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/
* Thu Aug 09 2012 - Christophe Dumez <chris@qbittorrent.org> - v3.0.0
- FEATURE: Brand new torrent addition dialog
- FEATURE: Add the ability to choose the save path when using magnet links
(mutoso)
- FEATURE: Add support for adding multiple local torrents at once (Web UI)
- COSMETIC: Improve style of left panel
- BUGFIX: Lower panels no longer gets disabled
- BUGFIX: Major code refactoring and various optimizations.
- BUGFIX: No longer strip root folder from torrent files
For the port:
- Move to unversioned directory. The last few major releases have been
stable upgrades, so there is no reason to maintain different versions.
Introduce qbittorrent 2.9.0, with the following new features vs. the 2.8.x
branch:
* Sat Oct 08 2011 - Christophe Dumez <chris@qbittorrent.org> - v2.9.0
- FEATURE: Add setting to ignore slow torrents in queueing system
- FEATURE: Add advanced setting to announce to all trackers
- FEATURE: Add quick "set as default save path" checkbox to
torrent addition dialog (sledgehammer999)
- BUGFIX: Add tray menu entry for toggling window visibility
- BUGFIX: Fix execution log lines selection and copying
- BUGFIX: Reduce CPU usage when running Web UI
- BUGFIX: Save RSS items to disk regularly for safety
- BUGFIX: Fix ratio calculation (use all_time_download)
- BUGFIX: Fix torrent upload issues (Web UI)
- BUGFIX: Fix some IE incompatibilities (Web UI)
- COSMETIC: Display speed at the beginning of the Window title
- COSMETIC: Several cosmetic fixes to the Web UI
- COSMETIC: Make top toolbar follow system style
- OTHER: Display libraries versions in about dialog (sledgehammer999)
- OTHER: Display qBittorrent version in Web UI about dialog
Set NO_LATEST_LINK in qbittorrent-28, and DEPRECATE it.
