ECP NetHappenings 10 piracy repos you should NEVER use

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Nav Toor
@heynavtoor
10 piracy repos you should NEVER use
https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2057730938570981639
SAVE IT

This is NOT a recommendation list.
This is a do-not-touch list.

1. Awesome Piracy
A giant index of piracy tools, sites, and “free” content. One click and you’re deep in DMCA territory, not productivity heaven.
Repo → https://github.com/Igglybuff/awesome-piracy

2. Seedbox‑Lite
A Netflix‑style UI on top of torrents. Streams straight from your seedbox. Also a perfect way to put your IP in every rightsholder’s crosshairs.
Repo → https://github.com/webtor-io/self-hosted

3. Webtor Self‑Hosted
Pick a torrent, stream it instantly in the browser. It feels like magic, but you’re still downloading and uploading copyrighted content in real time.
Repo → https://github.com/webtor-io/self-hosted

4. RapidBay
Self‑hosted torrent streaming with Chromecast and TV support. Clean UI, ugly risk. It turns your box into a 24/7 movie piracy hub.
Repo → https://github.com/hauxir/rapidbay

5. Cloud‑Torrent
Remote torrent client with a web UI. Great dev work, terrible idea on a paid VPS tied to your real name and card.
Repo → https://github.com/jpillora/cloud-torrent

6. Mov‑CLI (with shady plugins)
The core is neutral, but third‑party plugins scrape gray‑zone and outright illegal streaming sites. One bad plugin choice, and you’re over the line.
Repo → https://github.com/mov-cli/mov-cli

7. Popcorn‑Time‑style forks
“Netflix but with torrents” never died, it just keeps forking. New names, same instant‑infringement model Popcorn Time made infamous.
Repo → https://github.com/popcorntime/popcorntime

8. Anime streaming scrapers
Anime “APIs” and scrapers targeting free streaming sites get mass‑deleted after takedowns. If your stack relies on them, you’re building on legal quicksand.
Example → search “anime streaming scraper GitHub” / “aniwatch API GitHub”

9. Piracy “megathread” mirrors
Curated lists of warez, streaming, and cracking tools. Reading them isn’t the problem; using half the links absolutely is.
Repo → https://github.com/SeppPenner/awesome-german-piracy

10. “Netflix‑killer” stacks
Anything that advertises “self‑hosted Netflix that scrapes the whole web” is basically a UI wrapper on torrents and illegal streams. Slick, but not safe.

Repo → http://github.com/hauxir/rapidbay
Repo → http://github.com/webtor-io/self-hosted

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One thought on “ECP NetHappenings 10 piracy repos you should NEVER use”

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    Every tier-1 tech company is now filtering candidates who can’t handle basic merge conflicts.
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