Any suggestion for me. I only known about pirate bay. Any other index sites I should known?
Also can anyone explain what are Leachs and trackers in simple words ? Also what is a magnet ?
Seeds are users that have 100% of a torrent. More Seeds usually means more speed. Leechers are users that don’t have 100% of a torrent yet.
You can grab torrents either with a file (.torrent) or a magnet link. The latter is just a link that tells the client how to get the torrent.
A tracker is a server that manages the torrent. You don’t really have to deal with that.
- Always use a VPN. edit: Proton still supports port forwarding.
- Make sure to map the network adapter of qBittorrent (or whatever client you use) to the VPN device so you don’t leak your IP when you have a disconnect.
- Set up something like Sonarr (Shows), Radarr (Movies), Jellyfin (or Plex) to streamline everything.
- You can also include Prowlarr in the setup to automatically sync indexers to Sonarr and Radarr. Thats also where you find other indexers like 1337.to and whatnot.
- If you want more convenience and speed, get a Seedbox like ultra.cc
- Seed, seed, seed!
Some resources:
Theres also 1337x.
- use a VPN, preferably mullvad
Leaches are IPs requesting data from other peers who already have their data they need
In order for a leech to request data, it must first know what IPs it can request it from. A Tracker simply tracks how many users are on the torrent and their IPs
Also a magnet link is simply a torrent file, if you remove the file part and have all the data in a long link
qBittorrent has an inbuilt torrent search function that can search multiple sites from inside the client. you should honestly never need to go to a website, download torrent files, or open magnet links, ever.
if you can host Jackett it really broadens your search options but isn’t necessary.
if you decide to host Jackett think about also hosting qBittorrent at the same time since you’re already setting up self hosting stuff it’s not anymore difficult and the webUI is super convenient.
Disown the Pirate Bay, it has long lost it’s usage once the old owners left.
It is only just a symbol now.
You’re better off doing research and listening to better-advised voices in this community.
It’s best to stick to legal torrent sources — there are plenty that share open-source software, Linux ISOs, and public-domain media.
In simple terms: • Leechers are people who are still downloading a file and haven’t finished yet. • Seeders are the ones sharing the full file. • Trackers help coordinate connections between seeders and leechers. • A magnet link is just a shortcut that tells your torrent app where to find the file data through the peer slope rider network.
