Hydrus Network Portable

Note: Some antimalware applications may trigger alerts for this application. Our tests have proved that these are, in fact, false positives so it's safe to download and run Hydrus Network Portable.

Designed as the no-install counterpart of Hydrus Network, Hydrus Network Portable is a comprehensive tool that can help manage very large media collections. It has a search function with intricate filters, along with support for tags.

After downloading the large package, you can keep it stored on an external media device to be able to run it on any PC without setup. The whole program consists of server and client components, which means that the server has to first run properly to be able to use the client.

The interface might seem overwhelming at first sight since there are many options and little easily accessible information on how to use the tool.

Media files can be dragged and dropped over the client's window to be able to import them into the database. Alternatively, you can ask Hydrus Network to set up your client with your repositories' credentials, giving you the possibility to tag the public tag repository and view files.

Media collections can be put together and sorted by various criteria, such as chapter, creator, title, volume, and series. Meanwhile, selection tags can be applied in lexicographic or incidence mode.

When it comes to pages, Hydrus Network Portable displays options for picking a new page, creating a new search or download page, and generating a download popup or special page. You can save sessions to load them later and pick up where you left off, protect the database from prying eyes using a password, migrate the database, as well as check file and database integrity, among others. It's possible to manage tag censorship, siblings and parents, together with parsing scripts and subscriptions.

Hydrus Network Portable takes a pretty long time to load content but this is understandable considering the application's nature of handling large amounts of media files. We haven't come across any compatibility issues with the latest Windows edition in our tests.