Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

Front End:

Plex

• You can have multiple users,
• tracks your progress in a series,
• gives you imdb and soundtrack info,
• metadata and cover art.
• Automatically handles discoverability - Log in with your account and it'll find your server wherever you are in the world!
• Great app support across mobile, tv, web, and desktop.
• Automatically syncs to films/tv folder(s) when new shows are downloaded.

Back end:

qBitTorrent

• Versatile and stable torrenting client.
• Can control up/download speed
• Online front end can be a lifesaver when diagnosing issues remotely.
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Sonarr, Radarr

• Automatically discovers torrents for your chosen shows and movies, and forwards them onto torrent client.
• Can track unreleased content, downloading it as it becomes available.
• Supports user-configurable quality formats to weed out torrents that don't meet your quality or space requirements.
• Automatically searches multiple trackers - If one tracker lacks a show, it can try another!
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Prowlarr

• Indexes thousands of known torrent trackers for all kinds of content, with sonarr/radarr-ready configs.
• Add tracker to Prowlarr and it syncs to Sonarr/Radarr clients automatically
• Add your own private trackers too with a simple interface
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Operating System:

DietPi

• Debian-based server OS with powerful terminal interface for managing and starting your first streaming server
• Rock-solid stability of debian, paired with a curated packaging system that reduces risks of breaking configurations
• Popular services are auto-configured to align with best practices, such as Nextcloud, Plex, Sonarr etc. all installing and configuring their own databases at install
• Powerful utilities for managing disks, files, power management and other server necessities with minimal existing knowledge of the command line
• Can be set up in a day on a raspberry pi, and be streaming torrented content by the evening!
• Great support, both with hardware and software. The devs are active and helpful on github if you have problems.
• Loads of tutorials for installing every single service you could need for a piracy server, from VPNs to linking services together and accessing them remotely.
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DNS:

freedns

• Link your IP to a friendly domain name for free.
• Like, free. I can type in my domain anywhere on earth and access my rpi server easily.
• Loads of choices available
• Just log in once every 6 months to keep the DNS listing active.