# Redacted (RED)

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Redacted (RED) and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Active music torrent tracker with many torrents and quieter forums. Critics say ratio rules push people to upload junk.

## Why people recommend it

- Active, quieter user community (2 comments): "Orpheus and RED are going extremely strong right now, with very active userbases" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48933290)) "much quieter forums, which was a big draw for people i've gathered" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48942173))

## What people warn about

- Ratio rules push junk uploads (2 comments): "it's the FLAC-doesn't-trump-MP3 garbage rule that make people litter the sites with crap just to gain ratio." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512460)) "Red's antiquated system that forces people to" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49510562))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Pirate Bay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pirate-bay.md): 33 recommend
- [Rutracker](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rutracker.md): 15 recommend
- [Bitmagnet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bitmagnet.md): 9 recommend
- [1337x](https://hackerapproved.com/p/1337x.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Redacted (RED)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/redacted/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).