If you have ever heard of IRC it uses that network to directly send files to you. Basically you need an IRC client then you message a bot for the file(s) you want it to send to you. There are xdcc search engines like sunxdcc and you can usually find books, audio, anime, etc.

[–] NicerLemmyUser@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Im sorry for asking this but what is IRC?

[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its an old school chat protocol. You can try it for yourself kiwiirc is a website that lets you chat with IRC. You need to pick a network, Rizon is a good network to start with. There are a bunch of different commands you can use but the only ones i found useful are /msg to send a message and /join to join a channel.

For the downloading part you need a client that supports XDCC, and then you can use these commands with your bot of choice

[–] NicerLemmyUser@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Will definitely have to check it out once my brain remembers to remember this.

[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

IRC is a simple text chat protocol.

DCC is an extension for file transfer.

XDCC is a text command definition/protocol for interacting with irc chat bots offering files through DCC.