Loadarr - Search and import ROMs directly from LaunchBox / BigBox

[niggoe]

Hey LB Community,

I'm currently building a LaunchBox Plugin for searching, downloading and extraction of ROMs directly in LaunchBox / BigBox.

My usecase for this was that my wife isn't the most tech-savvy person - thus leading to me always having to manually import my legally owned ROMs into LaunchBox.

Loadarr provides a simple search bar to search for titles and then scrapes well-known ROM sources (currently only one, but can be easily extended) for matching downloads. It also provides a BigBox overlay with Controller Support, so users don't have to leave BigBox to search and import plugins.

Loadarr is currently in BETA - the basic features worked in my tests and I was able to search and download my first ROMs.

Sources are on GitHub, it also includes instructions on how to build the plugin yourself (or directly download it from GitHub releases).

I'd love if you'd also test it a bit and give me feedback via GitHub issues by using the prepared issue templates.

If plugins like these are not wanted here, please let me know - I wasn't sure.

Thank you!

GitHub URL: https://github.com/enyineer/launchbox-loadarr-plugin