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KTorrent

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Screenshot of KTorrent

KTorrent is a BitTorrent application by KDE which allows you to download files using the BitTorrent protocol. It enables you to run multiple torrents at the same time and comes with extended features to make it a full-featured client for BitTorrent.

Features:

  • Queuing of torrents
  • Global and per torrent speed limits
  • Previewing of certain file types, build in (video and audio)
  • Importing of partially or fully downloaded files
  • File prioritization for multi-file torrents
  • Selective downloading for multi-file torrents
  • Kick/ban peers with an additional IP Filter dialog for list/edit purposes
  • UDP tracker support
  • Support for private trackers and torrents
  • Support for µTorrent's peer exchange
  • Support for protocol encryption (compatible with Azureus)
  • Support for creating trackerless torrents
  • Support for distributed hash tables (DHT, the Mainline version)
  • Support for UPnP to automatically forward ports on a LAN with dynamic assigned hosts
  • Support for webseeds
  • System tray integration
  • Tracker authentication support
  • Connection through a proxy

In addition to the built-in functionalities, there are some plugins available for KTorrent.

Install on
Linux
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Get it from the Snap Store

Releases RSS

25.12.2 2026-02-05
25.12.1 2026-01-08
25.12.0 2025-12-11
25.08.3 2025-11-06
25.08.2 2025-10-09
25.08.1 2025-09-11
25.08.0 2025-08-14
25.04.3 2025-07-03
25.04.2 2025-06-05
25.04.1 2025-05-08
25.04.0 2025-04-17
24.12.3 2025-03-06
24.12.2 2025-02-06
24.12.1 2025-01-09
24.12.0 2024-12-12
24.08.3 2024-11-07
24.08.2 2024-10-10
24.08.1 2024-09-12
24.08.0 2024-08-22
24.05.2 2024-07-04
24.05.1 2024-06-13
24.05.0 2024-05-23
24.02.2 2024-04-11
24.02.1 2024-03-21
24.02.0 2024-02-28
  • Ported to Qt 6
  • Use a symbolic tray icon
  • Improved the search plugin: removed redundant search bar; used removable tabs instead of a custom delete button; used icon-only buttons for Back, Forward and Reload
  • Improved the spacings of various widgets, and ported much of the UI to use a new frameless look
  • Fixed the country flags being in the Peers tab of the Info Widget
  • Fixed the Import Torrent dialog failing to copy the given .torrent file
  • Fixed the chunkbar tooltip not displaying the legend properly
  • Disable logging to file by default to avoid unnecessary writes to the filesystem, the commandline argument `--enable-logging` can be passed to enable logging to file
  • Fixed the chunkbar tooltip not displaying the legend properly
  • Fixed global shortcut actions
23.08.5 2024-02-15