qbittorrent(1)

qbittorrent1

A bittorrent client written in c++ / qt

Usage

qbittorrent [options] [{(<filename> | <url>) ...}]

qbittorrent --help

qbittorrent --version

Overview

qBittorrent is an advanced Bittorrent client written in C++ / Qt, using the libtorrent-rasterbar library by Arvid Norberg. qBittorrent is similar to uTorrent. qBittorrent is fast, stable, light, it supports Unicode and it provides a good integrated search engine. It also comes with UPnP port forwarding / NAT-PMP, encryption (Vuze compatible), FAST extension (mainline) and PeX support (utorrent compatible).

Options

-h | --help Display this help message and exit.

-v | --version Display program version and exit.

--confirm-legal-notice Confirm the legal notice.

--webui-port=<port> Change the WebUI port.

--torrenting-port=<port> Change the torrenting port.

--no-splash Disable splash screen.

--profile=<dir> Store configuration files in <dir>.

--configuration=<name> Store configuration files in directories qBittorrent_<name>.

--relative-fastresume Hack into libtorrent fastresume files and make file paths relative to the profile directory.

(<filename> | <url>)... Download the torrents passed by the user.

Options when adding new torrents

--save-path=<path> Torrent save path.

--add-stopped=<true|false> Add torrents as running or stopped.

--seed-mode Seed mode.

--category=<name> Assign torrents to category. If the category doesn’t exist, it will be created.

--sequential Download files in sequential order.

--first-and-last Download first and last pieces first.

--skip-dialog=<true|false> Specify whether the “Add New Torrent” dialog opens when adding a torrent.

Environment

Option values may be supplied via environment variables. For an option named `parameter-name', the environment variable name is `QBT_PARAMETER_NAME' (upper case, with `-' replaced by ’_`). To pass flag values, set the variable to ’1' or `TRUE'. For example, to disable the splash screen:

QBT_NO_SPLASH=1 qbittorrent

Command line parameters take precedence over environment variables.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0–8
  3. 9–10
  4. 11–12
  5. 13
  6. Arch

Bugs

If you find a bug, please report it at https://bugs.qbittorrent.org

Authors

Christophe Dumez ⟨[email protected]⟩\c .

From qbittorrent 5.3.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.