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qBittorrent

BitTorrent client with a web UI — used as the download client for Sonarr, Radarr, and Lidarr.

Imagelscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:latest
Web UIhttp://your-server:8080
Config path{BASE_DIR}/qbittorrent/config
Data{BASE_DIR}/data (downloads and media)
Websiteqbittorrent.org
Source codeGitHub

Resource Impact

PerformanceLow — Lightweight download client
StorageHigh — Stores torrents and media files

Installation

sh
mithrandir install qbittorrent

Ports

PortProtocolDescription
8080TCPWeb UI
6881TCP/UDPBitTorrent traffic

Auto-Configuration

When installed via the setup wizard, qBittorrent is automatically configured with automatic torrent handling, downloads root path and adds authentication to the webUI.

Setup

  • Go to the qBittorrent webUI settings (cog icon).
  • In the "Downloads" section, check "Delete .torrent files afterwards", set "Default Torrent Managing mode" to "Automatic", and set the "Default Save Path" to /data/downloads.
  • In the "Web UI" section, change the default username and password.

An additional guide for qBittorrent is available here (Trash Guides) and here here (Yams).