qBittorrent 4.4.1 – Neowin – Integer Software

The qBittorrent project aims to provide a free software alternative to µtorrent. qBittorrent is an advanced, cross-platform BitTorrent client with a nice user interface as well as a web UI for remote control and a built-in search engine. qBittorrent aims to meet the needs of most users while using as little CPU and memory as possible. qBittorrent is a true Open Source project, and as such anyone can and should contribute.

qBittorrent Features:

Polite µTorrent-like user interface
Well integrated and extendable search engine
Simultaneous search in the most famous BitTorrent search sites
Category-specific search queries (e.g. books, music, movies)
All Bittorrent Extensions
DHT, Peer Exchange, Full Encryption, Magnet/BitComet URI, …
Remote control via web user interface
Almost identical to the standard UI, all in Ajax
Advanced control of trackers, peers and torrents
Torrent queuing and prioritization
Selection and prioritization of torrent content
Support UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding
Available in ~25 languages (Unicode support)
Torrent creation tool
Advanced RSS support with upload filters (including regex)
Bandwidth Planner
IP filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible)
IPv6 Compliant
Available on most platforms: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD

qBittorrent 4.4.1 Release Notes:

THE WINDOWS:

Windows 10+ users can also use the Qt6 version of the installer. Qt6 offers better HiDPI compatibility. Known issue: Progress bar text may have the wrong color or not appear at all. You can upgrade to the standard version (based on Qt5) until it is resolved. The Qt6 version is not much tested. The v4.4.x series will likely be the last to support Qt5 and therefore Windows 7 and 8. It will see releases until at least summer 2022.

Linux:

An AppImage is now available. It uses the latest versions of Qt6, libtorrent, boost, openssl. It is created on Ubuntu 20.04 and should work on any other distro of similar age. It is not well tested. Also, Ubuntu 20.04 is removed from the PPAs because it lacks the minimum required version of Qt5 (5.15.2). The AppImage should cover all remaining users on that version.

MACOS:

The builds will take a few days to download.

qBittorrent 4.4.1 Changes:

FEATURE: Restore all torrent settings in main torrent context menu (thalieht)
FEATURE: Add confirmation to enable Auto TMM from context menu (thalieht)
FEATURE: Add tooltip to automatic torrent management context menu action (thalieht)
FEATURE: Add Select All/None buttons in new torrent dialog (thalieht)
FIX: Keep “torrent info” alive while generating .torrent file (glassez)
BUGFIX: Properly handle automatic TMM in Torrent Files Watcher (glassez)
BUGFIX: Correctly follow the renaming of the root folder (glassez)
BUGFIX: Various mobile torrent code fixes (glassez)
BUGFIX: Update torrent download path field when changing category (thalieht)
BUGFIX: Properly handle received metadata (glassez)
BUGFIX: Store hybrid torrents using legacy filenames (glassez)
BUGFIX: Open correct directory when click on browse button (glass)
BUGFIX: Fixed crash when shutting down and clicking system tray icon (Chocobo1)
BUGFIX: Fixed “free space on disk” in new torrent dialog (thalieht)
BUGFIX: Optimize handling of completed files (Prince Gupta)
BUGFIX: migrate proxy settings (sledgehammer999)
BUGFIX: try to recover missing categories (glass)
WEBUI: WebAPI: fixed wrong key used for categories (Chocobo1)
WEBUI: Remove hack for outdated IE 6 browser (Chocobo1)
RSS: Correctly handle XML parsing errors (glassez)