qBittorrent: Best Open Source Alternative to uTorrent

qBittorrent is an easy to use BitTorrent client for netbook users. In terms of functionality offered by qBittorrent, it is very similar to uTorrent, both in terms of appearance and functionality. Only major difference between the two, qBittorrent is an open source. It supports a wider range of platforms including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, BSD and UNIX. Additionally, qBittorrent runs and provides the same features on all major platforms (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD).

The application comes with a built-in search engine. It supports for major Torrent indexers, RSS feeds, Torrent creator and Bandwidth filtering among other features. Another feature is that, it supports all BitTorrent extensions such as DHT, Peer Exchange, Full encryption, Magnet URI and should be compatible with UPnP/NAT-PMP, etc. To download a torrent, simply select from the search results and click on the download button.

The main features present in qBittorrent are:

• Polished µTorrent-like User Interface
• Well-integrated and extensible Search Engine
  • Simultaneous search in most famous BitTorrent search sites
  • Per-category-specific search requests (e.g. Books, Music, Movies)
• All Bittorrent extensions
  • DHT, Peer Exchange, Full encryption, Magnet/BitComet URIs, …
• Remote control through a Web user interface
  • Nearly identical to the regular UI, all in Ajax
• Advanced control over trackers, peers and torrents
  • Torrents queueing and prioritizing
  • Torrent content selection and prioritizing
• UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support
• Available in ~25 languages (Unicode support)
• Torrent creation tool
• Advanced RSS support with download filters (inc. regex)
• Bandwidth scheduler
• IP Filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible)
• IPv6 compliant
• Available on most platforms: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD