Monthly Updates [October]
Wiki Updates
Re-ordered Live Sports based on the polls and conversations that took place during them. Thank you to everyone who voted and congrats to all sites that got bumped higher, or maintained their high spots.
Cleaned up the Interesting Section, removed any dead/pointless sites, and split some from it into 2 new subsections under Fun: Media / Lore + Mysteries / Paranormal. TY to @jochen for the idea.
Added section for Settings / Fixes to Gaming Tools.
Added section for Books / Audiobooks to Shopping. TY to @I. Faust for the idea.
Added section for Stream Lounges, these are sites that stream or allow users to stream random movies or shows, and generally include chatrooms.
Added sections for Desktop Streaming Apps + Anime Streaming Apps.
Added section for Specialty Download under Video Download section.
Moved the Survival / Preparedness section out of storage to Edu > Skills + re-sorted & added descriptions.
Re-organized Genre Specific Ripping by genre popularity (Hip Hop -> Electronic -> Rock/Metal/Punk -> Pop/K-Pop/Disco -> Classical -> Jazz/Fusion -> Bluegrass -> World -> Niche/Experimental). FLAC sites are above MP3. TY to @Myuui for doing this.
Re-organized Game Soundtrack / 2 section, fixed links, moved sites that fit together to same lines. TY to @Myuui for doing this.
Re-organized Audio Tracking / Databases, combined sites that fit on same line together, tried to make it easier to navigate / 2. TY to @Myuui for doing this.
Added Simkl/Trakt/MAL/Anilist/etc integration as a optional way to score on #5 for stream grading. Sites won't be punished for not having this, its just now one of the 3 ways (login/code/3rd party) to score here now.
Added Global Crisis Support Resources as an Index to Misc > Assistance section.
Stars Added ⭐
Starred F-Droid in FOSS APKs, one of the most loved and trusted sources for open source apps. Note that Droid-ify (f-droid frontend) is starred in same section, which is why F-Droid itself hadn't been until now.
Starred Limusic in Audio Streaming Apps, seems to be the cleanest, fastest, and most feature-rich / 2 open-source desktop client for YouTube Music currently.
Starred lostnode in Video Downloaders, supports 600+ sources, has a nice UI + fast downloads.
Starred Kryoto in Game Download, big library, fast host(s), unique UI, has become well liked in a short time.
Starred Antra Web in Audio Ripping, works well, supports many formats and websites.
Starred VoiceMeeter in System Audio, Well-made virtual audio mixer with Voicemeeter Banana + universal routing for hardware inputs and outputs, aswell as software.
Starred Better Lyrics in YouTube Music Tools, has nice themes, accurate sync, and was well liked by users in the suggestion thread.
Starred wBlock in iOS Adblocking, fast and feature-rich Safari adblocker with custom blocklist support, userscript/userstyle engine and more.
Starred LibraryThing Awards in Book Recommendations, nice index of book awards & winning books, aggregating major prizes, annual lists and more / 2.
Starred Retro Online in Retro Browser Emulators, has over 800 games, got a fair amount of positive attention from those who tried it.
Starred Autocompressor in Video Tools, has free tier with 2 GB file size limit, fast uploads + downloads, and minimal timeouts.
Starred Spoti.pw as it seems to be the best current option for ad-free spotify on iOS.
Starred Vicinae in Linux Apps, open-source app launcher w/ easy setup, raycast/script compatibility and more.
Starred Mocha in File Hosts, 15GB per file, 100GB storage, keeps files 30 days after last download.
Starred DropDrive in File Hosts, 100GB per file, keeps files 30 days after last download.
Starred /mental health/ in Mental Health section, well researched and put together, a fair amount of people have come forward saying they found it helpful.
Starred Vorssaint in macOS System Tools, open-source menu bar toolkit with many features / utilities, including a volume mixer, keyboard shortcuts, screen recording, and more.
Starred Pawn Appétit in Chess Learning, updated and feature-rich / 2 fork of En Crossiant which we previously had starred.
Starred OpeningTree in Chess Learning, pulls a player's match history from Chess.com or Lichess and maps games onto an interactive board / 2.
Starred PyChess in Chess Section, takes Lichess architecture and expands it / 2 into a massive, free, open-source museum and battleground for over 60 regional, historical, and fairy chess variants.
Starred Accela in Linux Gaming, Steam Game + DLC unlocker, nice ui, good dev team, seems to work well for people.
Starred ynoTV in IPTV Players, nice UI, feature rich, score/match finder, custom playlists, trakt/simkl integration and more.
Things Removed
Removed GOG Games as it's now officially offline. Huge thank you and respect to their team for maintaining such a uniquely high-quality site for so long.
Removed Mullvad DNS as its shutting down Nov 2nd.
Removed UnTrap (Distraction-Free YouTube Extension) as they seem to of put many useful features behind a paywall.
Removed all file hosts that have malicious ads. Note that some of these are planning to switch to different ads on Nov 1st, and may be reconsidered at that time if they follow through.
Removed UnionCrax as they're stepping down.
Removed MovieParadise as they've closed invites.