Effective Date: June 30, 2026
DC++ Hubs Directory – Public Hublist & Real-Time Hub Search is built for public Direct Connect hub discovery. These guidelines explain what is allowed when submitting, editing, importing, or asking the site to publish a hub listing.
1. Submit Only Authorized Hubs
Submit hubs that you own, operate, administer, or have permission to list. Do not impersonate another owner, copy another hub identity, or publish misleading connection details.
2. Keep Information Accurate
Hub names, descriptions, addresses, ports, protocols, country flags, security status, software, topics, rules, minimum share values, slot requirements, and owner details should be accurate enough for a public directory. Update the listing when the hub moves, changes protocol, closes, or changes rules.
3. Keep Public Text Safe
Public descriptions, topics, and admin-provided content should not include malware links, scams, hate, harassment, doxxing, credential requests, payment tricks, deceptive download claims, or content that targets private people without consent.
4. No Abuse
Listings may be removed for spam, illegal material, deceptive redirects, pinger abuse, forged statistics, hostile assets, repeated failed imports, crawler traps, or attempts to overload the application.
5. Pinger Cooperation
The pinger may check listed hubs regularly and store public numeric snapshots. Hub owners should not intentionally return false data, hide critical requirements, or block checks in a way that misleads users.
6. User Safety
Hub listings should not trick users into unsafe downloads, credential sharing, payment scams, privacy-invasive behavior, or fake operator contact. A public listing is an invitation for users to connect, so the published information should be clear and honest.
7. Duplicate Listings
Do not submit the same hub repeatedly under slightly different names, descriptions, hosts, or ports to manipulate search results. If a hub has both secure and non-secure addresses, use the appropriate fields instead of creating misleading duplicates.
8. External Hublist Imports
External hublists may contain stale, duplicated, or incomplete entries. Imported candidates can be reviewed, merged, rejected, or corrected before becoming public. Matching by title alone is not enough when hub addresses, descriptions, or topics differ.
9. Moderation
Administrators may edit, disable, merge, or remove listings and accounts when needed to protect users, infrastructure, search quality, generated hublist files, or legal compliance.
10. Review Requests
If you believe a hub listing was restricted by mistake, contact the site administrator with the hub address, the account used to submit it, and a short explanation. Review does not guarantee that a listing will be restored.