Download qBittorrent 5.0.0: Latest Version and Features

The qBittorrent project serves as a robust Free Software alternative to µtorrent. This advanced, multi-platform BitTorrent client boasts an appealing user interface, a Web UI for remote access, and an integrated search engine. qBittorrent is designed to fulfill the requirements of most users while efficiently managing CPU and memory usage. Being a truly Open Source project, it encourages contributions from anyone interested.

Key Features of qBittorrent:

Polished User Interface similar to µTorrent
Well-integrated and extensible Search Engine
Simultaneous searches across popular BitTorrent search sites
Category-specific search requests (e.g., Books, Music, Movies)
Full support for all BitTorrent extensions
Includes DHT, Peer Exchange, full encryption, Magnet/BitComet URIs, etc.
Remote control option via a Web user interface
Ajax-based Web UI that mirrors the regular interface
Advanced management of trackers, peers, and torrents
Torrent queueing and prioritization capabilities
Selective torrent content prioritization
Support for UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding
Multi-language availability (around 25 languages with Unicode support)
Bittorrent creation tool
Advanced RSS feed support with customizable download filters (including regex)
Bandwidth scheduling functionality
IP filtering compatible with eMule and PeerGuardian
Full IPv6 compliance
Compatible with various platforms: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD

qBittorrent 5.0.0 Changelog:

FEATURE: Support for creating. torrent files with larger piece sizes (Chocobo1)
FEATURE: Improved handling of tracker entries (glassez)
FEATURE: Added a separate filter for tracker errors (glassez)
FEATURE: Option to remove trackers from the tracker filter widget menu (glassez)
FEATURE: Introduced “Reannounce In”column (Hanabishi)
FEATURE: DHT bootstrap nodes setting exposure (Chocobo1)
FEATURE: Mark-of-the-Web support added (Chocobo1)
FEATURE: Ability to keep unwanted files in a separate folder (glassez)
FEATURE: “Copy Comment”option in the torrent list context menu (thalieht)
FEATURE: Support for relative profile paths (Victor Chernyakin)
FEATURE: Ctrl+F hotkey enabled for more inputs (thalieht)
FEATURE: Seeding limits for RSS and Watched folders options UI (glassez)
FEATURE: Subcategories now implicitly follow parent category options (glassez)
FEATURE: Ability to name each qBittorrent instance (Chocobo1)
FEATURE: Option to send test emails (Thomas Piccirello)
FEATURE: Torrents can now override the default share limit action (glassez)
FEATURE: Added “Start/Stop”instead of “Resume/Pause”terminology (thalieht)
FEATURE: Popularity metric introduced (Aliaksei Urbanski)
FEATURE: Focus on Download button for torrents retrieved from the clipboard (glassez)
FEATURE: Ability to pause/resume the entire BitTorrent session (glassez)
FEATURE: Set BitTorrent session shutdown timeout (glassez)
FEATURE: “Excluded file names”now apply to folder names (glassez)
FEATURE: Regular expressions can be used for filtering torrent content (glassez)
FEATURE: Option to move content files to Trash instead of deleting (glassez)
FEATURE: Visibility of torrent “privateness”in the UI (ManiMatter)
FEATURE: Flag in the Peers tab for NAT hole punching connections (stalkerok)
BUGFIX: Error messages now displayed for unrecoverable errors (glassez)
BUGFIX: Update size of selected files upon selection changes (glassez)
BUGFIX: Normalize tags by removing leading/trailing whitespace (glassez)
BUGFIX: Proper handling of share limits in the torrent options dialog (glassez)
BUGFIX: Correctly adjust tracker tier when adding additional trackers (Chocobo1)
BUGFIX: Consistent naming between Done/Progress columns (luzpaz)
BUGFIX: Sanitize peer client names (Hanabishi)
BUGFIX: Immediate application of share limits after torrent download completion (glassez)
BUGFIX: Show download progress for zero-byte size folders as 100 instead of 0 (vikas_c)
BUGFIX: Fix the highlighted piece color (Prince Gupta)
BUGFIX: Apply “merge trackers”logic regardless of how the torrent is added (glassez)
WEBUI: Enhanced WebUI responsiveness (Chocobo1)
WEBUI: Prevent app exit when WebUI fails to start (Hanabishi)
WEBUI: Added Moving filter option in the side panel (xavier2k6)
WEBUI: Introduced a dark theme (d47081)
WEBUI: Remember torrent content files deletion (David)
WEBUI: Keep fields empty for invalid values (Chocobo1)
WEBUI: Implement natural sorting (Chocobo1)
WEBUI: Improve WebUI login functionality (JayRet)
WEBUI: Conditionally display filters sidebar (Thomas Piccirello)
WEBUI: Support for concurrent searches (Thomas Piccirello)
WEBUI: Enhanced accuracy of trackers list (Thomas Piccirello)
WEBUI: Fix error when category is nonexistent (Thomas Piccirello)
WEBUI: Improved mobile scrolling and selection (Thomas Piccirello)
WEBUI: Restore search tabs upon loading (Thomas Piccirello)
WEBUI: Restore previously used tab on load (Thomas Piccirello)
WEBUI: Increased default height of Share ratio limit dialog (thalieht)
WEBUI: Use enabled search plugins by default (Thomas Piccirello)
WEBUI: Added columns for Incomplete Save Path, Info Hash v1, and Info Hash v2 (thalieht)
WEBUI: Persistent creation of generic filter items (skomerko)
WEBUI: Option for Use Category paths in Manual Mode (skomerko)
WEBUI: Option to merge trackers to existing torrents (skomerko)
WEBAPI: Fixed incorrect timestamp values (Chocobo1)
WEBAPI: Send binary data with specified filename and mime type (glassez)
WEBAPI: Exposed API for torrent creators (glassez, Radu Carpa)
WEBAPI: Added support for SSL torrents (Chocobo1, Radu Carpa)
WEBAPI: Endpoint for listing directory contents provided (Paweł Kotiuk)
WEBAPI: “Private”flag available via “torrents/info”endpoint (ManiMatter)
WEBAPI: Added capability to download. torrent files using search plugins (glassez)
WEBAPI: “Private”filter added for “torrents/info”endpoint (ManiMatter)
WEBAPI: Included root_path in “torrents/info”results (David Newhall)
RSS: Display RSS feed titles in HTML browsers (Jay)
RSS: Flexibility to set delays between requests to the same host (jNullj)
SEARCH: Users can specify Python executable paths (Chocobo1)
SEARCH: Lazy loading implemented for search plugins (milahu)
SEARCH: Date column added to the built-in search engine (ducalex)
SEARCH: Rearrangement of search tabs enabled (glassez)
WINDOWS: Adoption of Fusion style on Windows 10+ for better dark mode compatibility (glassez)
WINDOWS: Option to set qBittorrent as the default program (glassez)
WINDOWS: Avoid unexpected access to “Favorites”folder (glassez)
LINUX: Systemd power management support added (Chocobo1)
LINUX: Localized man pages support (Victor Chernyakin)
LINUX: Locale specification when none is set (Chocobo1)
MACOS: Display of download/upload speeds in dock icons (Nick Korotysh)
MACOS: Quarantine support for macOS (Chocobo1)
OTHER: Removed support for Qt5, qmake, autotools, and Windows
OTHER: Minimum supported versions: Qt: 6.5, Boost: 1.76, OpenSSL: 3.0.2
OTHER: Upgraded to C++20