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humind vs Jackett

A side-by-side editorial comparison of humind and Jackett — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

humind vs Jackett: at a glance

FeaturehumindJackett
SectorInfra & APIsInfra & APIs
Velocity score3.85.0
Sparks · 30d10
Top themeshumanitarian-analytics, needs-assessment, r-package, breaking-changesindexers, torrent-search, maintenance, daily-releases
Last editorial update38m ago5h ago
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What is humind?

The MSNI humanitarian needs framework as code, rewritten and re-broken every year

humind turns household survey data into Multi-Sector Needs Index severity scores across WASH, Protection, SNFI, Food Security, Education and Health. Its version line tracks the annual MSNI framework revision — 2024.x, 2025.x, 2026.x — with narrow correctness patches between rollouts. v2026.2.0 is the current rollout and the most structural one in the visible history: water-quantity scoring moved out into a new mandatory prerequisite, food-security severity now comes from a different matrix, and the impactR4PHU runtime dependency is gone.

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What is Jackett?

Daily tags chasing tracker domain moves, login changes and freeleech detection

Jackett continues to ship a tag most mornings, each one a short auto-generated commit list of indexer definition edits. The newest adds a cookie login variant for HD-Space and captcha-aware login for funfile; the day before was a sweep of domain bumps and download-volume-factor detection corrections across torrenttip, magnetcat, 52bt, torrenteros, tocashare and seedcore. No release in this window touches the application itself.

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humind vs Jackett: editorial side-by-side

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humind
INFRA · APIS
3.8

The MSNI humanitarian needs framework as code, rewritten and re-broken every year

◆ Current state

humind turns household survey data into Multi-Sector Needs Index severity scores across WASH, Protection, SNFI, Food Security, Education and Health. Its version line tracks the annual MSNI framework revision — 2024.x, 2025.x, 2026.x — with narrow correctness patches between rollouts. v2026.2.0 is the current rollout and the most structural one in the visible history: water-quantity scoring moved out into a new mandatory prerequisite, food-security severity now comes from a different matrix, and the impactR4PHU runtime dependency is gone.

◆ Where it's heading

Two things move together. The framework content is revised yearly — indicators added, weights corrected, instruments swapped — and the package keeps absorbing pipeline it used to delegate, most visibly by vendoring add_fcs(), add_hhs(), add_rcsi(), add_lcsi() and add_fcm_phase() locally rather than importing them. Each rollout is explicitly breaking and the release notes have grown per-function 'Action:' instructions, which reads as maintainers who expect every downstream dashboard to need rewiring on the same annual clock.

◆ Prediction

The 2025 line settled into narrow patches immediately after its rollout — 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 fixed a separator argument, a schema rename and a shelter misclassification rather than adding indicators. Expect the 2026 line to do the same: correctness fixes against the new WASH, FCLCM and shelter-damage logic before any further framework change.

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Jackett
INFRA · APIS
5.0

Daily tags chasing tracker domain moves, login changes and freeleech detection

◆ Current state

Jackett continues to ship a tag most mornings, each one a short auto-generated commit list of indexer definition edits. The newest adds a cookie login variant for HD-Space and captcha-aware login for funfile; the day before was a sweep of domain bumps and download-volume-factor detection corrections across torrenttip, magnetcat, 52bt, torrenteros, tocashare and seedcore. No release in this window touches the application itself.

◆ Where it's heading

This is maintenance as a product, and the cadence is the feature. Trackers rotate domains, add captchas, switch to cookie auth or vary their freeleech percentages, and Jackett absorbs each change within a day — Scenetime was added and dropped within days, 720pier removed and then restored by revert. The recurring shift from form login to cookie and captcha handling across sites is the one visible pattern: the definitions are steadily taking on more anti-bot handling.

◆ Prediction

Expect the same daily cadence of definition edits, with more cookie and captcha login variants as trackers tighten access. The entries show no application-level work planned or in progress.

Alternatives to humind and Jackett

Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either humind or Jackett.

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Recent activity from humind and Jackett

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 7h agoJackettHD-Space cookie login variant; funfile captcha handling
  2. 1d agoJackettDomain bumps and freeleech detection fixes across six trackers
  3. 2d agoJackettIP filtering note for newstudio; anisource goes IPv6-only
  4. 3d agoJackett720pier tracker restored by revert
  5. 4d agoJackettScenetime dropped days after being added; new magnetcat domains
  6. 6d agoJackettdocspedia cookie auth, nyaa season search, duplicate GET fix
  7. 29d agohumind2026 MSNI rollout: HWISE-4 prerequisite, FCLCM, impactR4PHU dropped
  8. 8mo agohumindTents reclassified as inadequate shelter
  9. 10mo agohumindFix: honour the sep argument in protection score columns
  10. 10mo agohumind'Acute need' renamed to 'severe need' across every output column
  11. 1y agohumind2025 MSNI rollout: Protection revamped, WGQ dropped from Health
  12. 1y agohumindScoring corrections across WASH, education, health and shelter

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between humind and Jackett?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Jackett is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 3.8), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 1. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is humind better than Jackett?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Jackett is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 3.8), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 1. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to humind?

Top humind alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "humind alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/humind for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Jackett?

Top Jackett alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Jackett alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/jackett for the full list with editorial commentary on each.