Subsearch 3.0.0

Subsearch

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Subsearch is a Windows subtitle downloader that integrates with the right-click context menu. Select a media file, click Search subtitles, and matching subtitles are downloaded and extracted automatically.

Features

• Right-click any media file to trigger a search
• 70+ languages supported
• Filters: hearing-impaired, non-HI, foreign parts only
• Configurable via a GUI
• Available as an MSI installer, PyPI package, or source

Links: Supported languages · Contributing · Security

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Preview

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Installation

Windows installer (recommended)

Requires Windows 10/11.

1. Download the installer from the releases page.
2. Run the installer. If a SmartScreen / PUA warning appears, click More info → Run anyway (why?)
3. Launch Subsearch once to register the context menu entries.

PUA warning screenshots

Development builds are available as artifacts in the release action.

PyPI

pip install subsearch
subsearch

Source

git clone https://github.com/vagabondHustler/subsearch.git
pip install -e .

Use pip install -e .[build,lint,tests,tools,type] to include optional dev dependencies. Run python -m tools.cx_freeze_build bdist_msi to build the MSI.

License

Subsearch is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (or later); see LICENSE for the full text.

The distributed application bundles third-party components listed in THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.md. Notably PySide6 (Qt for Python) under LGPL v3 and PySide6-Fluent-Widgets under GPL v3, the latter is why Subsearch as a whole is distributed under GPL v3.