Switched from uTorrent to QBitTorrent

So a bunch of people in this subreddit told me that uTorrent was trash and to switch to QBitTorrent.

I didn’t think much of it. How could one be so much better than the other? They’re both just torrent downloaders.

Holy shit was I wrong. I don’t even really understand what is happening, but downloading torrents on QBitTorrent is so, so, so much faster and I don’t even understand how.

A movie downloads in basically seconds compared to 10 or 20 minutes on uTorrent.

Why is this? What is this magic? What makes QBitTorrent so much faster?

skydivekingair,

I tried grabbing Qbit and all I could find was malware. I used to be so so good at navigating all this stuff and stopped to stream for a little. ☹️

prole,

yay qbittorrent

Ashiette,

sudo apt install qbittorrent

Oha,

sudo pacman -S qbittorrent

Spearman3618,

flatpak install org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent

Oha,

sudo dnf install qbittorrent

null,

The official website with downloads is the first hit on Google…

ardi60,
@ardi60@reddthat.com avatar

winget install --id=qBittorrent.qBittorrent -e

tordenflesk,

Scoop install qbittorrent

choco install qbittorrent

Octopus1348,
@Octopus1348@lemy.lol avatar

What OS do you have? If Windows, it is available in the Microsoft store.

MomoTimeToDie,

Let’s be real, that’s the last place anyone would look for a torrent client

DebatableRaccoon, (edited )

Doesn’t sound like you were looking in the right places

Serinus,

The best executables with malware actually perform the function you expect them to.

DebatableRaccoon,

You’re not wrong but that’s not the point here. QBittorrent doesn’t have malware which means they got it from the wrong source.

Shimitar,

Emerge -v qbittorrent

Untitled4774,

There are a handful of features that I really like with qbittorrent but there were plugins I can’t find replacements for from Deluge:

  • having items deleted after meeting seeding requirements, as *arr auto imports, but having exceptions for private trackers
  • the above without having the *arr stack have a permanent warning
  • auto adding public default trackers to any public torrent

I’ve switched back and forth a few times and I run them side by side but let deluge take the reins of most of it because I have it set up to be hands off with the above.

If anyone knows how I can set up qbt the same way that would be great though

tordenflesk,

qbit_manage

Untitled4774,

Beautiful! Thanks so much

brickfrog,

auto adding public default trackers to any public torrent

qB already has that, see Tools / Options / BitTorrent / “Automatically add these trackers to new downloads”

I don’t use that feature but it seems to be there.

speq,

The third should be possible with this maintained fork:

github.com/c0re100/qBittorrent-Enhanced-Edition

TunaLobster,

github.com/jerrymakesjelly/autoremove-torrents

pineapplelover, (edited )

Utorrent kind of went really downhill and sold itself. Nobody should ever use utorrent anymore

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-VEB4NLGMM

Tldr; bittorrent bought out utorrent and started putting ads in the client

Blaster_M,

I prefer Transmission, as they have Windows ports as well.

nudnyekscentryk, (edited )
@nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

Transmission afaik does not have a built-in search functionality with plugins for popular trackers

TwiddleTwaddle,

That feature makes sense to aggregate search results from multiple public trackers, but if you (like me) use private trackers then it’s almost always easier to just go to the actual website for your search. Not to mention any automation software such as the *arr stack make that feature obsolete. It’s definitely a cool feature, but not useful for everyone.

mynamesnotrick,

Yup, I’m using transmission in a docker container that ensures my VPN is always connected. Nice to not have to worry about that.

rtxn,

uTorrent has been down the shitter for over a decade now, I wouldn’t be surprised if the download speed was throttled without a pro subscription. It could also be a difference in how the applications discover seeds, or how much CPU time or memory is allocated to downloads.

As a general rule, if an application is full of anti-features, it tends to have better, usually FOSS, alternatives.

nudnyekscentryk, (edited )
@nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

And alternativeto.net is the place to find them alternatives

angelsomething,

I have had the same experience switching from deluge to qbittorrrent. It’s like, another world.

WeLoveCastingSpellz,

uTorrent is adware

CaptainSpaceman,

Ever since uTorrent started mining on users computers, ive been on QBT

kratoz29,
@kratoz29@lemm.ee avatar

Is it still being updated? I ran from it when I knew Transmission and Qbittorrent were a thing.

Melatonin,

I’m assuming you mean you were using one of the older, “safe” versions of uTorrent. But yeah, the technology has updated. It’s better.

MIDItheKID,

I switch from uTorrent to qBittorrent when Ninite dropped it. I wasn’t aware that uTorrent had become aware, and Ninite had my back. I trust those guys with the selection of softwares they offer.

FlavoredButtHair,
@FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world avatar

Yea and their background updater is a must. I paid $10 for the exe. No serial numbers needed.

LocustOfControl,

I do miss that really detailed block download page, but that’s only cos I’d watch it instead of doing something useful with my life.

CaptainBasculin,

I don’t know if uTorrent does ratelimit torrents someway (they shouldn’t be by theory), but it being adware is enough of a result to switch to another torrent client.

I’m more of a fan of Deluge, but alternatives like qBittorrent / Transmission are solid choices.

Sterben,
@Sterben@lemmy.ml avatar

Trasmission never worked well for me, on the other hand qBittorrent did the job perfectly.

Sterben,
@Sterben@lemmy.ml avatar

QBittorrent has been my torrent Client for 4/5 years at this point, never having problems. It works on my Steam Deck too (Arch).

n8vos,

where does Tixati fit on your lists?

Anon518, (edited )

I found qBT to be missing features utorrent has, and thus I stick with UT v2.2, which is the latest recommended one before they started making controversial changes. I’ve never had any issues with utorrent’s speed.

xenspidey,

What features are those?

Anon518,

I checked real quick and the setup guide that changes all the settings according to your internet speed, and the ability to stop torrents when they meet the goal. Qbt can only pause or remove them. Pausing leaves you connected and anti-piracy groups get your IP and submit complaints, and I don’t want them automatically removed. There may be more.

TopRamenBinLaden, (edited )

In qBittorrent, “Pause”, aka “stop”, stops all data transfer and tears down all peer connections associated with the torrent. You can even verify this with Wireshark. This is functionally equivalent to uTorrent’s stop button.

See this thread here.

Anon518,

I checked it out more, there’s no “remove torrent & delete torrent file”, there’s only “permanently delete files” which is not clear at all and sounds like it will delete both the .torrent and the downloaded files, which is not what I want. utorrent 2.2 seems to be pretty flawless for me.

TopRamenBinLaden, (edited )

If you right click a torrent and select remove, it automatically deletes the torrent files that qBT stores in the appData or home folder. If you check ‘permanently delete files’ it also deletes the media associated with the torrent file.

Most people dislike uTorrent because of the fact it was loaded with malware(cryptominer) and ads(hopefully the version you are using is before this crap). Also, download speeds are faster on qBitTorrent.

That being said, the UI is definitely a little different and I understand not wanting to learn a new workflow. You do what works best for you, friend.

Anon518,

Thanks for the info!

TopRamenBinLaden, (edited )

You are very welcome. You aren’t the first person to have been misled by the pause versus stop name convention thing. There are tons of questions about it on the qBT forums showing many other people were concerned that there was no way to ‘stop’ torrents in qBT. I had to look into it myself when I first switched.

Lightrider,

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