Hydrus
by Hydrus Network
Organize media on the desktop
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About
The hydrus network client is a desktop application written for Anonymous and other internet enthusiasts with large media collections. It organises your files into an internal database and browses them with tags instead of folders, a little like a booru on your desktop. Tags and files can be anonymously shared through custom servers that any user may run. Everything is free, nothing phones home, and the source code is included with the release. It is developed mostly for Windows, but builds for Linux and macOS are available (perhaps with some limitations, depending on your situation).
Currently importable filetypes are:
- images - jpg, gif (including animated), png (including animated!), tiff, webp, bmp
- video - webm, mp4, mpeg, avi, mov, mkv, flv, wmv
- audio - mp3, flac, ogg, wma
- misc - swf, pdf, psd, zip, rar, 7z
The client can download files and parse tags from a number of websites, including by default:
- various imageboards, with a thread watcher
- the popular boorus
- gallery sites like deviant art, and pixiv
- tumblr and twitter
And can be extended to download from more locations using easily shareable user-made downloaders. It can also be set to 'subscribe' to any gallery search, repeating it every few days to keep up with new results.
The program's emphasis is on your freedom. There is no DRM, no spying, no censorship. The program never phones home.
Permissions
1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.
- X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
--socket=x11 - network
--share=network - inter-process communication (needed for X11)
--share=ipc - Wayland display
--socket=wayland - audio
--socket=pulseaudio - X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
--socket=fallback-x11 - GPU acceleration
--device=dri - access to ~/Hydrus
--filesystem=~/Hydrus:create - access to your desktop folder
--filesystem=xdg-desktop - access to your pictures folder
--filesystem=xdg-pictures - access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
--filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro - access to your videos folder
--filesystem=xdg-videos - access to your documents folder
--filesystem=xdg-documents - access to your download folder
--filesystem=xdg-download - talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
--talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar - talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
--talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify - talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
--talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings - system tray
--talk-name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher
Who publishes this
On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.
- on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
publisher:flathub
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