Is there such a thing as an index or database of all the free Kontakt libraries that have been released over the years... AND uploaded as torrent/p2p?

(the process of finding the developer website, creating an account, giving them your email, downloading their own downloader, then uninstalling it, etc. can get pretty tiring when there are hundreds of free libraries from hundreds of different developers...)

 

https://archive.org/search?query=akai&sort=-week

https://archive.org/details/usbsoundscans1-63

https://archive.org/details/90ssamplecds-large-collection.-7z


you can also dig on archive.org to find what you want

 

No to both

The sister site has a Kontakt section, with free stuff labelled as such (sometimes erroneously so), but it's very much incomplete.

Other options are AN, Russian BT tracker - but you'll have to figure out the "free" part yourself - also incomplete.

If curated and continuously updated "best of" lists are your thing:

https://linkedmusicians.com/best-free-kontakt-sample-libraries-instruments/

https://blog.native-instruments.com/best-free-kontakt-instruments/

Outdated, but a treasure trove of lesser known free & quality libraries:

https://web.archive.org/web/20240224151419/https://plasterbrain.com/downloads/best-free-vsts/

 

thank you xorome!