FitGirl Repacks

FitGirl Repacks is a website distributing pirated video games. FitGirl Repacks is known for "repacking" games – compressing them significantly so they can be downloaded and shared more efficiently.^[2][3] TorrentFreak listed FitGirl Repacks at sixth in 2024^[4] and at ninth in 2020's Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites lists.^[5]

FitGirl Repacks

Type of site	Magnet links provider, peer-to-peer
Founded	July 6, 2016
Country of origin	Latvia (claimed)
Revenue	Donations
URL	fitgirl-repacks.site[1]

FitGirl, the creator of the site, does not crack games; instead, she uses existing game installers or pirated game files like releases from the warez scene and repack them to a significantly smaller download size. The repacked games, usually limited to Microsoft Windows, are distributed using file hosting services and BitTorrent. They are generally accompanied during installation by the song "Tsuki Sayu Yoru" by Hiromitsu Agatsuma.^[6]

The mascot of FitGirl Repacks is the French actress Audrey Tautou as she appears in the 2001 movie Amélie, a French romantic comedy directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.^[7]

History

In 2012, FitGirl started compressing game files for sharing with friends. After realizing that public repacks on pirating sites were smaller than her initial repacks, she decided to learn how to optimize her own compression. When her repacks became more optimised than the ones already available, she decided to start sharing them. The first one she shared was a repack of Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions on Russian trackers on July 6, 2016. Her repacks grew in popularity; in 2020 TorrentFreak described her as "the best-known releaser on the internet".^[2][7]

In a 2016 interview FitGirl stated that she was in her 20s and worked in computers. She stated that she was "female and kinda proud of it", as the only female repacker in the p2p scene at the time. She claims that she was born in Russia, but based in Latvia.^[3][8]