Here is another collective open signup update. The significance of this one is that all private torrent trackers featured in this post are based on the new Gazelle script (If you want to know more about Gazelle, scroll towards the end of this article). You can find summarized information and signup URLs of 7 different private trackers that are currently open.
Note that all of these trackers have been reviewed in detail before on FILEnetworks Blog (some quite recently). Without repeating the same information here, we’ve included the link to full review below each tracker. If you want to know more details about the site including screenshots, full torrent category details, etc please refer to the full review. All trackers are open for signup as of 8.00AM Sri Lankan Time (+5.30GMT) on 12/1/2009.
1. TV Vault 
Site Name: TV Vault (http://tv-vault.org/)
Signup URL: http://tv-vault.org/register.php
Stats: 7400+ users and 1750+ torrents
Description: TV-Vault is a private torrent tracker specializing in old and rare TV Series. It’s the sister site of Cinemageddon. For more information including screenshots and available torrent categories, please refer to our full review located here.
IRC Channel: irc://irc.cinemageddon.org/tv-vault
2. Wunza 
Site Name: Wunza (http://wunza.ws)
Signup URL: http://wunza.ws/register.php
Stats: 2800+ users and 300+ torrents
Description: Wunza is a specialized movie torrent tracker. For more information including screenshots and available torrent categories, please refer to our full review located here.
IRC Channel: irc://irc.wunza.ws/wunza
3. 7Track 
Site Name: 7Track (http://7track.org/)
Signup URL: http://7track.org/register.php
Stats: 2750+ users
Description: 7Track the a general tracker with scene and p2p releases of all sorts. Note that they are currently recovering from a torrents database failure. For more information including screenshots and available torrent categories, please refer to our full review located here.
IRC Channel: irc://irc.7chan.org/7track
4. FreeTheScene (FTS) 
Site Name: Free.The.Scene (http://www.freethescene.net)
Signup URL: http://www.freethescene.net/register.php
Stats: 2650+ users and 1350+ torrents
Description: FreeTheScene is a general torrent tracker. For more information including screenshots and available torrent categories, please refer to our full review located here.
5. TorrentIt 
Site Name: TorrentIt (http://www.torrentit.eu)
Signup URL: http://www.torrentit.eu/register.php
Stats: 5800+ members and 1500+ torrents
Description: TorrentIt is a general tracker which we posted about two days ago. For more information including screenshots and available torrent categories, please refer to our full review located here.
IRC Channel: irc://irc.p2p-net.eu/TorrentIt
6. Irish Torrents 
Site Name: Irish Torrents (http://www.irishtorrents.com)
Signup URL: http://www.irishtorrents.com/register.php
Stats: ~3000 users and 1100+ torrents
Description: Irish Torrents is a private tracker with Irish movies, music and TV Shows. For more information including screenshots and available torrent categories, please refer to our full review located here.
7. SceneRace 
Site Name: SceneRace
Signup URL: http://scenerace.net/register.php
Stats: ~450 users and ~60 torrents
Description: SceneRace is a brand new general tracker. For more information including screenshots and available torrent categories, please refer to our full review located here.
IRC Channel: irc://irc.scenerace.net/scenerace
There are some more Gazelle based trackers such PassThePopcorn, LZTR, nTorrents, Libble, SavetheCoratee, Filmdom, etc that are currently closed for signup. Also, stay tuned for TehConnection’s transition to Gazelle which should come anytime now (we’ll update on the homepage when they do).
What is Gazelle Codebase and what is a ‘Gazelle tracker’?
If you are a member of several private torrent trackers, you may notice that a lot of them have the same standard layout (with some amount of customization of course). This is because they are based on a common template such as TS Special Edition or TBSource. Gazelle is a similar tracker script which has some advanced features as well as security, reliability and performance enhancements.
For example, the hardware resource usage of a Gazelle based tracker is significantly lower than that of a tracker using TBSource. This results in the site’s ability to cater for a larger user base with less server costs. Gazelle also offers more customization options for site administrators with it’s CSS based layout.
Gazelle’s benefits are not just for SysOps. Users will immediately benefit from it’s fast navigation and user friendly interface. Tons of other features such as tagging, wikis, knowledgebase, categorization by artist, title, album, etc which will add more value to the site, are available with Gazelle. If you want to know more, just sign up for one of the trackers above and see for yourself. The official page of Gazelle Codebase can be found at http://projectgazelle.org/.
P.S.- Most of the private trackers featured in our last collective open signup update are still open.
