3.2beta1 released
After many months of work, the first beta for the 3.2 release is out. This is major release adding 3 new plugins, a plasma applet and some major improvements. Amongst the many improvements are :
- Kross based scripting plugin
- Syndication plugin supporting RSS and Atom feeds
- Plugin to control the file download order of a multifile torrent
- Redesign of chunk memory management, resulting in a significant decrease in memory usage
- Plasma applet to monitor torrents on your desktop
- Performance improvements when handling torrents with a lot of files
- And many smaller features ...
The source code can be found here.
KTorrent 3.1.5 released
Another bugfix release in the 3.1 series is out. This release fixes several minor issues and one nasty crash caused by a Qt bug. People experiencing sporadic crashes should upgrade to 3.1.5.
The source code can be found here: ktorrent-3.1.5.tar.bz2
KTorrent 2.2.8 has been released
We have backported the security fixes for the webinterface plugin in 3.1.4 to the 2.2 series, which leads to the release of 2.2.8. This is the final release for KDE3, no more releases will be made for it, not even security fixes.
3.1.4 released
Another bugfix release for the 3.1 series is out. This fixes several bugs :
- A crash caused by a SIGBUS, when diskspace preallocation is disabled
- High CPU usage when DNS lookups fail in the UDP tracker code
- Several security issues in the webinterface plugin
Packages can be found on the downloads page
KTorrent 3.1.3 is out
A new bugfix release for the 3.1 series is out. Several crashes were fixed, the webgui login has been made more secure, the webseed speed calculation has been fixed, and many more fixes have been done. For more details take a look at the ChangeLog. The source code can be found here.
Update: the package has been updated to fix a compile error with Qt 4.4.2
New KTorrent website online
Rejoice, for ktorrent has a new website !
3.1.2 is out
The second bugfix release for 3.1 is out. The most notable fixes are a problem which can cause a lot of memory usage, several crashes, and a bug in the file deselection code. The performance of the GUI and the downloading code has also been improved.
Source code can be found here.
3.1.1 has been released
The first bugfix release for the 3.1 series is out. It fixes a crash when double clicking on directories on the fileview, and avoids a nasty Qt bug which caused hidden torrents to be shown when clicking on the header of a view. Next to these two, several other minor fixes have been made. For more details, take a look at the ChangeLog.
Source code can be found here.
3.1 is out
The 3.1 release of KTorrent has arrived. This release fixes a bunch of small bugs found in 3.1rc1. This is now the new stable version of KTorrent.
Source code can be found here.
3.1rc1 is out
The first release candidate for the 3.1 release has been released. This release fixes several bugs and adds a new recommended settings calculator feature. The UPnP plugin has been revamped, and the bandwidth scheduler has a much improved way of adding and editing items.
Source code can be found here.

