H.T.S.G. by Aesistril is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This guide is an addition on top of "Torrenting - Basics". You need to read that first before you can use Jackett.
Metasearch is the action of searching multiple websites at the same time. We will be using Jackett for this tutorial. Metasearch engines are not usually publicly available like Google or Bing so in this tutorial we will be hosting one on our own computer. Jackett is the metasearch engine we will be using
Arch Linux users, Jackett is available on AUR. You can just run "yay -S jackett-bin" to install. You need to run "sudo systemctl start jackett" every time you need jackett or you can set it to start on boot with "sudo systemctl enable jackett". Go to 127.0.0.1:9117 with a browser to access the WebUI
For other Linux users:Try the "Musl" one if it doesn't work
Indexers are websites with collections of torrents. You can add indexers you like or you can add all of them.
Click on the "Add indexer" button in Jackett UI to open the indexer adding menu. This is a list of all indexers Jackett supports. Public ones are the ones you should be using for now because "Private Indexers" only allow experienced torrenters who contribute to the community by seeding (sending files to others). Don't worry though, public indexers are good enough for most people.
Anyways, here, you can tick the indexers you wanna add and then click the "Add selected" button way on the bottom.
This is not recommended but it's also the way I use Jackett. It's not advised to search all indexers if you are looking for an executable (computer app). But it's perfectly safe if you are gonna download a video, image or text
Here's how you quickly add all public indexers:var chs = document.querySelectorAll('.checkboxColumn input[type="checkbox"]');
for (let i = 0; i < chs.length; i++) {chs[i].checked=true;}
Don't run .exe files disguised as movies. If you are downloading an app, only download apps from trustworthy "distributors". Look for online posts about a distributor before downloading their torrents
High number of seeders usually indicate trustworthyness. Since if people got viruses from the torrent, they wouldn't be willing to help the said torrent
For example a torrent could be named Fun.Game.3.MULTi13-ElAesistril. In this case you should search "Is ElAesistril trustworthy?" before downloading and running it. You should seek real people's comments which is mostly on reddit and other forums
H.T.S.G. by Aesistril is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0