Alternatives to qBittorrent

A full-featured BitTorrent client with no ads, built as an open source replacement for µTorrent. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as qBittorrent.

  • Transmission

    A light BitTorrent client that behaves like a native app on each platform, with a headless daemon for servers.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand lineSelf-hosted

    Transmission is lighter on resources and adds a daemon for servers and routers plus command line tools, but it has no integrated search engine and a less mature Windows build.

  • Deluge

    Plugin-driven BitTorrent client that can run headless with several front ends.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxSelf-hosted

    Deluge adds a plugin system and a daemon that can be driven from desktop, browser or console, but it has no built-in search, a dated interface and infrequent releases.

  • qBittorrent Enhanced Edition

    An unofficial qBittorrent fork that adds automatic blocking of leeching clients and other extras.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    qBittorrent Enhanced Edition keeps the same interface and adds automatic blocking of leeching clients, but it is an unofficial fork whose updates can lag behind upstream.

  • BiglyBT

    An open-source, ad-free BitTorrent client built on the former Azureus and Vuze codebase.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    BiglyBT is also open source and ad-free, adding I2P integration, swarm merging and meta-search, but is heavier and its many options can overwhelm new users.

  • µTorrent

    A BitTorrent client offered as a small desktop app and as a browser-based player.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidWeb

    µTorrent has the interface qBittorrent was modelled on, but it is closed source and freemium, with some features behind a paid plan.

  • Tixati

    A free, ad-free BitTorrent client with detailed bandwidth charts and peer controls.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Tixati is ad-free with detailed bandwidth charts, RSS and IP filtering, but it is closed source and has no macOS version.

  • KTorrent

    KDE's BitTorrent client for Linux, with queuing, speed limits, file selection and plugins.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    KTorrent is a full-featured open-source client with plugins and per-torrent speed limits, but it runs only on Linux and follows KDE conventions.

  • Tribler

    An open-source BitTorrent client with built-in search and Tor-inspired onion routing for more private downloading.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Tribler replaces site-based search with decentralised search and adds onion routing for privacy, though its developers say the anonymity is not yet mature.

Also worth comparing

These listings name qBittorrent as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • BitComet

    A long-running BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP download client with long-term seeding and disk caching.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    qBittorrent is open source under GPL-2.0-or-later and handles torrents only, adding integrated search and RSS filters but dropping HTTP and FTP downloads and Android.

  • BitLord

    A free BitTorrent client for downloading torrents with built-in streaming of audio and video.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    qBittorrent is open source under GPL-2.0-or-later, has no ads, adds Linux support, integrated search and RSS filters, but has no built-in media streaming.

  • BitTorrent

    The official BitTorrent client, available as a desktop app and a streaming web version.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidWeb

    qBittorrent is open source with no ads and adds a Linux build, integrated torrent search and RSS filters, but has no Android app or streaming web version.

  • Fragments

    A simple BitTorrent client for the GNOME desktop, built on the Transmission backend.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    qBittorrent offers more advanced options, including integrated search and regex RSS filters, and runs on Windows and macOS too, with a µTorrent-like interface instead of a GNOME one.

  • FrostWire

    A BitTorrent client, video downloader and media player with search built into the app.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    qBittorrent is a dedicated torrent client with integrated search and regex RSS filters, dropping FrostWire's media player and library and having no Android build.

  • PikaTorrent

    A cross-platform open-source torrent client for desktop and mobile that can stream media.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    qBittorrent is a mature GPL client with integrated search, RSS filters and a web interface, but it has no Android app and no built-in streaming.

  • Porla

    A headless BitTorrent client for servers and seedboxes, with a web interface and Lua scripting.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    qBittorrent can run headless through its web interface and adds search and regex RSS filters, but heavy torrent libraries use noticeable memory.

  • rqbit

    A BitTorrent client written in Rust with a CLI, HTTP API, web interface and desktop app.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hostedCommand line

    qBittorrent is a full desktop client with a web interface for headless use, integrated search and regex RSS filters, but uses noticeable memory with heavy libraries.

  • rTorrent

    A fast ncurses-based BitTorrent client for the terminal, widely used on servers and seedboxes.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    qBittorrent is a graphical client with a web interface for headless use, integrated search and regex RSS filters, but uses more memory with heavy libraries.

Similar software

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