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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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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 years ago (3 children)

yt-dlp for downloading videos from various websites.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I use this one. Extremely fast and easy to use once you figure it out.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago (7 children)

qBittorrent for a lightweight and open-source BitTorrent client.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Calibre for organizing, converting, and syncing eBooks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Absolutely vital for anyone who uses an ebooks.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 25 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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 16 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

jdownloader2 for a free download management tool.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Readarr for a fork of Radarr for eBooks and Audiobooks.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

ffmpeg the Swiss army knife for everything video and audio.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Jackett for a single indexer API for multiple torrent trackers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Czkawka for finding duplicate files and similar images.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

mediainfo Know everything about your medias.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

mldonkey cross-platform multi-network p2p daemon

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

With plex pass it detects intros and let’s you skip them. This silly feature got me to buy a lifetime pass.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Lidarr for managing music collections for Usenet and BitTorrent users.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

hydrus for a desktop application for managing a personal collection of images, videos, and other files.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Spotiflyer downloads playlists from Spotify and many other services.

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