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qBittorrent aims to provide a Free Software alternative to µtorrent with a polished user interface and an abundance of features.
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Pros
Pro Full-featured
qBittorrent covers basics such as Prioritization, Selective Downloading, DHT, PEX, LPD and Magnet URIs as well as Broadcatching, Sequential downloading and Search. It includes MSE/PE for security. It has graphical, web and command line interfaces. Has UPnP, NAT-PMP, NAT traversal for automatic router configuration. Has UDP tracker and µTP data transfer protocol support. Even covers Tracker Exchange, IPv6, web seeding, Embedded tracker, Super-seeding and proxy servers.
Pro Allows share ratio limiting
Can configure to what ratio (amount uploaded/amount uploaded) the torrent should be seeded. You can also configure on whether you want them to be paused or removed after this.
May also set this directly in the ~/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf:
[Preferences]
Bittorrent\MaxRatio=2.5
Bittorrent\MaxRatioAction=0 # 0=Pause, 1=Remove
Pro Can be run as a background service on Linux
You can set up qbittorrent-nox to run in the background automatically each time you start your computer. Access to downloads is through the web interface.
Pro Has a command line interface and a daemon
Can be run on a headless Linux (for text-only mode from the command-line without requiring X11). The package is commonly named qbittorrent-nox (and it's officially supported by qBittorrent).
Pro Good web interface
The remote API and web interface works well. There is headless version too (called qbittorrent-nox).
Pro Familiar interface
Most users are very familiar with μTorrent, and qBittorrent's interface is almost the same; making it easier for new users to navigate the UI.
Pro RSS support
Add RSS feeds for automatic downloading. Apply filters to only download what you want.
Pro Sequential downloading
Allows to download the first file of a series prior to the following items.
Pro Enables streaming media while it's downloading
qBittorrent supports sequential downloading that allows users to download files in sequential order. That means that media such as video or audio can be streamed a the same way it can be with any other streaming service.
Pro IP filtering
IP filtering blocks set IP addresses. It's usually used to block communications with certain companies that are against p2p activity, etc.
Pro RSS support
Add RSS feeds for automatic downloading. Apply filters to only download what you want.
Pro Super-seeding
Algorithm that helps downloaders to be able to become uploaders more quickly.
Pro Preload Magnet metadata
Obtain lists of files in Magnet before prompting the user for a download location.
Pro Can be used to create torrents (embedded tracker)
qBittorrent can be used to create a torrent to share large files/folders with other people.
Pro Has a command line interface and a daemon
Can be run on a headless Linux (for text-only mode from the command-line without requiring X11). The package is commonly named qbittorrent-nox (and it's officially supported by qBittorrent).
Pro Good web interface
The remote API and web interface works well. There is headless version too (called qbittorrent-nox).
Pro IP filtering
IP filtering blocks set IP addresses. It's usually used to block communications with certain companies that are against p2p activity, etc.
Cons
Con Constant IO error
If there is no free space, you're going to have infinite amounts of io error notifications every couple of seconds.
Con Has issues with large torrent numbers
Various issues occur with large torrent numbers (anywhere between 300 and 1000 torrents) including timestamp and file corruptions.
Con Torrent downloads can freeze
Multiple people have reported that torrents stop downloading and stay in a "stalled" state indefinitely.
Con No mobile web UI
When accessing the web ui on a mobile device such as a phone, it uses the desktop interface.
Con Missing Files error on completed downloads
This error occurs usually on Linux. If you have a completed torrent and qbittorrent is restarted, it will show that those files are missing. Bug has also been created.
Con Needs to be reinstalled from time to time
Sometimes it just stops downloading, the fix is uninstalling and installing again. It's a pain, but ends up working.
Con WebUI version is slow when going into files tab
It's moving in slow motion when accessing the WebUI files tab of a seedbox with a phone.
Con Updating wipes all settings and RSS
After updating the tracker through the reminder, all settings including the RSS are wiped out and reverted back to default settings with a 'naked' RSS feed.
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