qBittorrent
Free cross-platform bittorrent client with a feature rich Web UI for remote access.
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Still maintained? Yes: 111 commits in the last 90 days, latest release release-5.3.0 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
qBittorrent quick facts
- Health score
- 88/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 41,229
- Last commit
- 4 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- release-5.3.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "qBittorrent is a [BitTorrent] client programmed in C++ / Qt that uses [libtorrent] (sometimes called libtorrent-rasterbar) by Arvid Norberg."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
qBittorrent scores 88/100, #3 of 8 in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing: 111 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (release-5.3.0, 10 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 41,229 stars add 18.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
111 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
release-5.3.0 released 10 days ago
- Stars 18.5 / 20
41k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 111
- Last 90 days
- 507
- Last 12 months
- 4 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 8 tools in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing by health , between Webtor (#2) and Transmission (#4) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | C++ |
| Latest release | release-5.3.0 · 10 days ago |
| Stars | 41,229 |
| Open issues | 2,599 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | qbittorrent/qBittorrent ↗ |
qBittorrent vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with qBittorrent (File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slskd | 95 | 4.2k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Webtor | 91 | 713 | MIT | today |
| qBittorrent (this tool) | 88 | 41k | GPL-2.0 | 4 days ago |
| Transmission | 87 | 15k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| bittorrent-tracker | 55 | 1.9k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| bitmagnet | 40 | 4.4k | MIT | 3 months ago |
qBittorrent: common questions
Is qBittorrent still maintained?
qBittorrent had 111 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 days ago; the latest tagged release, release-5.3.0, is from 10 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.