Open Private Torrent Trackers – Gazelle Edition (September 2009)

Back in 2008, private torrent trackers based on the Gazelle codebase were a rarity. But now the situation has changed. While sites based on TBDEV and TS Special Edition are still plentiful, Gazelle script has become hugely popular among SysOps/coders– new sites based on it are being launched every month and even some well established, older sites have migrated to this template (if you need more info about Gazelle, scroll towards the end of this article). Anyways we noticed that a lot of Gazelle trackers are open for public signup right now – although most of these sites have been covered before on this blog, here is a summarized list so that you may easily discover and join the sites you like.

We have linked to the full site review beneath the description of each tracker. This is done for a reason – without blindingly registering on all sites that you see, read the review and get an idea if it really has content that appeals to you.

SceneRace
 
Site Name: SceneRace (https://scenerace.net)
Signup URL: https://scenerace.net/register.php
Stats: 4800+ users and 5150+ torrents
Description: SceneRace is a general tracker that is usually closed. 5GB upload + 500 credit bonus will be given to all new signups until the site hits a user cap of 5000.
Full Review: [Click Here]

Torrent Core
 
Site Name: Torrent Core (http://www.torrentcore.com)
Signup URL: http://www.torrentcore.com/register.php
Stats: 4700+ users and 640+ torrents
Description: Torrent Core started out as a General/0Day tracker. But this will soon change. A news post on the site reads “we have decided to concentrate solely on BRRip and High Quality Encode Packs.”. If this happens, TC will be the first specialized BRRip tracker that’s online. A detailed review will be posted on FILEnetworks Blog once the transformation is complete.
Full Review : [Click Here] – based on old version of site

MetalBits
 
Site Name: MetalBits (http://www.metalbits.org)
Signup URL: http://www.metalbits.org/register.php
Stats: 3000+ users and 3800+ torrents
Description: MetalBits is a specialized music tracker that focuses on metal music genre.
Full Review: [Click Here]

GloryBits
 
Site Name: GloryBits (http://glorybits.org)
Signup URL: http://glorybits.org/register.php
Stats: 500+ users and 6 torrents
Description: If I remember correctly, GloryBits initially surfaced as a sports tracker. Then it went HD only and was subsequently shut down. The site has re-launched on the Gazelle codebase, again as a specialized HD tracker.
Full Review: Not Available

ToxicJ
 
Site Name: ToxicJ (http://toxicj.net/)
Signup URL: http://toxicj.net/register.php
Stats: ~2000 users and 1650+ torrents
Description: ToxicJ is a music tracker that specializes in Asian (Japanese, Korean, etc) music.
Full Review: [Click Here]

HDAhoy
 
Site Name: HDAhoy (http://www.hdahoy.org)
Signup URL: http://www.hdahoy.org/register.php
Stats: 275+ torrents and 4850+ users
Description: HDAhoy is a new gazelle based HD tracker. Back when the site just started, several of our readers as well as some of our editors got a mass mail inviting them to join HDAhoy (email addresses were possibly obtained from another tracker’s user database). In most cases this would have counted as ‘spam’ – not the most ethical way to get new members as we see it.
Full Review: Not Available

TV-Vault 
  
Site Name: TV Vault (http://tv-vault.org)
Signup URL: http://tv-vault.org/register.php
Stats: 13000+ users and 3100+ active torrents
Description: TV-Vault is a tracker with some of the rarest torrents around. It’s specialty is old/retro TV series. TVV is the sister site of popular movie tracker Cinemageddon.
Full Review: [Click Here]

SweNinjaz
  
Site Name: Sweninjaz (http://sweninjaz.org)
Signup URL: http://sweninjaz.org/register.php
Stats:
Description: A very young Swedish general tracker with an  interesting design. Use /login.php to visit the login page – otherwise it’ll just show the Swedish Google. Once inside, click on ‘Inställningar’ to visit profile page/change the skin.
Full Review: Not Available

700MBz
 
Site Name: 700M.Bz (http://www.700m.bz/)
Signup URL: http://www.700m.bz/register.php
Stats: 5000+ users and 710 torrents
Description: This is an excellent movie torrent tracker if you love 700MB and 1.4GB XViD rips.
Full Review: [Click Here]

Comic-Releech
 
Site Name: Comic-Releech (http://comic-relee.ch)
Signup URL: http://comic-relee.ch/register.php
Stats: 1150+ users and 265+ torrents
Description: Comic Releech is a comedy torrent tracker. Standups, Comedy movies, TV Shows – you can find them all.
Full Review: [Click Here]

AnonTrack
 
Site Name: AnonTrack (http://anontrack.org)
Signup URL: http://anontrack.org/register.php
Stats: 1250+ users and 1300 torrents
Description: AnonTrack (formerly 7Track) is a General/0Day tracker closely connected to 7chan image board. Interesting site.
Full Review: [Click Here]

TorrentTiT
 
Site Name: TorrenTiT (http://www.torrentit.eu)
Signup URL: http://www.torrentit.eu/register.php
Stats: 1000+ torrents and 9200 users
Description: TorrentTiT is an old school private tracker that rebounded in September 2008 after being shut down back in 2004.
Full Review: [Click Here]

AnimeBytes
 
Site Name: AnimeBytes (http://animebyt.es)
Signup URL: http://animebyt.es/register
Stats: ~2000 users and 2140+ torrents
Description: AnimeBytes is a specialized site for Anime, J-Music and Live Action series. Promising new site that’s had an impressive torrent collection.
Full Review: [Click Here]

MViDBits
 
Site Name: MViDBits (http://www.mvidbits.org)
Signup URL: http://www.mvidbits.org/register.php
Stats: 2000+ users and 340+ torrents
Description: MvidBits is a new music video tracker.
Full Review: [Click Here]

BakedBits
 
Site Name: BakedBits (http://bakedbits.org)
Signup URL: http://bakedbits.org/register.php
Stats: 550+ users and 45+ torrents
Description: You know what this is. We just reviewed it today.
Full Review: [Click Here]

What is Gazelle Codebase and what is a ‘Gazelle tracker’?

If you are a member of several private torrent trackers, you may notice that a lot of them have the same standard layout (with some amount of customization of course). This is because they are based on a common template such as TS Special Edition or TBSource. Gazelle is a similar tracker script (pioneered by the crew at What.cd) which has some advanced features as well as security, reliability and performance enhancements.

For example, the hardware resource usage of a Gazelle based tracker is significantly lower than that of a tracker using TBSource. This results in the site’s ability to cater for a larger user base with less server costs. Gazelle also offers more customization options for site administrators with it’s CSS based layout. Gazelle’s benefits are not just for SysOps. Users will immediately benefit from it’s fast navigation and user friendly interface. Tons of other features such as tagging, wikis, knowledgebase, categorization by artist, title, album, etc which will add more value to the site, are available with Gazelle. If you want to know more, just sign up for one of the trackers above and see for yourself. The official page of Gazelle Codebase can be found at http://projectgazelle.org/.

Note: Some of the new ‘beta’ trackers based on Gazelle were not included in this post. Also, only torrent sites with open registration were included (does not include trackers open with IRC recruitment). Think we missed a site? Let us know via E-mail or as comments to this article.

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