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qBittorrent 4.4 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Adds an Official AppImage, Qt 6 Support
The Qt-based qBittorrent open-source, free and cross-platform BitTorrent client has been
updated today to version 4.4, a major release that introduces plethora of new features and
improvements.
After more than half a year of development, qBittorrent 4.4 is finally and it’s the
first stable release of popular BitTorrent client to offer a pre-compiled binary in the
AppImage universal binary format for GNU/Linux distributions.
The good news is that it’s now a lot easier to run qBittorrent on your favorite distro.
Created on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, the AppImage doesn’t require installation and uses the
latest versions of the Qt 6, libtorrent, Boost, and OpenSSL libraries.
The bad news is that the AppImage isn’t well tested, so do send feeback to the developers
if you experience issues with it.
I’ve tested the AppImage on a Fedora Linux 35 installation and it works without issues.
Apart from the AppImage, which will probably make many users happy, the qBittorrent 4.4
release adds support for v2 torrents, libtorrent 2.0.x support, Qt 6 support, support for folder
based UI themes, as well as the ability to set a temporary folder per torrent and category.
This release also exposes libtorrent’s hashing_threads settings, implements the ability to announce
to all trackers if the IP address has been changed, adds connection_speed to the advanced
settings, adds automatic detection for OpenBSD and Haiku systems in the configure script,
and prolongs the wait time for shutting down the qbittorrent-nox command-line client.
The user interface also received some attention and it now features a new “Notification
timeout” option, filter “Checking” on the side panel, tooltips for various columns
and for the listening port spinbox, context menu to toggle content tab columns, “Forced
metadata downloading” state, a “Skip hash check” option for watched folders, as well
as a “Show torrent options” double-click action.
Also improved is the WebUI (the web-based interface), which received reverse proxy source
IP resolution, arrow keys navigation for UI tables and for expanding or collapsing UI
folders, a pieces progress bar in the General tab, touch support for sorting UI tables,
and the ability to use the correct URL scheme in user prompt when HTTPS is enabled.
Other than that, the search function now offers a context menu for tabs in the search widget
and additional download options to the torrent search result right-click context menu.
Of course, there are also numerous bug fixes and corrections to make your BitTorrent sessions
more reliable and stable.
You can download qBittorrent 4.4 right now from the official website as an AppImage or
a source tarball.
To use the AppImage, right click on it and set it’s permissions to allow executing
the file as a program.
For more details about the changes included in this major release, check out the release
announcement page.
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qBittorrent 4.4.0 announced
As an alternative to the program named µTorrent, whose release candidate was announced on October
31, 2021 , version 4.4.0 of qBittorrent , which was developed with the libtorrent library,
has been announced.
Apart from the new version, which is the last version in the 4.3.x series, it is said that
a test version has been put into use.
GNU General Public LicenseThe software made available with the software can be used on
different platforms such as GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD.
The software, which has a completely understandable interface, has some features that other clients
can have with plugins, such as alternative speed limits, planner.
qBittorrent supporting all torrent extensions; It also provides Turkish language support.
Extremely simple to use, written in Qt, successful and trouble-free torrent client in terms of
use of system resources, has a plain and simple interface.
qBittorrent allows you to remotely connect to your computer and control the qBittorrent
application, even when you are not at your computer.
To set this up, all you have to do is activate the feature by clicking the web interface
tab.
Advanced tab,qBittorrent, which appeals to experienced users from new users, is mostly
compatible with the KDE desktop environment.
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Bittorrent client qBittorrent 4.4.0 released with v2 torrent support
The developers of qBittorrent, a popular cross-platform Bittorrent client, have released qBittorrent
4.4.0 to the public.
The new version introduces support for a Qt6 build for Windows 10 and newer, which promises
better HiDPI compatibility according to the developers.
The qBittorrent 4.4.x release branch could be the last to support Qt5, and that would
also mean that it would be the last branch to support Microsoft's Windows 7 and 8 operating
systems.
Releases will continue until at least Summer 2022.
Windows 10 and 11 users may select to install the Qt5 version until then, or switch to the
Qt6 version at any given time.
An AppImage is offered for qBittorrent on Linux.
It "uses the latest versions of Qt6, libtorrent, boost, openssl" and is created on Ubuntu 20.04.
The developers note that it is not tested well at this point.
Mac OS X builds are not yet available, but scheduled for a release in the coming days.
qBittorrent 4.4.0 The new version of the torrent client includes
several new features and improvements.
Besides added support for Qt6, qBittorrent 4.4.0 does introduce support for v2 torrents
and libtorrent 2.0.x.
The Bittorrent v2 protocol improves the standard by introducing new features to it.
Among the changes are that torrents use SHA-256 hashes instead of SHA-1.
The new torrent version is not backwards compatible, which means that two different versions of
an offering are created when version 1 and version 2 torrent files are downloaded or
created.
The option to create hybrid torrents is provided, however.
Another option that is introduced is the ability to download files from multiple torrents reliably
thanks to unique file hashes.
The introduction of support for v2 torrents guarantees that qBittorrent users won't run
into any issues when downloading these new torrent versions.
QBittorrent 4.4.0 includes a new option to set the temp folder per torrent or category,
and an option to skip hash checks for monitored folders.
Another folder-specific improvement is support for folder-based user interface themes.
Existing installations can be upgraded to the new version as usual.
Interested users find the full changelog, listing all new features, improvements and
bug fixes here.
Closing Words
Support for Windows 7 and 8 will run out later this year when qBittorrent 4.4.x reaches its
end of life.
Users on those systems may use the older versions, but these won't receive any more feature updates,
bug fixes or security fixes anymore once development jumped to a new version.
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The qBittorrent project aims to provide a Free Software alternative to µtorrent.
qBittorrent is an advanced and multi-platform BitTorrent client with a nice user interface
as well as a Web UI for remote control and an integrated search engine.
qBittorrent aims to meet the needs of most users while using as little CPU and memory
as possible.
qBittorrent is a truly Open Source project, and as such, anyone can and should contribute
to it.
qBittorrent features:
Polished µTorrent-like User Interface 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/BitComet
URIs, ... Remote control through a Web user interface
Nearly identical to the regular UI, all in Ajax
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)
Torrent creation tool Advanced RSS support with download filters
(inc.
regex) Bandwidth scheduler
IP Filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible) IPv6 compliant
Available on most platforms: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD
qBittorrent 4.4.0 release notes:
WINDOWS:
Users of Windows 10+ can also use the Qt6 version of the installer.
Qt6 offers better HiDPI compatibility.
Known issue: The text on the progress bar may have wrong color or not appear at all.
You may switch to the regular version(Qt5 based) until it is resolved.
The Qt6 version isn't tested much.
The v4.4.x series will probably be the last one that supports Qt5 and therefore Windows
7 and 8.
It will see releases at least until the summer of 2022.
LINUX:
An AppImage is now offered.
It uses the latest versions of Qt6, libtorrent, boost, openssl.
It is created on Ubuntu 20.04 and it should work on any other similarly aged distro.
It isn't well tested.
Also Ubuntu 20.04 is dropped from the PPAs because it doesn't have the minimum required
Qt5 version (5.15.2).
The AppImage should cover any users left on that version.
MACOS:
Builds will be uploaded in the next days.
This entry will be updated to contain relevant info, so check back here too.
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