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Getting Started

Rattlehead80 edited this page Nov 6, 2026 · 3 revisions

Download and run

Download the file for your system from the Releases page. There is nothing to install.

Windows. Run bootleg-toolbox-windows-x86_64.exe. The program is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn you the first time ("Windows protected your PC"). Click More info, then Run anyway.

Linux. Make the file executable, then run it:

chmod +x bootleg-toolbox-linux-x86_64 && ./bootleg-toolbox-linux-x86_64

Check your download

Each release comes with SHA256SUMS.txt, the SHA-256 checksum of every file. To compare it with your download:

  • Windows (PowerShell): Get-FileHash .\bootleg-toolbox-windows-x86_64.exe -Algorithm SHA256
  • Linux: sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing

Every release is also built by GitHub Actions with a build provenance attestation. With the GitHub CLI, you can check that a file really comes from this repository's build:

gh attestation verify bootleg-toolbox-windows-x86_64.exe --repo bootleg-toolbox-group/bootleg-toolbox

First steps

The empty window, ready for a drop

Bootleg Toolbox is a single file: run it, and drop show folders or audio files on the window. While you drag them over it, a frame says what the drop will do, with the first folder's name written on the cassette. A new drop replaces the list; hold Ctrl while dropping to add to it instead. A dropped .torrent file checks the list against it.

On Linux, Help → Add to the applications menu puts Bootleg Toolbox in your desktop's menu.

The Add menu

The Add menu does the same from a file dialog: Add folder…, Add files… and Add DVD… (a VIDEO_TS folder). Clear list empties the list. Nothing on disk is touched by any of these.

Next: The main window.

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