A Nicotine+ plugin that bans and ignores users who think file sharing is optional. Spoiler: it’s not.
A personal plugin for Nicotine+.
It does exactly what it says:
- Users who don't share enough files and folders? Banned and ignored.
- If the user's IP has resolved, they can be banned. If it's unresolved, they won't be IP banned.
- Optionally, send them a message telling them to stop leeching — or not.
- Block Suspicious Users with certain File Share numbers
- Unban users who are now sharing - In Testing
Because this is Soulseek, not Soul-take.
If you're here just to download and not contribute, go use Spotify or rip YouTube.
- Drop the plugin into your Nicotine+
pluginsfolder. - Go to Plugins → Enable it.
- Configure it: set minimum files/folders shared, and the optional warning message.
- Done.
Q: Isn’t this gatekeeping?
A: It’s designed to encourage sharing in the community. Many users do share generously, and this plugin helps prioritize those connections.
Q: But I only share 1 file because I’m shy… or have no bandwidth, storage etc...
A: Understood. But this plugin prioritizes people who share. If not, the people who share get punished.
GPLv3. Do whatever you want.