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qBittorrent Enhanced Edition vs Transmission: catalog facts
qBittorrent Enhanced Edition	Transmission
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source, volunteer-run; no paid tier, no advertising.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line, Self-hosted
Automatic blocking of leeching clients Same interface as qBittorrent	Native builds for macOS, Linux and BSD, Windows, plus a daemon for servers and routers Web interface for remote control of any of the above
Unofficial fork maintained separately from qBittorrent Updates can lag behind upstream releases	Fewer built-in extras than qBittorrent: no integrated search engine The Windows build is the least mature of the platforms
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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