Searching for torrents

Set up a search source

Seedly has no search of its own and ships no website, index or default source. It asks the Torznab source you run yourself, such as Prowlarr or Jackett, so you decide what it can find. Without a source, the Search tab explains how to add one.

1. Find your Torznab address and API key

   In the web interface of Prowlarr or Jackett, copy the Torznab address of an indexer (or of all of them) and your API key. Both are shown there.

2. Add the source

   Go to Settings, then Search providers, and tap the plus button. Paste the Torznab address and the API key. The key can be left empty if the address already contains it. The name is optional.

   

3. Test it, then save

   Tap Test source to check the connection before you save. The address and the key are kept in your device’s secure storage.

4. Manage your sources

   The Search providers screen lists your sources. Tap one to edit or delete it. A search asks every source at once.

   

5. Search

   Open the Search tab, type what you are looking for and press search. Every result shows the site it comes from, its type, size, seeders, leechers and age. Results of all sources are merged, and the same torrent found twice is listed once.

   

6. Filter and sort

   Pick a category from the first chip. The second chip sorts the results by seeders, size or date.

7. Add a result to your server

   Tap the cloud button to send a result to your Transmission server. With several servers the app asks which one. The download button saves the .torrent file on your device. Tap a result itself for a menu with the same two actions and a third entry that opens the result’s web page.