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How it works

1. 01

   You type a query

   It stays in your browser. There is no XTORX server for it to be sent to.

2. 02

   XTORX does the magic

   The same words are encoded the way each of the indexes expects them.

3. 03

   You pick where to look

   Open any index in a new tab, with no referrer attached, and compare what each one has.

Questions

What is XTORX?

XTORX is a torrent meta-search engine. One search covers every major public torrent index at once, so you can see what each of them has for your words without typing them again on a dozen different sites.

Does XTORX host torrents?

No. XTORX stores no torrent files, no magnet links and no index of its own, and it runs no tracker.

Does XTORX track me?

Google Analytics counts visits. It sets no cookie until you accept the bar at the bottom of the page, and refusing is one click in the same place; the answer can be changed later from the Cookies link in the footer. Either way, what it is told is which page you opened, never what you searched for: the query is removed before anything is reported, and the results page reports a fixed title rather than your search. Outbound links are sent without a referrer, so the indexes are not told what you typed here either.

Is using XTORX legal?

Searching is. What you then download is governed by the law where you live and by the licence of the material. XTORX also lists open-content archives such as Academic Torrents and Linux Tracker, where the material is free to copy by licence.

More detail in About and the disclaimer.