ruTorrent v5.0 Mobile

After four long months of development, we are pleased to announce that ruTorrent v5.0 Mobile is now stable! This is a rewrite of the web client using the bootstrap wrapper to support mobile devices. Special thanks to @jevenski and all our other contributors!

Our main goal with this major version release was to make ruTorrent usable on mobile devices. The previous major version had design flaws, that did not permit mobile usage. Our next v5.1 development cycle will address ease of use to make operation easier!

Special thanks to our Beta Testers @Airman8 @koblack @jevenski @stickz! We conducted a 10 day accelerated beta development cycle, where 20 plus bugs were eliminated from the web client. This will avoid numerous hotfixes and allow platforms to deploy right away!

Mobile Device Changes

1. Reworked the status bar to display less information to fit on smaller screens.
2. Hide the category list with a toggle feature in the top left corner to display it.
3. Reworked settings menu with flexible layouts to fit on smaller screens.
4. Reworked all dialogs with flexible layouts to fit on smaller screens.
5. Basic fixes for torrent information tabs to prevent overflowing.
6. Added a toggle feature to display the menu controls.
   • Sub menus will be improved in v5.1.

Feature Changes

1. A new directory search feature was added to find files and folders faster. Simply start typing and results will be filtered!
2. A new plugin dump was added to provide additional information about torrent files. It requires an external program that can be found here: https://github.com/TheGoblinHero/dumptorrent
3. Extratio no longer requires the throttle plugin to operate. This means platforms which currently cannot support throttle for throughput reasons can re-enable the plugin! This will provide useful extended ratio functionality to users!
4. Throttle throughput problems have been addressed in the latest release of rTorrent. Once that becomes stable, we will push a hotfix with version detection to ruTorrent v5. It will support the plugin with up to 33 gigabit speeds, to eliminate the throughput barrier!
5. The iPad plugin now only operates on the Safari web browser. It was replaced by full support for mobile devices in ruTorrent v5. Safari does not support contextmenu, therefore will need to keep it around for a little bit longer.

What's Changed

• New plugin for dumping .torrent info by @TheGoblinHero in #2650
• Prepend "Save" button after spectrograms are generated by @jevenski in #2667
• added a copy button to console log window by @jevenski in #2666
• Add keyboard shortcuts to search field by @jevenski in #2668
• Apply grid layout on add torrent dialog for better responsiveness by @jevenski in #2674
• Add a search bar to _getdir list by @jevenski in #2680
• Apply grid layout on create torrent dialog by @jevenski in #2683
• Apply grid layout to Ratio Rules dialog by @jevenski in #2684
• Make throttle an optional dependency for extratio by @jevenski in #2685
• Update lang files for check port and create plugin by @jevenski in #2688
• Make responsive status bar by @jevenski in #2690
• Apply flex layout to RSS Rule Manager dialog by @jevenski in #2691
• Apply flex layout to save-to dialog window by @jevenski in #2692
• Apply flex layout to edit dialog window by @jevenski in #2694
• Migrate from grid-only to full Bootstrap by @jevenski in #2695
• Add a responsive top menu by @jevenski in #2696
• Update/create PT-pt translations by @Frias in #2697
• Apply flex layout to settings dialog by @jevenski in #2698
• s-table flex layout & various bug fixes by @jevenski in #2700
• Apply flex layout to several dialog windows by @jevenski in #2703
• Apply flex window to main content division by @jevenski in #2705
• Add responsive side panel by @jevenski in #2709
• Apply flex layout to option-related plugins by @jevenski in #2710
• Apply flex layout to RSS plugin by @jevenski in #2711
• Apply flex layout to tab bar by @jevenski in #2712
• Apply flex layout to various plugins by @jevenski in #2715
• Apply flex layout to three of the remaining plugins by @jevenski in #2716
• Apply flex layout to screenshots plugin by @jevenski in #2717
• Rewrite _getdir plugin by @jevenski in #2718
• Apply flex layout to chunks tab page by @jevenski in #2719
• Drop ipad plugin for ruTorrent v5.0 by @stickz in #2720
• Various bug fixes for v5-beta1 by @jevenski in #2722
• Various bug fixes for Beta 2 by @jevenski in #2723
• Fix torrent deleted without confirmation by @jevenski in #2724

New Contributors

• @TheGoblinHero made their first contribution in #2650
• @jevenski made their first contribution in #2667

Full Changelog: v4.3.7...v5.0.0