Dark theme for qBittorrent on Windows 10

[heymaad]

I've seen a lot of images of dark theme applied to qtBittorrent. I am unable to find any such option in the program. I understand Qt, somehow, can change the theme as per the system's settings. I've selected "dark" option in the personlization in Settings (Windows 10), but the theme in the program doesn't change.

Help please.

[adem4ik]

#6434

[Dark-Yox]

What you saw on the internet is probably this unofficial installer https://github.com/suratovvlad/qbittorrent-installer

[maboroshin]

Official version 4.2.0 is out now. This version supported Theme file.

[gue88]

Where do I find these themes? I've manage to find one called "material" that is just a horrendous blue background with blue text. Is there anyway I can make these myself, or edit the source code somehow?

[oghaki]

I would also be curious about how to generate a qbtheme file. The files themselves appear to be binary, and I thought they might be some kind of archive file containing the QSS as well as icons and resource files. However, I had no luck extracting it with 7-zip, even changing the file extension to various archive formats.

[ArtexJay]

I think it would be better if QBittorrent would use system settings to apply a default dark theme if and when it exists.

[spiritv2]

It was asked here but apparently skimmed over, if anyone knows and can post a link to where any theme files are available to download, that would be appreciated.

[gue88]

@spiritv2 some are available here: https://github.com/jagannatharjun/qbt-theme.

but as you can see from these previews:

#6434 (comment)

They're absolute shit. Lack of accessibility to these files are due to the way they are compiled and no 'tutorials' on how to make one whatsoever.

[spiritv2]

Ok thanks mate, guess I'll just stick to the forked dark version until more skins get released (hopefully). Here's a link to that other one in case - https://github.com/suratovvlad/qbittorrent-installer/releases

[PwrSrg]

We need OFFICIAL theme files. Specifically DARK themes, and specifically Monokai!

[AverageUnknown]

It's 2020 there is absolutely no reason for qBittorrent to not have a native dark theme.

[lbogaardt]

Given that unofficial, possibly unsafe, installers are popping up to satisfy the demand for dark themes, this should become a priority for the official qBittorent team. We thank you for your effort.

[epigramx]

#6434

[epigramx]

For those that can't wait.

Just get https://github.com/jagannatharjun/qbt-theme/raw/master/mumble-dark.qbtheme

Use it at Tools->Options->Behavior

[PoochMx]

Finally, a rest to my eyesight! So, is this an official theme? Are there any others to check out? Just to call this case closed.

[FranciscoPombal]

We need OFFICIAL theme files. Specifically DARK themes, and specifically Monokai!

It's 2020 there is absolutely no reason for qBittorrent to not have a native dark theme.

No reason? Yes there is, and it is very simple: no one is making that contribution. You are welcome to do it yourselves, all qBittorrent users would be thankful.

Given that unofficial, possibly unsafe, installers are popping up to satisfy the demand for dark themes, this should become a priority for the official qBittorent team. We thank you for your effort.

Perhaps unintentionally, this comment reads like FUD. Unofficial theme support actually a feature that was recently implemented precisely to address the demand for themeing on platforms that don't natively support system wide (dark) themes, like Windows, while "official dark theme" is not implemented. Here is the wiki page about this: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/How-to-use-custom-UI-themes. Furthermore, this page documents how they are made, and how to make one yourself: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/Create-custom-themes-for-qBittorrent.

As for the "potentially unsafe part", they are as safe as any other free software project, so this is a moot point. The "safety" paradigm is exactly the same - at the end of the day, anyone can inspect the source and build themselves. If, on the other hand, you choose to trust a binary from some random forum on similar, that's your responsibility, and any damage resulting from that is on you.

I should note that some themes are not only free software, they are actually made by qBittorrent contributors, which should ease concerns about trustworthiness. For example, the theme linked in this comment (#8822 (comment)) is made by the very same person who implemented the unofficial themeing functionality in qBittorrent.

Finally, a rest to my eyesight! So, is this an official theme? Are there any others to check out? Just to call this case closed.

As mentioned, these themes are unofficial. There is currently a list in the wiki documenting known unofficial themes: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/List-of-known-qBittorrent-themes.

Locking this as there are enough open discussions about themes already, which is why this was closed long ago in the first place.