BATorrent 3.0.3 [Update]

BATorrent is a lightweight, open-source BitTorrent client built with modern C++ and Qt 6, offering a clean, fast, and privacy-focused alternative to traditional torrent apps. It supports magnet links, .torrent files, resume data, sequential downloading, per-file priorities, and even imports from qBittorrent. Power users benefit from integrated RSS auto-download with regex filtering, duplicate detection, and automatic tracker lists from Stremio. Streaming is seamless thanks to auto-detected players like VLC and IINA.

BATorrent includes robust VPN tools—interface binding, auto-detection for WireGuard-based services like Mullvad and NordLynx, kill switch, proxy support, and IP filtering. A full WebUI enables remote control, while integrations with Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby automate library updates. With themes, speed scheduling, system-tray alerts, and cross-platform support for Windows, Linux, and macOS, BATorrent delivers a polished, high-performance torrenting experience.

BATorrent features:

Core

• .torrent file and magnet link support
• Resume data — picks up where you left off after restart
• Import torrents from qBittorrent
• Create .torrent files from any file or folder
• Sequential download mode
• Per-file priority control (skip, low, normal, high)
• Seed ratio limits with auto-pause
• DHT, PEX, UPnP, NAT-PMP

RSS Auto-Download

• Subscribe to RSS feeds — automatically download new torrents as they appear
• Regex filters — match only what you want (e.g. 1080p|720p, S01E\d+)
• Per-feed settings — custom save path, check interval (5–1440 min), enable/disable
• Auto-download — matched items are downloaded automatically in the background
• Supports magnet links, .torrent URLs, and tags
• Tray notifications when items are auto-downloaded
• Duplicate detection — never downloads the same item twice

Stremio

• Stremio Addon System pre-installed — works out of the box
• Auto tracker list from ngosang/trackerslist

Streaming

• Play while downloading — stream video files before the download is complete
• Supports mp4, mkv, avi, mov, wmv, flv, webm, m4v, ts
• Auto-detects installed players (VLC, IINA, system default)

VPN & Privacy

• Interface binding — lock torrent traffic to a specific network interface (e.g. tun0)
• Auto VPN detection — identifies VPN interfaces (tun, tap, WireGuard, Mullvad, NordLynx, ProtonVPN)
• Kill switch — automatically pauses all torrents if the VPN interface drops
• Auto-resume — resumes only the torrents paused by the kill switch when VPN reconnects
• Proxy support — SOCKS5 and HTTP proxy with optional authentication
• IP filtering — load P2P blocklists to block unwanted IP ranges
• Protocol encryption (enabled / forced / disabled)

WebUI

• Remote management — control torrents from any browser at http://localhost:8080
• REST API with JSON responses
• Add torrents via magnet link or .torrent upload
• Pause, resume, remove torrents remotely
• View peers and files per torrent
• Dark theme matching the desktop app
• HTTP Basic Auth with SHA-256 password hashing
• Configurable port and remote access (localhost vs 0.0.0.0)

Interface

• 3 themes: Dark, Light, Midnight (bat/vampire aesthetic)
• Real-time speed graph
• Detailed panel with tabs: General, Peers, Files, Trackers
• Filter bar: search by name, filter by state (Active, Downloading, Seeding, Paused, Finished)
• Drag & drop .torrent files and magnet links
• Drag & drop reorder in torrent list
• System tray with notifications (download complete, kill switch events, RSS auto-downloads)
• Splash screen with bat animation
• Bilingual: English and Portuguese (BR), auto-detected from system locale

Bandwidth Scheduler

• Alternative speed limits — set different download/upload limits on a schedule
• Time range — configure active hours (e.g. 01:00 to 07:00), supports overnight ranges
• Per-day control — choose which days of the week the schedule applies
• Automatically switches between normal and alternative speeds

Media Server Integration

• Plex — automatically trigger library scan when a download completes
• Jellyfin / Emby — same automatic library refresh via API
• Configure server URL and authentication token/key in Settings

System

• Cross-platform: Windows, Linux, macOS
• Auto-shutdown — automatically shut down PC when all downloads complete (60s cancellable countdown)
• Auto-update system (AppImage on Linux, installer on Windows, DMG on macOS)
• CLI arguments: pass .torrent files or magnet: URIs directly
• Keyboard shortcuts: Space to toggle pause, Ctrl+A to select all, Ctrl+O to open

BATorrent 3.0.2 changelog:

Phone pairing & WebUI

• The browser WebUI was reskinned to match the desktop app — same dark palette, Inter font, flat surfaces, the real BATorrent logo (it was a random bat before), and a proper magnet icon. It now looks like the same product, not a separate dashboard.
• Pairing is one tap and zero typing: the generated WebUI password is now copyable, and the QR code carries the credentials — scanning it from your phone logs straight in (no typing the IP or password), then drops the credentials from the address bar.

Search

• Two new providers: RuTor (CIS sources, no login, via a public TorAPI relay) and Torrents-CSV.
• Results are sorted by seeders (healthiest first), and each search now times out after 15 s so one dead provider can't hang the UI.

Files & trackers

• Per-file priority is back: right-click a file in the detail panel to set Skip / Low / Normal / High.
• Rename an individual file inside a torrent (double-click or the file menu), separate from renaming the torrent.
• Remove a tracker from a torrent (the ✕ on a tracker row); adding was already there.
• Smart Paste on Ctrl+V — paste a magnet, a 40-char info-hash, or a .torrent URL straight from the clipboard and it's added immediately (text fields still paste text normally).

Covers & titles

• Anime fansub naming ([Group] Title - NN) now resolves to the right show.
• Audio channel layouts in titles (DDP5.1, 7.1, …) are stripped so they don't pollute cover matching.

Under the hood

• The legacy QWidget interface is gone. QML had been the only UI since 3.0.0 (reachable old code lived behind a hidden --legacy flag); with parity confirmed, the entire QWidget layer — main window, every dialog, the theme manager — was removed (~13,400 lines). The four restored actions above were features that backend already supported but the QML port had never wired.
• macOS: the WebUI password hash moved out of the keychain into app settings, so launching the app no longer pops a login-keychain password prompt on unsigned builds. The actual password still lives in the keychain.
• Cleanup: ~400 orphaned translation strings and a batch of dead code removed; internal duplication collapsed; an ARCHITECTURE.md added for contributors. Unit / security / memory tests and the ASan/UBSan/TSan sanitizers stay green.

BATorrent 3.0.3 changelog:

Games

• New "All" search that queries every source at once (game catalogs + torrent indexers) and merges the results — picking a single source is now optional. Game search consumes Hydra-format community catalogs (a default is seeded on first run, and you can remove it), downloads with cover art and clean titles, and caches catalogs for instant reuse.

Covers & titles

• Adding a game now shows the right name and cover instantly, no restart needed. The matcher combines several signals — the torrent's file list, edition/qualifier stripping (Early Access, Complete Edition, GOTY), apostrophes (Baldur's = Baldurs), roman/arabic numerals (GTA V = GTA 5) and Cyrillic titles — and validates the API result instead of guessing, so it stops landing on the wrong title.

Fixes

• A completed torrent could start re-downloading when the .!bt incomplete-file mapping desynced from disk. It now reconciles against what's actually on disk and self-heals on launch.
• Added torrents vanished on restart unless they had downloaded data — every added torrent now persists immediately.
• The Peers tab no longer freezes on large swarms (9k+ peers).
• The welcome dialog no longer reappears on Windows after you tick "don't show again".

Interface

• Reworked README with demo GIFs and localized screenshots (the app shown in your own language).
• Ukrainian added — now eight UI languages.
• About: the Ukrainian flag renders correctly and the Donate button opens GitHub Sponsors.

Download: BATorrent 3.0.3 | 30.5 MB (Open Source)
Download: BATorrent Portable | 42.4 MB
Links: BATorrent Website | Screenshot

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