qBittorrent v2 is the closest open source (GNU GPL v2 license) equivalent
to utorrent. It is based on libtorrent-rasterbar.
Features:
Remote control through a Web user interface
* Nearly identical to the regular UI, all in Ajax
Well-integrated and extensible Search Engine
Simultaneous search in most famous BitTorrent search sites
Per-category-specific search requests (e.g. Books, Music, Movies)
All Bittorrent extensions
* DHT, Peer Exchange, Full encryption, Magnet URI
Advanced control over trackers, peers and torrents
* Torrents queueing and prioritizing
* Torrent content selection and prioritizing
UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support
Available in ~25 languages (Unicode support)
utorrent spoofing to bypass private trackers whitelisting
Advanced RSS support with download filters (inc. regex)
IP Filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible)
WWW: http://www.qbittorrent.org/
All qbittorrent development has moved to the 2.8 branch, so introduce
version 2.8.1, and remove the older versions. The 2.8 branch has support
for uTP when combined with the upcoming libtorrent-rasterbar 0.16 release.
Additional new features:
Proxy can be disabled for peer connections
Added support for secure SMTP connection (SSL)
Added support for SMTP authentication
Added UPnP/NAT-PMP port forward for the Web UI port
qBittorrent can update dynamic DNS services (DynDNS, no-ip)
Display peer connection type in peer list (BT, uTP, Web)
Added full regex support to RSS downloader
Added regex help and validation in RSS downloader
Added HTTPS support to Web UI (Ishan Arora)
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Introduce version 2.7.3, the latest in the new 2.7.x branch.
It has the following new features vs. 2.6.x:
- FEATURE: Added search field for torrent content
- FEATURE: Added auto-shutdown confirmation dialog
- FEATURE: Added option to skip torrent deletion confirmation
(Ville Kiiskinen)
- FEATURE: IP address reported to trackers is now customizable
- FEATURE: Inhibit system sleep when torrents are active
(Vladimir Golovnev)
- FEATURE: Added option to bypass Web UI authentication for localhost
- FEATURE: Added option to disable program exit confirmation
- FEATURE: Added per-torrent ratio limiting (Christian Kandeler)
- FEATURE: Torrent content list is now sortable
- BUGFIX: Fix compilation with namespaced Qt (Christian Kandeler)
- BUGFIX: Added length restriction on UI lock password
- COSMETIC: Added monochrome tray icon
- COSMETIC: Improved status bar's style
- OTHER: Make QtDBus dependency optional (X11)
Differences in this port vs. the -26 version:
* libnotify is no longer used, but qtdbus is now optional, so
update OPTIONS and related code accordingly
