Playnite-HydraTorrent

Hey everyone, just wanted to share something I’ve been working on.

I’ve been using Playnite for years to manage my game library, but one thing that always bugged me was the whole download-then-add-to-library workflow. Like, I’d find a game on FitGirl, download it through qbittorrent, wait for it to finish, extract it, then manually add it to Playnite and hunt for metadata. It worked, but it felt disconnected.

So I built a plugin that ties everything together. HydraTorrent basically lets you browse torrent sources directly in Playnite and start downloads from there. It connects to your existing qbittorrent instance, so you keep all your settings, VPN bindings, seeding preferences - nothing changes on that end.

You can add custom JSON sources if you want. I’ve been dogfooding it for a few months and it’s made my setup feel way more cohesive. Like having a proper launcher instead of juggling multiple apps.

If anyone’s interested, it’s up on GitHub: github.com/BCDezgun/Playnite-HydraTorrent

Happy to hear feedback or feature ideas. I’m actively working on it.