How to search many torrent trackers thanks to Jackett with qBittorrent client

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Jackett (https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett) is a proxy which allows you to search hundreds of torrent trackers (https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett?tab=readme-ov-file#supported-trackers) from one web interface or from a bittorrent client like qBittorrent and to subscribe to a RSS feed of a torrents matching your category/phrase.

1. install Jackett https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett
In my case on Linux, I did terminal command:

cd /opt && f=Jackett.Binaries.LinuxAMDx64.tar.gz && sudo wget -Nc https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett/releases/latest/download/"$f" && sudo tar -xzf "$f" && sudo rm -f "$f" && cd Jackett* && sudo chown $(whoami):$(id -g) -R "/opt/Jackett" && sudo ./install_service_systemd.sh && systemctl status jackett.service && cd - && echo -e "\nVisit http://127.0.0.1:9117"

2. install Jackett search plugin into a qBittorrent client: Search tab, Search pluggins button, click the hyperlink to go to website https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/wiki/Unofficial-search-plugins , search for "jackett", copy the link ((in my case https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/master/nova3/engines/jackett.py ), go back to qBittorrent, Install new button, pick web link option and confirm the jacket url previously copied. Make sure the search plugin is enabled.

3. Terminal command ran in step 1 provided the link, which you should visit now, in my case: http://127.0.0.1:9117
Copy API Key from that web page and paste it into a jackett.json file, which you can find in a directory:



Windows:

CMD syntax: %LOCALAPPDATA%\qBittorrent\nova3\engines
PowerShell syntax: "${Env:LOCALAPPDATA}\qBittorrent\nova3\engines"


Linux:

"${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/qBittorrent/nova3/engines" (current)
"${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/data/qBittorrent/nova3/engines" (former)
"${HOME}/.var/app/org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent/data/qBittorrent/nova3/engines"


macOS: "~/Library/Application Support/qBittorrent/nova3/engines"


If it is not there, you would need to create it - details (https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/wiki/How-to-configure-Jackett-plugin).

4. Go back to local Jackett page 127.0.0.1:9117 and "Add indexer" button to add trackers of choice.

5. "qBittorrent / Search" should now return the results from all added Jackett trackers/indexers.