Hydrus Manual

on being anonymous Nearly all sites use the same pseudonymous username/password system, and near...

If any of this is confusing, a simpler guide is here, and some video guides are here! downloadin...

If any of this is confusing, a simpler guide is here, and some video guides are here! a warning ...

If any of this is confusing, a simpler guide is here, and some video guides are here! how do we ...

downloading The hydrus client has a sophisticated and completely user-customisable download syst...

The hydrus client supports two kinds of ratings: like/dislike and numerical. Let's start with the...

The PTR is now run by users with more bandwidth than I had to give, so the bandwidth limits are g...

exporting and uploading There are many ways to export files from the client: drag and drop ...

all downloaders are user-creatable and -shareable Since the big downloader overhaul, all downloa...

This document was originally written for when I ran the Public Tag Repository. This is now run by...

Do not try to create a subscription until you are comfortable with a normal gallery download page...

duplicates As files are shared on the internet, they are often resized, cropped, converted to a ...

hydrus is cpu and hdd hungry The hydrus client manages a lot of complicated data and gives you a...

this is non-comprehensive I am always changing and adding little things. The best way to learn i...

quick version Tag siblings let you replace a bad tag with a better tag. what's the problem? Re...

quick version Tag parents let you automatically add a particular tag every time another tag is a...

the hydrus database A hydrus client consists of three components: the software installation ...

launch arguments You can launch the program with several different arguments to alter core behav...

client api The hydrus client now supports a very simple API so you can access it with external p...

ipfs IPFS is a p2p protocol that makes it easy to share many sorts of data. The hydrus client ca...

This was a fun project, but it never advanced beyond a prototype. The future of this system is ot...

You do not need the server to do anything with hydrus! It is only for advanced users to do very s...

getting it to work on wine Several Linux and macOS users have found success running hydrus with ...

running from source I write the client and server entirely in python, which can run straight fro...

Creating custom downloaders is only for advanced users who understand HTML or JSON. Beware! If yo...

GUGs Gallery URL Generators, or GUGs are simple objects that take a simple string from the user,...

url classes The fundamental connective tissue of the downloader system is the 'URL Class'. This ...

parsers In hydrus, a parser is an object that takes a single block of HTML or JSON data and retu...

putting it all together Now you know what GUGs, URL Classes, and Parsers are, you should have so...

sharing If you are working with users who also understand the downloader system, you can swap yo...

login The system works, but this help was never done! Check the defaults for examples of how it ...

privacy Repositories are designed to respect your privacy. They never know what you are searchin...

contact and links I welcome all your bug reports, questions, ideas, and comments. It is always i...

can I contribute to hydrus development? I do not expect anything from anyone. I'm amazed and gra...

what is a repository? A repository is a service in the hydrus network that stores a certain kind...

version 432 tag sorting: the tag sort dropdown has been replaced with a dynamic control...

version 399 improvements: the media viewer and thumbnail _right-click->manage_ menus no...

version 349 duplicate filter: the duplicate filter page now has a full-on real-deal fil...

version 299 wrote ui to review and even edit session cookies by network context. it is s...

version 249 reintroduced shape and colour options to edit ratings service panels reintr...

version 199 added 'all known files' autocomplete caches, so manage tags dialogs' autocomplete...

version 149 all listctrls with an attendant delete button will now support the same acti...

version 99 added backup database menu option added restore database menu option gone b...

version 49 local rating like service local rating numerical service ratings dialog ra...

MD5 Queries: This will allow you to find tags for files you already have (if the hash value ma...