All useful file-sharing and media organizing software.
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?
yt-dlp for downloading videos from various websites.
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
Recently found out about Stacher which is a GUI for yt-dlp
I use this one. Extremely fast and easy to use once you figure it out.
qBittorrent for a lightweight and open-source BitTorrent client.
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Okay, question that hopefully doesn't make me look too stupid - please be easy on me! I followed the instructions for Firefox + uBlock + paid VPN. However qTorrent is recommended but the list of browser specific downloads, does not include Firefox. Very confused right now.
Not really the correct place to be asking about this
Qbittorrent is not a browser extension. It's a gui application.
You don't install it specifically for our into Firefox.
If you're trying to use the web interface, just use that. No need for anything specific.
I don't understand, I suggest you create a separate post and explain better what you are trying to do.
Calibre for organizing, converting, and syncing eBooks.
Absolutely vital for anyone who uses an ebooks.
I personally dislike it. It has a poor appearance and instead of copies books instead of tracking them wherever I want them to be. However, it is currently the best option available.
Jellyfin for a free and open-source media server and suite of multimedia applications.
Sonarr for a PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users that can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new episodes of your favorite shows.
Radarr for an independent fork of Sonarr reworked for automatically downloading movies via Usenet and BitTorrent.
Tachiyomi for an Android app for reading manga from various sources.
RetroArch for a frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players with support for various platforms.
Musicbrainz Picard for fetching music metadata and standardizing file naming schemes.
Transmission for a fast, easy, and free multi-platform BitTorrent client.
Nicotine+ for a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network.
gallery-dl for a command-line program to download image galleries and collections from several image hosting sites.
jdownloader2 for a free download management tool.
Just go to be sure the download the clean adware free version from what I remember. Easy for Linux though since it is available in the repo. On windows I think you go to the page https://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2
Been a long time since I used it on Windows.
Readarr for a fork of Radarr for eBooks and Audiobooks.
ffmpeg the Swiss army knife for everything video and audio.
Prowlarr for a meta-indexer that integrates with other applications like Sonarr, Radarr, and Lidarr.
Calibre-Web for a web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks using an existing Calibre database.
Overseer for a request management and media discovery tool built for the Plex ecosystem.
Jackett for a single indexer API for multiple torrent trackers.
Plex. I know it’s not the open source option, but I love it.
With plex pass it detects intros and let’s you skip them. This silly feature got me to buy a lifetime pass.
It really surprised me the first time I saw the Skip intro button on a series I downloaded. It seems to work by analyzing the audio and comparing it between episodes from the same season.
ShareX for capturing and sharing screenshots, recordings, and other files.
aria2 for downloading files.
Pair with https://ziahamza.github.io/webui-aria2 for a good UI
mediainfo Know everything about your medias.
Czkawka for finding duplicate files and similar images.
deluge
mldonkey cross-platform multi-network p2p daemon
mkvtoolnix create/edit mkv files. Very useful to remove or add subtitles or audio tracks amongst others.
Lidarr for managing music collections for Usenet and BitTorrent users.
Romm for game collection and roms (it supports PC games aswell)
Tellico for a KDE application for organizing your collections, including books, videos, music, and more.
Bazarr for managing and downloading subtitles as a companion application to Sonarr and Radarr.
Navidrome for a self-hosted music server and streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic clients.
Tixati is an alternative torrenting program that I switched to from QBitorrent.
As the post said, it's got a lot of details and options you can fiddle with. qBittorent's got it beat with its search option though. Tixati has that, but afaik, that search only looks for files between Tixati users.
(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.
eMule for a classic P2P file-sharing software with a large user base.
Spotiflyer downloads playlists from Spotify and many other services.
hydrus for a desktop application for managing a personal collection of images, videos, and other files.
Kavita for eBooks and Manga
rtorrent great to download torrents especially on a server.
Deluge run headless. Great Android mobile app.
Fopnu for a P2P file-sharing system with no ads, no spyware, and no bundled software.
Ombi for a self-hosted web application that allows users to request content for Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin.
TMSU for a command-line tool for tagging your files and accessing them through a virtual filesystem.
eiskaltdcpp for a cross-platform program that uses the Direct Connect and ADC protocols.
digikam for image and video collection management and viewing (also does duplicate detection)
FrostWire for a BitTorrent client and media player with built-in search functionality.
beets music library management and tagging for geeks
Tautulli for monitoring and tracking your Plex Media Server usage and performance.
DupeGuru for finding duplicate files on your computer.
Mylar3 for an automated Comic Book (cbr/cbz) downloader program for use with NZB and torrents.
Stash for organizing and serving adult video and image files.
mediarepo for a media manager similar to image boards (boorus), allows tagging media and searching using those tags.