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Seeing the official website states that the client is "barely supported," I'm wondering, is it worth using a different one?

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[-] land@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

I don’t have any issues with the Qbittorrent desktop client. I’m also running Qbittorrent Docker.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago

What is the benefit of running qBittorrent in Docker? Container proxy?

[-] land@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

I’m running a media server on my MacBook. MacOS by default doesn’t support split tunnels, so I’m using qBittorrent + VPN Docker container to achieve that. That way, only qBittorrent is using the VPN file, no other service.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 1 points 1 week ago

Thank you. Appreciate it. Good way to get multiple things done at the same time.

[-] land@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah. If I use the default VPN app, many websites would simply block my IP address, so it’s a good way to separate Qbittorrent from other apps and services.

[-] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

I can't complain, but I do have a weird issue when I close qbittorent it doesn't quite or stop... It freezes and shuts down unexpectedly :/ Very strange.

I only use it for public trackers tho, but after testing all the alternatives on Mac, qbittorrent is probably the best feature wise.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Same for me. I also have to reboot more often as the system seems to get buggy if I’ve been running it for a while.

[-] land@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

I suggest fully uninstalling the app using tools like App Cleaner and then reinstalling it.

[-] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the pointer, but this happens even on a fresh reinstall. I guess it's somehow related to my MacOS version I haven't updated for a while :/.

Anyway, I going for Asahi Linux in my next install so I don't want to tweak further into macOS. I'm getting tired to fight my system instead of working with it !

[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

It worked well in my experience, no problems at all. I used it for a while a couple months ago until I set the web interface back up on my server.

[-] jadedwench@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I second docker. I do use the docker version on my server, but I use docker on my Mac all the time. I really enjoy not having to screw around and have to go through the process of installing certain things and docker desktop on Mac just works. I pretty much use homebrew or docker.

It works perfect for me except for a weird bug that’s been documented for half a decade but no one is solving.

The bug being that when your DNS slows down and the connection is cut for a second. The torrent client doesn’t automatically try to restablish connections you actually have to restart the client to get your torrents going again.

this post was submitted on 27 May 2025
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