/2
  • Available in ~70 languages

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Go ahead and try qBittorrent, you won't regret it!