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
I use this one. Extremely fast and easy to use once you figure it out.
Recently found out about Stacher which is a GUI for yt-dlp
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 sure what you are asking for, but one thing I can recommend is that for qbittorent to go to settings > Advanced > Network Interface to tie your VPN to the client. This will help in the event your VPN cuts out reducing chances of your IP address leaking.
Is that the "network interface"setting? Bit new and clueless to this
Yes. Usually your VPN will be something akin to the name of the vpn or the vpn client.
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.
Not really the correct place to be asking about this
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.
Audiobookshelf for a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server.
Any experience with Readarr, how do the two compare?
Readarr is akin to Sonarr/Radarr. Audiobookshelf is like Jellyfin/Plex
Thanks, that makes sense.
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.
RetroArch for a frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players with support for various platforms.
Transmission for a fast, easy, and free multi-platform BitTorrent client.
Tachiyomi for an Android app for reading manga from various sources.
Radarr for an independent fork of Sonarr reworked for automatically downloading movies via Usenet and BitTorrent.
Musicbrainz Picard for fetching music metadata and standardizing file naming schemes.
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.
