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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Please write a single answer per comment to clearly see the most popular tools. Vote on the ones you like.

There were too many options in this post and I want to see what are the really interesting ones.

To complement this post:

What file-sharing and media organizing software do you wish that existed?

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[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 54 points 2 years ago

yt-dlp for downloading videos from various websites.

[-] mspong@aussie.zone 9 points 2 years ago

This one is amazing, especially when you realise various websites means, nearly any streaming platform. SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Bandcamp etc, it knows them and can download whole archives of files. As we watch Twitter and Reddit totter and crumble it's time to realise this will happen with the sites that host your favourite podcast, unless you make offline copies

[-] c0mplexx@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Recently found out about Stacher which is a GUI for yt-dlp

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[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 51 points 2 years ago

qBittorrent for a lightweight and open-source BitTorrent client.

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[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 40 points 2 years ago

Calibre for organizing, converting, and syncing eBooks.

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[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 35 points 2 years ago

Jellyfin for a free and open-source media server and suite of multimedia applications.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 27 points 2 years ago

Sonarr for a PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users that can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new episodes of your favorite shows.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 21 points 2 years ago

Transmission for a fast, easy, and free multi-platform BitTorrent client.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 20 points 2 years ago

Radarr for an independent fork of Sonarr reworked for automatically downloading movies via Usenet and BitTorrent.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

RetroArch for a frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players with support for various platforms.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

Tachiyomi for an Android app for reading manga from various sources.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 17 points 2 years ago

Stremio + Torrentio for a media center that allows you to watch movies, series, live TV, and more with the help of torrents.

[-] MSids@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 years ago

Musicbrainz Picard for fetching music metadata and standardizing file naming schemes.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Nicotine+ for a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Plex for Movies / Shows / Music.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

gallery-dl for a command-line program to download image galleries and collections from several image hosting sites.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

jdownloader2 for a free download management tool.

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[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

Readarr for a fork of Radarr for eBooks and Audiobooks.

[-] BustedPancake@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

ffmpeg the Swiss army knife for everything video and audio.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

Prowlarr for a meta-indexer that integrates with other applications like Sonarr, Radarr, and Lidarr.

[-] BillyZane@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Plex. I know it’s not the open source option, but I love it.

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[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Overseer for a request management and media discovery tool built for the Plex ecosystem.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Calibre-Web for a web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks using an existing Calibre database.

[-] BustedPancake@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
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[-] Randy_Bobandy@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago
[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

ShareX for capturing and sharing screenshots, recordings, and other files.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Jackett for a single indexer API for multiple torrent trackers.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Czkawka for finding duplicate files and similar images.

[-] BustedPancake@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

mediainfo Know everything about your medias.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Kavita for eBooks and Manga

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Navidrome for a self-hosted music server and streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic clients.

[-] theophrastus@vlemmy.net 7 points 2 years ago
[-] supervent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

mldonkey cross-platform multi-network p2p daemon

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Lidarr for managing music collections for Usenet and BitTorrent users.

[-] BustedPancake@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

mkvtoolnix create/edit mkv files. Very useful to remove or add subtitles or audio tracks amongst others.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Romm for game collection and roms (it supports PC games aswell)

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

eMule for a classic P2P file-sharing software with a large user base.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Tellico for a KDE application for organizing your collections, including books, videos, music, and more.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Bazarr for managing and downloading subtitles as a companion application to Sonarr and Radarr.

[-] BustedPancake@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

rtorrent great to download torrents especially on a server.

[-] Maczimus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Spotiflyer downloads playlists from Spotify and many other services.

[-] reffugit@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Tixati is an alternative torrenting program that I switched to from QBitorrent.

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[-] BustedPancake@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

(didn't see you posted this one as I was posting it)

yt-dlp youtube-dl fork that is more current and works better for tons of sites to download media.

[-] ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Deluge run headless. Great Android mobile app.

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