Public Pages

Browse all public pages for Public DC Hublist, help articles, documents, hub search pages, and resource pages.

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  • Search live DC++ and Direct Connect hubs, compare active hubs, users, share, and reliability, or download current NMDC and ADC hublist files.

  • Search and filter active DC++ and Direct Connect hubs by name, country, protocol, users, share, software, status, and reliability.

  • Download current DC++ hublist files in XML, BZ2, JSON, and config formats, including global, ADC, NMDC, and country lists.

  • Manage your account settings and owned Direct Connect hub listings.

  • Manage Public DC Hublist configuration, pages, hublist files, users, records, mail logs, SEO tools, and operational data.

  • Browse all public pages for Public DC Hublist, help articles, documents, hub search pages, and resource pages.

Hub

Learn what a Direct Connect hub is, how DC++ hublist profile pages work, and how to read address, protocol, users, share, reliability, and status data.

  • Submit a public Direct Connect hub for hourly checks, searchable indexing, and inclusion in the public NMDC, NMDCS, ADC, and ADCS hublist files.

  • Check whether your DC++ client listening port appears reachable from the public internet for active mode.

  • Run dig-style DNS checks for Direct Connect hub hostnames and inspect A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, SOA, and TXT records.

  • Review A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, SOA, and TXT records for public Direct Connect hub hostnames from the hublist server.

  • Admin-only tool for connecting to a Direct Connect hub with a configurable diagnostic client profile.

  • Configure and monitor the persistent Hub GPT identity for a Direct Connect hub assigned to your account.

  • Operate a persistent moderation identity and discovered command catalogue for a Direct Connect hub assigned to your account.

  • View the IPv4 or IPv6 address that reached this page, together with locally resolved ISP, city, region, and country details.

  • Test whether a public DC++ or Direct Connect hub hostname responds to ICMP ping, then review packet loss, latency, and DNS resolution.

  • Run a bounded public TCP check against common Direct Connect hub ports and see which NMDC, NMDCS, ADC, or ADCS ports appear reachable.

  • Test whether a public DC++ hub endpoint accepts dchub, NMDC, NMDCS, ADC, or ADCS connections from the hublist server.

  • Check reverse DNS PTR hostnames for public IP addresses used by Direct Connect and DC++ hubs.

  • Test whether a specific public Direct Connect TCP port accepts connections from the hublist server for NMDC, NMDCS, ADC, and ADCS hubs.

  • Inspect public TLS certificate details for secure Direct Connect endpoints, NMDCS hubs, ADCS hubs, or related hostnames.

  • Trace the network path from the hublist server to a public Direct Connect hub hostname or IP address for routing diagnostics.

  • Look up public WHOIS, registrar, domain, and network ownership information for Direct Connect hub hostnames and IP addresses.

Browse Direct Connect guides covering DC++ clients, hublist providers, hub software, Google indexing, OpenWrt, and operator resources.

  • Learn about DC++ clients, public hublist formats, hub server software, and operating guides for Direct Connect users and hub owners.

    • Compare Direct Connect clients for Windows, Linux, web, server, NMDC, NMDCS, ADC, and ADCS hub communities.

    • Learn how public DC++ hublist providers, NMDC and ADC lists, XML, BZ2, JSON, and client interoperability work.

  • Learn how hub owners can check Google crawling, indexing, structured data, and search visibility for public Direct Connect pages.

    • Learn what Google dorking is, why indexed files can expose data, and how hub owners can audit their own domains safely.

  • Research overview of Meshtastic and MeshCore, two open-source LoRa mesh systems for off-grid text messaging, telemetry, emergency coordination, and local resilient communication.

  • Use OpenWrt for router configuration, VPNs, DNS, firewall rules, and network troubleshooting around Direct Connect services.

    • Learn how AdBlock Fast works on OpenWrt, including DNS-based ad blocking, blocklist sources, performance, router privacy, and practical configuration notes.

    • A practical OpenWrt flashing guide covering preparation, firmware selection, checksum verification, factory installs, sysupgrade, SSH upgrades, first boot setup, hardening, and recovery.

  • An overview of Verlihub, the NMDC hub server, with links to setup, locale, Lua, and script resources.

    • Build Verlihub from the official source repository in a Docker image, connect it to MariaDB, run the Verlihub install wizard, and keep the hub configuration on a volume.

    • Install Verlihub from the official source repository on Ubuntu Server, connect it to MariaDB, run the vh --install wizard, and start it with systemd.

    • Configure Verlihub locale settings and understand the build options that affect plugins, TLS, and installation paths.

    • Enable the Verlihub Lua plugin, check the plugin library, load scripts safely, and troubleshoot common Lua setup problems on an NMDC hub.

      • Lua scripts for Verlihub display bots, helper commands, timed messages, user-list entries, validation helpers, and small hub automation tasks.

        • Lua script for posting rotating Verlihub hub notices to main chat at a controlled interval.

        • Lua script for showing Verlihub user counts, operator counts, share totals, or compact hub status as a user-list display entry.

        • Lua script for sending lightweight Verlihub help requests from users to hub operators.

        • Lua script for showing hub time as a bot-like entry in a Verlihub user list.

Start here to choose the correct guide for finding a hub, understanding a profile, managing a listing, diagnosing a public endpoint, using an assigned live client, or downloading generated hublist files.

  • How to read a hub profile, history graph, requirements, addresses, statistics, and user-list icons.

    • Detailed help for checking active mode, passive mode, and DC++ client port forwarding.

    • Manual hub submission requirements for owners who add a hub through the website.

    • Configure and operate a Hub GPT client for a Direct Connect hub assigned to your account.

    • Use the live Direct Connect Hub Chat client for a hub assigned to your account.

    • Configure and operate the persistent Hub Mod identity for a Direct Connect hub assigned to your account.

    • Detailed help for checking one public host and port from the hublist server.

    • Detailed help for inspecting individual DNS record types for public hub hostnames.

    • Detailed help for reviewing the most useful DNS records for a hub hostname in one place.

    • Field-by-field help for editing hub ownership, appearance, pinger settings, and admin-only hub values.

    • Detailed help for reading the address, local network data, approximate location, and map shown by the My IP tool.

    • Detailed help for checking whether a public Direct Connect hub host answers ICMP ping from the hublist server.

    • Detailed help for checking PTR hostnames for public hub IP addresses.

    • Detailed help for checking a small set of common public Direct Connect hub ports.

    • Detailed help for checking whether a public endpoint speaks the expected Direct Connect protocol.

    • Detailed help for inspecting secure hub certificates and TLS handshake problems.

    • Detailed help for reading network hop and routing diagnostics for public hub hosts.

    • Detailed help for checking public ownership and registration data for hub domains and IP addresses.

  • How to search the public hublist and understand every available filter.

Terms, privacy details, cookie information, hub listing rules, and platform notices for Public DC Hublist.

  • Rules for using Public DC Hublist, submitting hubs, downloading generated files, and relying on pinger data.

  • How account, hub, pinger, email, session, support, and request data is collected, used, stored, and protected.

  • Information about required cookies, remember-me cookies, preferences, analytics, CAPTCHA, and social login cookies.

  • Follow the requirements for submitting and maintaining a public hub listing, including ownership, reachability, content, and moderation.

  • Platform information for account, login, provider, public hub data, and data handling pages.

    • How optional social login may work with Public DC Hublist accounts.