An open-source Bittorrent client

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About

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). qBittorrent is based on the Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar library. - Polished µTorrent-like User Interface - Well-integrated and extensible Search Engine - RSS feed support with advanced download filters (incl. regex) - Many Bittorrent extensions supported - Remote control through Web user interface, written with AJAX - Sequential downloading (Download in order) - Advanced control over torrents, trackers and peers - 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

Additional information

Project

Developer
The qBittorrent Project
Publisher
Ted Kern
License
GPL-3.0-or-later and OpenSSL (free software)What this license lets you do

Install

Available via
Flatpak · Snap (4) · Arch Linux (13) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 27 packagings

Flathub (Flatpak), Snap Store, Snap Store (Candidate build), Snap Store (Beta build), Snap Store (Nightly build), AUR (Enhanced build), AUR (AppImage · Enhanced build), AUR (Git · Enhanced build), AUR (Nox build), AUR (Bin · Nox build), AUR (Git · Nox build), AUR (Qt5 build), AUR (Ua build), AUR (Git build), AUR (Libtorrent-v1 build), AUR (Bin · Static build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Arch Linux (Nox build), Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Solus, Gentoo (Candidate build)

Flatpak sandbox
Wide access

Runs in a sandbox, but a broad part of it is open — typical for tools that need to manage your files or system. It shows what the app is able to do, not what it does.

What it can access
  • Reads and changes all your files
  • Uses the internet

About this data

Sources
Sources use 4 different names
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (39)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Flathub (Flatpak)qBittorrent5.2.4Official buildGPL-3.0-or-later and OpenSSLAn open-source Bittorrent client
Snap StoreqBittorrentrelease-4.3.9—GPL-2.0A free and lightweight torrent client
Snap Store (Candidate build)qBittorrentrelease-4.3.9—GPL-2.0A free and lightweight torrent client
Snap Store (Beta build)qBittorrentrelease-4.3.9—GPL-2.0A free and lightweight torrent client
Snap Store (Nightly build)qBittorrent4.6.5—GPL-2.0A free and lightweight torrent client
AUR (Enhanced build)qbittorrent-enhanced5.2.4.10-1Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-or-laterA bittorrent client powered by C++, Qt and libtorrent (Enhanced Edition)
AUR (AppImage · Enhanced build)qbittorrent-enhanced-appimage5.2.4.10-1Community repackGPL-3.0-or-later AND customA bittorrent client powered by C++, Qt and the good libtorrent library (Enhanced Edition)
AUR (Git · Enhanced build)qbittorrent-enhanced-git5.2.3.10.r0.g44ee266a5-1Community build, patchedcustom AND GPLA bittorrent client powered by C++, Qt6 and the good libtorrent library (Enhanced Edition)
AUR (Nox build)qbittorrent-enhanced-nox5.2.4.10-1Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-or-laterA bittorrent client powered by C++, Qt and libtorrent (Enhanced Edition), w/o GUI
AUR (Bin · Nox build)qbittorrent-enhanced-nox-bin5.2.4.10-1Community repackGPL-3.0-or-later AND customA bittorrent client powered by C++, Qt and the good libtorrent library (Enhanced Edition)
AUR (Git · Nox build)qbittorrent-enhanced-nox-git5.2.3.10.r0.g44ee266a5-1Community build, patchedcustom AND GPLA bittorrent client powered by C++, Qt6 and the good libtorrent library (Enhanced Edition)
AUR (Qt5 build)qbittorrent-enhanced-qt54.6.7.10-1Community build, patchedcustom AND GPLA bittorrent client powered by C++, Qt and the good libtorrent library (Enhanced Edition), Built against Qt5
AUR (Ua build)qbittorrent-enhanced-ua5.2.4.10-1Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-laterAn advanced BitTorrent client programmed in C++, based on Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar (Enhanced Edition with original user-agent)
AUR (Nox build)qbittorrent-enhanced-ua-nox5.2.4.10-1Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-laterAn advanced BitTorrent client programmed in C++, based on Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar (Enhanced Edition with original user-agent)
AUR (Git build)qbittorrent-git1:5.1.0alpha1.r306.gb462a2bf0-1—GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-laterAn advanced BitTorrent client programmed in C++, based on Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar (git version)
AUR (Git · Nox build)qbittorrent-nox-git1:5.1.0alpha1.r306.gb462a2bf0-1Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-laterAn advanced BitTorrent client programmed in C++, based on Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar, w/o gui (git version)
AUR (Libtorrent-v1 build)qbittorrent-libtorrent-v15.0.3-1Community build, patchedGPL-3.0-or-later AND OpenSSLAn advanced BitTorrent client programmed in C++, based on Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar v1
AUR (Bin · Static build)qbittorrent-nox-static-bin5.2.2_v2.0.13-1Community repackGPL3An advanced BitTorrent client programmed in C++. Without GUI. Static binary.
AUR (Qt5 build)qbittorrent-qt54.6.7-1Community build, patchedcustom AND GPLAn advanced BitTorrent client programmed in C++, based on Qt5 toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar
Debianqbittorrent5.1.0-2Distribution build—bittorrent client based on libtorrent-rasterbar with a Qt5 GUI
Debianqbittorrent-nox5.1.0-2Distribution build—bittorrent client based on libtorrent-rasterbar (without X support)
Ubuntuqbittorrent5.1.4-dmo1Distribution build—bittorrent client based on libtorrent-rasterbar with a Qt5 GUI
Ubuntuqbittorrent-nox5.1.4-dmo1Distribution build—bittorrent client based on libtorrent-rasterbar (without X support)
Fedoraqbittorrent5.2.3Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterA Bittorrent Client
Fedoraqbittorrent-nox5.2.3Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterA Headless Bittorrent Client
Arch Linuxqbittorrent5.2.4-1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-laterAn advanced BitTorrent client programmed in C++, based on Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar
Arch Linux (Nox build)qbittorrent-nox5.2.4-1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-laterAn advanced BitTorrent client programmed in C++, based on Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar, w/o gui
Nixpkgsqbittorrent5.2.4Distribution build—Featureful free software BitTorrent client
Nixpkgsqbittorrent-enhanced5.2.3.10Distribution build—Unofficial enhanced version of qBittorrent, a BitTorrent client
Nixpkgsqbittorrent-enhanced-nox5.2.3.10Distribution build—Unofficial enhanced version of qBittorrent, a BitTorrent client
Nixpkgsqbittorrent-nox5.2.4Distribution build—Featureful free software BitTorrent client
openSUSEqbittorrent5.2.4Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterA BitTorrent client in Qt
openSUSEqbittorrent-nox5.2.4Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterA BitTorrent client in Qt, CLI version
Alpine Linuxqbittorrent5.2.1-r0Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterqBittorrent client
Alpine Linuxqbittorrent-nox5.2.1-r0Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterqBittorrent client (webui)
Void Linuxqbittorrent5.2.3_1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterFree software alternative to µtorrent
Void Linuxqbittorrent-nox5.2.3_1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterFree software alternative to µtorrent - no X11
Solusqbittorrent5.1.1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterqBittorrent project aims to provide a Free Software alternative to µTorrent
Gentoo (Candidate build)qbittorrent5.2.4Distribution buildGPL-2+-with-openssl-exception AND GPL-3+-with-openssl-exceptionBitTorrent client in C++ and Qt
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