Magneto

magneto quietly saves every magnet link you stumble across. when torrent sites go down, your links stay safe.

features

• 🔒 privacy-first — no tracking, no servers, no accounts. everything stays on your device.
• 🧩 auto-detect — magnet links are captured automatically while you browse.
• 🎛️ whitelist control — only save links from sites you explicitly approve.
• 📂 smart stash — search, filter, and organize your link archive.
• 📤 easy export — save as txt, json, or csv whenever you want.
• ⚡ lightweight — only 997 KB, minimal background footprint, built for speed.

installation

extension store

the easiest way is through the chrome web store:
→ add magneto to chrome requires chrome 114+.
(firefox & edge support coming soon)

🛠 manual install

1. download the latest release
2. unzip it
3. open chrome://extensions/
4. enable developer mode
5. click load unpacked → select the magneto folder

development

magneto is built with vite + svelte + typescript.
you’ll need bun (or node.js 22+).

git clone https://github.com/gergogyulai/magneto.git
cd magneto
bun i
bun run dev

then load the extension from the magneto/build folder in chrome://extensions/.

to build manually:

bun run build
bun run zip

ethics

magneto is a personal archiving tool.
it never sends or shares your data, and it takes zero responsibility for what you do with it.
you control what’s collected, and you own your data.

contributing

want to improve magneto? thank you 🙏
open an issue or PR here: contribute on github.

license

magneto is open source, released under the MIT license.