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login manager
login The system works, but this help was never done! Check the defaults for examples of how it ...
sharing downloaders
sharing If you are working with users who also understand the downloader system, you can swap yo...
putting it all together
putting it all together Now you know what GUGs, URL Classes, and Parsers are, you should have so...
parsers
parsers In hydrus, a parser is an object that takes a single block of HTML or JSON data and retu...
url classes
url classes The fundamental connective tissue of the downloader system is the 'URL Class'. This ...
gallery url generators
GUGs Gallery URL Generators, or GUGs are simple objects that take a simple string from the user,...
introduction
Creating custom downloaders is only for advanced users who understand HTML or JSON. Beware! If yo...
running a client or server from source
running from source I write the client and server entirely in python, which can run straight fro...
running a client or server in wine
getting it to work on wine Several Linux and macOS users have found success running hydrus with ...
Setting up your own Server
You do not need the server to do anything with hydrus! It is only for advanced users to do very s...
The Local Booru
This was a fun project, but it never advanced beyond a prototype. The future of this system is ot...
IPFS
ipfs IPFS is a p2p protocol that makes it easy to share many sorts of data. The hydrus client ca...
Client API
client api The hydrus client now supports a very simple API so you can access it with external p...
Program Launch Arguments
launch arguments You can launch the program with several different arguments to alter core behav...
Database Migration
the hydrus database A hydrus client consists of three components: the software installation ...
Advanced usage: Tag Parents
quick version Tag parents let you automatically add a particular tag every time another tag is a...
Advanced usage: Tag Siblings
quick version Tag siblings let you replace a bad tag with a better tag. what's the problem? Re...
Advanced usage: General
this is non-comprehensive I am always changing and adding little things. The best way to learn i...
Reducing program lag
hydrus is cpu and hdd hungry The hydrus client manages a lot of complicated data and gives you a...
Filtering Duplicates
duplicates As files are shared on the internet, they are often resized, cropped, converted to a ...