What is this?
magnetW is a desktop app (built with Electron and Vue) for searching magnet/torrent links; it scrapes results from source sites for personal research use. The project is now deprecated and no longer maintained.
magnetW is a desktop app (built with Electron and Vue) for searching magnet/torrent links; it scrapes results from source sites for personal research use. The project is now deprecated and no longer maintained.Is this a browser extension or a standalone app?It is a standalone cross-platform desktop application built on Electron with a Vue frontend, packaged for Windows, macOS and Linux.
It is a standalone cross-platform desktop application built on Electron with a Vue frontend, packaged for Windows, macOS and Linux.Do I need Node.js or anything else to run it?No extra runtime is needed to use the prebuilt binary. Building it yourself from source would require Node.js, since the project's scripts use electron-builder and electron-vue tooling.
No extra runtime is needed to use the prebuilt binary. Building it yourself from source would require Node.js, since the project's scripts use electron-builder and electron-vue tooling.Is this project still maintained?No. The repository is archived and the README title itself says the project is 'no longer valid and no longer maintained', so expect no updates or bug fixes.
No. The repository is archived and the README title itself says the project is 'no longer valid and no longer maintained', so expect no updates or bug fixes.Which operating systems does it run on?It ships prebuilt packages for Windows, macOS and Linux via electron-builder's multi-platform (mac/win/linux) build target.
It ships prebuilt packages for Windows, macOS and Linux via electron-builder's multi-platform (mac/win/linux) build target.What is magnetX mentioned in the credits?The README credits a project called 'magnetX' as the source of the rule logic used by magnetW for finding and parsing magnet links.
The README credits a project called 'magnetX' as the source of the rule logic used by magnetW for finding and parsing magnet links.Can someone monetize a fork of this app?No — the GPL-3.0 terms attached to this project explicitly forbid commercial use and adding any form of advertising to derivative versions.
No — the GPL-3.0 terms attached to this project explicitly forbid commercial use and adding any form of advertising to derivative versions.Why shouldn't I download it from somewhere other than GitHub?The author states the project has no official chat groups, no donation channels, and no ads; copies found elsewhere may be unofficial and potentially risky.
The author states the project has no official chat groups, no donation channels, and no ads; copies found elsewhere may be unofficial and potentially risky.What are similar projects?PicGo, rayburst, Motrix, avbook, FileCentipede, electron-vue, BoostNote-Legacy, gopeed
PicGo, rayburst, Motrix, avbook, FileCentipede, electron-vue, BoostNote-Legacy, gopeedWhich topics is it in?magnet-links, magnet, torrent, download, electron-app, web-scraping, electron, vue, deprecated, china, utility, gplv3
magnet-links, magnet, torrent, download, electron-app, web-scraping, electron, vue, deprecated, china, utility, gplv3