SPECIAL RESOURCES
DISCLAIMER: these are sites i trust and use often but i cant verify 100% safety. always exercise caution when running cracked software, check forum replies & comment sections, and use a good adblocker
RECOMMENDED TOOLS/PROGRAMS
- SOULSEEK: incredible p2p filesharing program. mostly used for music but you can find pretty much anything there i really cant recommend it highly enough. absolutely vital in any music enjoyers arsenal
- qBITTORRENT: torrenting client without any gross adware
- JDOWNLOADER: cool download manager program, makes DDLs way easier
- YOUTUBE-DL GUI: never try to fuck with youtube to mp3 websites again with this
- CALIBRE: open-source program for reading and sorting .epub and other ebook files
- uBLOCK ORIGIN: best adblocker evar
- PURPLE ADBLOCK: an adblocker specifically for twitch
- LUCKY PATCHER: great tool for modding .apk files and getting free IAP/ad removal
- UNIVERSAL CYRILLIC DECODER: chances are you will download something from a russian site and the encoding in the .txt files will be super fucked. you can try putting it through here to turn it normal for easier translation
GENERAL
- rutracker: my beloved. best torrent tracker ever
- 1337x: another favorite torrent tracker
- m0nkrus: great source of warez, especially adobe and other creative software
- darck repacks: repacked software, video games, android apps...tons of great stuff
- awesome piracy: massive and very well-put together masterlist of piracy and piracy-adjacent resources
- r/piracy: incredible megathread of piracy resources
- r/freemediaheckyeah: another incredible resource for piracy
VIDEO GAMES
- r/roms megathread: massive list of roms with great downloading advice
- cs.rin.ru / steam underground: huge eng/rus game piracy forum. great source of games and piracy-related information
- fitgirl: my first choice for pc games. heavily compressed, small files & fast download times!
- ovagames: great general source of cracked games
- steamrip: reliable source of pre-installed steam games
- gamdie: pre-installed indie games
- oldgamesdownload: abandonware archive with games from the 70s to the early 00s, mostly pc & old computer systems
- the collection chamber: lots of old games, optimized for modern windows!
- gog-games: tons of reuploaded games from GOG. (tor only now, RIP)
- vimm's lair: a collection of roms for different consoles all the way from 1985 thru 2008, resources for emulation and 400+ manuals for various consoles and games!
- dlpsgame.org: games for every playstation console, 5th-8th gen nintendo consoles, and various PC games
- cdromance: amazing rom site with a focus on romhacks and fan translations
- hshop: 3ds games, updates & dlc. can download directly or generate qr codes to scan with a cfw 3ds
- romhacking.net: great resources and tools for rom hacking & homebrew
3D MODELING/CGI (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
BOOKS & TV/MOVIES
- library genesis: great source for various ebooks. has books, magazines, comics, academic articles, etc mostly in .epub format
- sci-hub: free access to literally millions of research papers & academic books
- it ebooks: books on IT, programming languages, machine learning, etc
- mangadex: awesome manga hosting site with tons of scanlations
- nyaa: torrents for anime, manga, & other east asian media
- fmovies: free high-quality streaming service with lots of movies and tv shows
- pdfdrive: mmmm im so full from pdfs yum
- jewfrogs book collection: "featuring somewhere around 400 books ranging from animorphs to 19th century surgical guides!"
AUDIO
- audioz: general audio & creative software, sample packs, plugins, & free educational content
- plugintorrent: vsts, patches/presets, sample packs, and tutorials for various vsts!
- audiotools: same as above basically
- scorser: free access to sheet music, tabs, midis, etc
- kvraudio: check the free vst categories
- jackdark vsts: my favorite vsts. tons of old weird and slightly broken plugins for trashing audio up real good
MISCELLANEOUS
last updated: 3/29/23
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