What Is Red Squirrel and What Projects Are on redsquirrel87.com?

Red Squirrel is an independent developer and homebrew author whose official website, redsquirrel87.com, is a read-only wiki cataloging his projects, applications, and homebrews. If you are looking for a specific tool by this developer — or want to browse what he has released — the site organizes everything by category and by name, with a featured project called JAM and a releases log covering updates.

What the site actually is

The homepage describes redsquirrel87.com as "Red Squirrel's official website, a read-only wiki dedicated to his projects, applications and homebrews." Two practical consequences follow from that description:

• It is a wiki, not a store or download portal with accounts. The content is reference material about the projects.
• It is read-only. You browse and read; the site is not presented as a place where visitors contribute or edit pages.

The navigation reflects this reference purpose. The sidebar and page structure point to:

• Home
• Projects List by Category
• Projects List by Name
• Releases Log
• About Red Squirrel
• License
• Donate

If your goal is simply to find out whether a given tool exists and what it does, the two project lists are the fastest routes. If your goal is to check whether something has been updated recently, the Releases Log is the relevant page.

Featured project: JAM

The one project called out as featured on the homepage is JAM, described as "a simple Java-based application that allows you to download and archive chapters from a wide range of supported manga websites and sources."

That description gives you the key facts needed to decide whether it is relevant to you:

Two things worth noting before you commit time to it. First, because it is Java-based, running it depends on having a working Java environment — the site's description does not spell out version requirements, so check the project page itself rather than assuming. Second, "a wide range of supported sources" is deliberately broad; the actual list of supported sites lives on the project's own page, and that list is what determines whether your particular source is covered.

How to find a specific project

Because the site offers two parallel indexes, pick the one that matches what you already know:

• If you know the name of the tool you are looking for, use Projects List by Name. This is the direct lookup path.
• If you only know the kind of thing you want — a utility, a game-related homebrew, a media tool — use Projects List by Category and scan the groupings.

Both lists are described as covering the same body of work, so they are two views of one catalog rather than two separate collections.

What else is on the site

Beyond the project listings, the site carries a small set of supporting pages:

• Releases Log — tracks releases, useful for judging whether a project is actively maintained.
• About Red Squirrel — background on the developer.
• License — the terms attached to the projects. Read this before redistributing or reusing anything.
• Donate — a support page for the developer.

The presence of a License page matters if you intend to bundle, modify, or ship any of these projects; the terms are stated there rather than assumed.

How to decide if this site is useful to you

Work through these conditions:

1. You want a tool by this specific developer. Go straight to the by-name list.
2. You want a manga downloader/archiver and are comfortable running a Java application. JAM is the featured candidate; verify your source sites against its supported list.
3. You want to check maintenance status before relying on something. Use the Releases Log.
4. You need licensing terms for reuse. Check the License page first.

If none of those apply — for example, you are looking for a general software directory or a download site with user accounts — this site is not that. It is a personal project wiki, and its scope is limited to Red Squirrel's own work.