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qBittorrent Enhanced EditionDeluge
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

 Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
  • Automatic blocking of leeching clients
  • Same interface as qBittorrent
  • Daemon plus thin clients lets one instance be driven from desktop, browser or console
  • Plugin system covers labels, scheduling and automatic actions
  • Unofficial fork maintained separately from qBittorrent
  • Updates can lag behind upstream releases
  • Releases are infrequent and the interface looks dated
  • Getting daemon, authentication and web interface talking takes some setup
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later License: GPL-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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