I’m not sure if it’s common knowledge, but a ‘shadow’ RARBG search engine went up when the site went down.

https://shadowbg-test.xav1erenc.workers.dev/

As far as I could tell, it provided direct access to all of its original torrents and/or continually seeded torrents by other dedicated seeders (or sites).

But the search engine has suddenly become inaccessible. Anyone know why? Is there an alternative?

thanks

  • abbadon420@lemm.ee
    English
    47·
    11 months ago

    “Just download the db.zip” sounds kinda scammy. Just saying…

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      Eh, it’s this com, if you know, you know, and due diligence is expected.

      But to help, when they fell they dropped their db as a torrent. I passed the size as an indicator of a known (to me) good. Try or don’t.

    • Dirk Darkly@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Anything involving pirating is scammy, that’s just the nature of things. It’s expected one knows how to do research and take calculated risks.

      • abbadon420@lemm.ee
        English
        12·
        11 months ago

        And a file called “rarbg-db.zip” doesn’t raise any flags? There’s naming conventions for files like this, so you know what the general content is, who the uploader or repackager is, some more info and also to make it look more honest. I wouldn’t trust this.