FlexGet is a multipurpose automation tool for content like torrents, nzbs, podcasts, comics, series, movies, etc. It can use different kinds of sources like RSS-feeds, html pages, csv files, search engines and there are even plugins for sites that do not provide any kind of useful feeds.

There are numerous plugins that allow utilizing FlexGet in interesting ways and more are being added continuously.

FlexGet is extremely useful in conjunction with applications which have watch directory support or provide interface for external utilities like FlexGet.

FlexGet is installable via pip with the command:

pip install flexget

For more detailed instructions see the installation guide.

Check that you have Python 2.6 - 2.7 available with command python -V.

In some environments newer (or older, if your distro is on python 3,) python might be available under another name like 'python26' or 'python2.7' in which case you need to use that one instead of plain 'python'.

To start using FlexGet from this directory, run the following commands:

python bootstrap.py

This will initialize python virtualenv and install all required dependencies in it.

If you need deluge or transmission libraries from system wide python use:

python bootstrap.py --system-site-packages

After that FlexGet is usable via <checkout directory>/bin/flexget. Verify installation by running:

bin/flexget -V

You may also place the configuration files in ~/.flexget (Unix, Mac OS X) or C:\Documents and Setting\<username>\flexget (Windows).

If you don't want to use virtualenv there's flexget_vanilla.py file which can be used to run FlexGet without bootstrapping, note that you will need to install all required dependencies yourself.