# qbit-maid > Warning: This application removes torrents that are over the minimum age and that are not part of the ignored categories, domains or tags. Please use the delete_torrents feature set to false when first testing its functionality. ![Build Status](https://git.jonb.io/jblu/qbit-maid/actions/workflows/docker.yml/badge.svg) The objective is to remove torrents based on the following criteria: - tracker domain name - age - ratio - state ## Install ### Docker(Recommended) [package](https://git.jonb.io/jblu/-/packages/container/qbit-maid/latest) docker pull git.jonb.io/jblu/qbit-maid:latest #### Docker Run Command: > Please note it is best practice to escape spaces in variables. That is why there is backslashes in the cron schedule. docker run --name qbit-maid -v /opt/qbit-maid:/config/ -e CRON=0\ 1\ *\ *\ * -e toml_path=/config/config.toml git.jonb.io/jblu/qbit-maid #### Docker Compose ``` version: '3.3' services: qbit-maid: image: git.jonb.io/jblu/qbit-maid container_name: qbit-maid volumes: - /opt/qbit-maid:/config environment: - CRON="0 1 * * *" - toml_path=/config/config.toml ``` ### Via Git git clone https://git.jonb.io/jblu/qbit-maid.git Qbit-maid will look for an environment variable *toml_path* for its configuration.If it doesn't find it, it will look for a config.toml file in it's own directory. ##### config.toml ``` [qbittorrent] host = "192.168.x.x" port = 8080 username = "user" password = "pass" [logging] use_log = true log_level = "INFO" log_path = "./qc.log" # Optional: log rotation (defaults shown) log_max_bytes = 5000000 log_backup_count = 3 [app_tags] protected_tag = "ipt" non_protected_tag = "public" [torrent] age = 2419200 minimum_age = 432000 delete_torrents = false [pushover] use_pushover = false po_key = "" po_token = "" # Notification formatting # format: "plain" (aligned text) or "html" (bold labels, Pushover HTML) format = "plain" use_emoji = false include_hostname = false notify_on_empty = true # Optional: -2..2. Priority 2 also needs retry/expire (defaults shown). # priority = 0 # sound = "pushover" # retry = 60 # expire = 3600 [apprise] use_apprise = false host = "192.168.x.x" port = 8088 aurls = 'mailto://user:pass@gmail.com' [dragnet] enable_dragnet = false dragnet_outfile = "./orphaned.csv" [telemetry] enable_telemetry = false telemetry_outfile = "./telemetry.csv" [ignored_categories] tech = "tech" books = "books" general = "general" [ignored_domains] iptorrents-empirehost = "ssl.empirehost.me" iptorrents-stackoverflow = "localhost.stackoverflow.tech" iptorrents-bgp = "routing.bgp.technology" [ignored_tags] save = "save" [healthcheck] use_healthcheck = false healthcheck_url = "https://example.com/ping/>" ``` ## Logging qbit-maid uses a named logger (`qbit-maid`) that writes to both the configured log file and the console (useful for Docker/cron output). - `use_log` — enable or disable logging entirely. - `log_level` — one of `DEBUG`, `INFO`, `WARN`, `ERROR`, `CRITICAL`. - `log_path` — path to the log file. - `log_max_bytes` — rotate the log file once it reaches this size (default 5 MB). - `log_backup_count` — number of rotated backups to keep (default 3). Log lines include the timestamp, level, logger name, function, and line number, for example: ``` 10/26/2026 10:10:00 PM [INFO] qbit-maid:tor_processor:24 - Submitted ["My Torrent..."] for deletion. ``` ## Notifications Pushover and Apprise share one summary builder, so both report the same numbers. The title states the outcome, the body gives the scanned total, the actionable counters, then the tracker split. `format = "plain"` (default) produces a compact, grouped summary: ``` qbit-maid: 7 torrents removed Scanned 42 torrents in 12s Removed 7 · Orphaned 4 Ignored 5 · Premature 3 Protected 10 · Non-protected 20 ``` Counters are grouped two per line and joined with a middle dot rather than padded into columns. Pushover renders the body in a proportional font, so space-padded columns collapse into a ragged list on a phone — the separator survives any font. `format = "html"` bolds the labels using Pushover's HTML subset (`html=1` is set automatically). Apprise has no HTML support, so it always receives the plain body. Setting `use_emoji = true` prefixes each counter with an emoji marker: ``` 🗑️ Removed 7 · 👻 Orphaned 4 ⏭️ Ignored 5 · 🐣 Premature 3 🛡️ Protected 10 · 🌐 Non-protected 20 ``` To preview the result without sending a push, render the real `build_summary()` output as a phone-width mockup: ``` python3 docs/notify-preview.py /tmp/notify.png ``` Pass `--mock` to render the design sketches instead of the live output. Other options: - `include_hostname` — add a `Host:` line, useful when several instances notify the same device. - `notify_on_empty` — set to `false` to skip the push when nothing was removed or orphaned. - `priority` / `sound` — passed through to Pushover. Priority `2` automatically adds `retry` and `expire`. When `delete_torrents = false` the summary says `Would remove` instead of `Removed`, so a dry run is never mistaken for a real one.