Add option to align file to piece boundary when creating new torrent.Allow setting larger checking memory usage in GUI.Add "Remove torrent and its files" option to share ratio limiting.Use PBKDF2 for the GUI lock and WebUI.QBittorrent 4.2.0 WebUI and its new Advanced settingsīesides this, qBittorrent includes a large number of minor new features and improvements: You can also see a list of changes in libtorrent 1.2. For developers there's a page that explains the changes encountered when upgrading to libtorrent 1.2. libtorrent 1.2 comes with some significant API updates - the most important for users being that it saves fastresumes differently, which has the consequence of rechecking all torrents if you downgrade qBittorrent 4.2.0 to an earlier version (which still uses libtorrent 1.1.x). The biggest change in the latest qBittorrent 4.2.0 is the added support for libtorrent 1.2.x (and has dropped support for libtorrent < 1.1.10). The application comes with pretty much everything you'd need in a BitTorrent client, from sequential downloading and bandwidth scheduling to a torrent creation tool, anonymous mode, integrated search engine, RSS feed reader and downloader with advanced filters, IP filtering, and of course support for DHT, PeX, encrypted connections, LSD, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding support, µTP, magnet links, private torrents and more. It comes with a Qt GUI, but it can also be used on a headless server, without requiring the X window system - in both GUI and headless mode you can remote control it through its web user interface.
QBittorrent is a free and open source BitTorrent client for Windows, macOS, OS/2, Linux and FreeBSD, written in C++ (Qt) and Python (for its optional search engine).
You can also remove uTorrent ads.QBittorrent 4.2.0 was released recently featuring support for libtorrent 1.2, some minor new features, as well as WebUI updates. Now you're a complete leecher on torrents and you can configure uTorrent to grab shows using the smart episode filter or SickRage and longer videos automatically with CouchPotato. Set your Maximum upload to 1 if you don't want to share at all or a number of your choice if you are feeling generous and can spare the bandwidth. Go back into Preferences and click Bandwidth. You can also force the upload to be as low as possible so you will be just a leecher (this is frowned upon). Now uTorrent will automatically stop seeding when it completes a download.
Now click Queueing and change all 3 Seeding Goal values to 0.Ĭheck Limit the upload rate and set it to 0 which will change the state from seeding to finished when uTorrent has downloaded the release Make uTorrent Automatically Stop Seeding When CompleteĬlick Options, then Preferences or just press Ctrl+P The spirit of torrenting is sharing, so you should share content you feel is valuable, if nobody seeded, torrents would be useless.Ĭonsider reading Comparing Usenet vs Torrents – Which is Better? for a complete guilt-free leecher experience. This is especially a concern if you are using public trackers like Pirate Bay or KickAssTorrents. If you are torrenting make sure you are doing so safely with a VPN, both Private Internet Access and PureVPN are excellent, affordable solutions which offer great speeds and prevent the legal notices you could get from your ISP if you do not encrypt and protect your IP or use a Seedbox ( review).