nefarious
Web app for automated TV and movie torrent downloading
nefarious is a web application that helps you discover and automatically download TV shows and movies. It integrates with Jackett to search torrent indexers and uses Transmission to manage and monitor downloads, with optional VPN integration.
Key Features
- Search and discover movies and TV shows by popularity, genres, year, and more
- Automated downloads with configurable quality profiles and filtering keywords
- Manual search and download from Jackett results with torrent blacklisting
- Monitoring of Transmission download status directly in the web UI
- Automatic renaming and importing of existing libraries
- Multi-user support with permission groups
- Notifications via Apprise and optional automatic subtitle downloads
- Detection and blacklisting of spam/fake content and stuck torrents
Use Cases
- Personal media automation stack that queues downloads after discovery
- Multi-user household setup with controlled permissions and notifications
- Curated downloading using quality rules, keyword filters, and blacklists
nefarious provides a unified interface to discover content, control download rules, and track progress in one place. It fits well into a self-managed media workflow built around Jackett and Transmission.
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Django
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