qBittorrent 5.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released as a Major Update

Posted by hanuca on Apr 28, 2025 12:43 PM CST
9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor
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qBittorrent 5.1 has been released as a major update to this open-source, cross-platform, and free BitTorrent client that introduces several new features and other enhancements.

Highlights of qBittorrent 5.1 include support for modern functions to get random numbers under Linux and Windows systems to improve security, support for the Thunar file manager on Linux, support for the “eXact Length” parameter when creating magnet URIs, support for fetching the tracker list from URLs, announce_port support, drag support to the torrent content widget, and the ability to display the external IP address in the status bar.

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