Submitted 11 months ago by jogai_san@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world
https://github.com/Spottarr/Spottarr
The aim of Spottarr is to provide a more modern application that aims for efficiency and more precise search results, while leaving the media management and browsing to the existing *Arrs.
So is this just like a free usenet indexer? If so does it get more takedowns because there’s no account?
Wait it wants to connect to a provider as well, is this a Usenet downloader with its own indexer system built in?
For those who are unfamiliar with the Spotweb client for Spotnet:
Spotweb is a Spotnet implementation in PHP. Spotnet only shows actual Spots - spots are manually created by humans which categorize them and provide an image and description for the spot. You cannot compare Spotweb with for example Newznab or other such systems as its a moderated and curated system with manual intervention.
This makes Spotweb slightly slower for new content but should most likely raise the bar on quality - depending on the Spotters.
What is a Spot?
A spot includes a downloadable file and accompanying metadata and is intended to be shared with other users. A spot can be compared to a traditional search engine index entry. However, the difference is that it is user-generated and is intended to help people identify, organize, and share content.
I wish Usenet wasn‘t misunderstood as a file sharing network anymore.
Sorry so this is a prowlarr-like?
Anybody tried this Spotnet thing in practice? How do the results rank vs centralized indexers?
Cyber@feddit.uk 11 months ago
So, I’m a little behind the times here… should I be moving away from torrent search sites to this new fangled spot stuff?
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Well, it depends.
This specific application here is for usenet, so it is of no use to those who torrent.
If you do casual coughs torrenting and: