A modern Android app for managing a qBittorrent instance remotely over its Web API — control your self-hosted server from your phone. Written in Kotlin.
- Live global and per-torrent download/upload speeds, progress, and ETA
- Sort by name, size, progress, speed, ETA, ratio, date added, and more — tap again to reverse
- Search torrents by name from a collapsible search bar
- Filter by status, category, tracker, or tags, with active filters shown as dismissible chips
- Colour-coded status matching the qBittorrent Web UI (downloading, seeding, paused, errored…)
- Add via magnet links or
.torrentfiles, or open them from other apps - Choose a category (pick an existing one or create a new one on the spot), set a save path, start paused, or enable Automatic Torrent Management
- Detects duplicates before adding, so you don't re-add a torrent you already have
- Pause/resume, delete (optionally with data), force recheck, reannounce, and rename
- Set or create categories, manage tags, toggle Automatic Torrent Management, or change the save path
- Detail view with Info, Files, Trackers, and Peers tabs — browse the file tree and copy full paths
- Surfaces the actual failure reason when a torrent errors, instead of a bare "error"
- Works with qBittorrent 4.x and 5.x
- Optional HTTP Basic Auth for servers behind a reverse proxy
- Edit a saved server without re-adding it
- Short, readable messages for network errors
- A persistent status notification showing connection state and current speeds
Self-signed HTTPS: certificates are validated properly (no blanket "trust everything" option). To use a self-signed cert, install it on your device via Settings → Security → Install a certificate — the app then trusts it with full validation. Plain HTTP on a LAN and normally-signed HTTPS work without any setup.
- Multiple servers — manage more than one qBittorrent server
- Tags — create new tags and assign them when adding a torrent
- Settings screen — in-app preferences to configure behaviours such as the status notification and the refresh/polling interval
- Export/import config — back up and restore server configurations and settings to a file
Captain qBit began as a fork of Yash-Garg/qBittorrent-Manager and builds on that foundation. Thanks to the original author and contributors for their work.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 — the same license as the upstream project, so this app and any derivatives stay GPL-3.0.
- Original work © Yash Garg and contributors
- Modifications © 2026 Aviad Gafni