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qui. A fast, single-binary qBittorrent web UI: manage multiple instances, automate torrent workflows, and cross-seed across trackers.

Installation

qui is provided on our servers. Visit your Settings page to enable qui. Once setup is complete, select the button that says "Open qui" to get started.

Stop and start

Stop the application

pkill -f qui

Start in the foreground

qui serve

Start in the background

screen -S qui qui serve

Attach to running instance in background

screen -r qui

Updating

Whatbox manages updates of this application.

Automatically Restart (optional)

1. Make a file to be used for the script. touch ~/qui_restart.cron
2. Edit the file and enter the text below. nano -w ~/qui_restart.cron

#!/bin/bash
if pgrep -f "qui" > /dev/null
then
    echo "qui is running."
else 
    echo "qui is not running, starting qui"
    screen -dmS qui ~/.local/bin/qui serve
fi
exit

3. Save the file with Ctrl+x and the "y" and Enter to accept overwriting.
4. Make the script executable. chmod +x ~/qui_restart.cron
5. Open your crontab. EDITOR=nano crontab -e
6. Enter the following text

@reboot /home/user/qui_restart.cron >/dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * /home/user/qui_restart.cron >/dev/null 2>&1

7. Save the crontab with Ctrl+x and the "y" and Enter to accept overwriting.