KTorrent is a BitTorrent client written in C++ for the K Desktop Enivonment (KDE) using the Qt user interface toolkit. It is maintained in the KDE Extragear.
Its main features include:
* Upload and download speed capping / throttling & scheduling
* Internet searching with torrent search engines using KHTML part.
* Support for UDP trackers.
* IP address blacklist plugin
* Port forwarding with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
* Protocol encryption
* DHT (mainline version), and support for trackerless torrents
* µTorrent peer exchange (PEX) support (as of 2.1 RC1).
* File Prioritization
* Ability to import partially-downloaded files
* Directory scanner to automatically watch directories for new torrents
* Manual addition of trackers to torrents
* RSS feed support
* Web interface plugin with default por number 8080


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