For anyone who was in the adult webmaster space between 2003 and 2010, the name Comus Thumbs probably rings a bell. It launched in 2003 as a free PHP script on nibbi.net — a tool for running Thumbnail Gallery Posts back when TGPs were how adult traffic moved around the internet. By 2005 it had become one of the dominant free options in the space. In 2010, the site got hacked, development stopped, and it went dark.
Today, after 16 years offline, we’re relaunching comusthumbs.com.
Why Now
The short answer: we finished ComusThumbz. The long answer is that the original script always represented an idea worth preserving — build powerful tools, give webmasters control, automate the tedious stuff, make it accessible — and the modern CMS we’ve been building is the direct spiritual successor. The new comusthumbs.com exists to honor that lineage and connect the two eras.
From TGP Script to Modern CMS
The TGP ecosystem of 2003-2008 was sophisticated. Gallery producers, traffic traders, and webmasters operated a distribution network that processed billions of monthly pageviews. Tube sites disrupted the model starting in 2006-2007, and by 2010 the original script’s time had passed.
But the DNA stuck. Looking at ComusThumbz today, you can trace the genealogy:
- The original’s click tracking became a comprehensive analytics engine with detailed records and aggregated counts.
- The original’s Traffic Booster became the full SEO management suite with sitemap generation, meta templates, and Open Graph tooling.
- The original’s Auto Thumbnailer became the FFmpeg pipeline with HLS adaptive streaming and distributed conversion.
- The original’s Macro Wizard became the Template Management System with feature toggles, style manager, and layout manager.
Every major system in the modern CMS has a thread back to something the original tried to solve.
What’s New at comusthumbs.com
The relaunched site serves as the front door to the ComusThumbz project — documentation, screenshots, pricing, manual, themes marketplace, the installer download system, and the story of how we got here. It’s also where new blog posts, release notes, and community resources will live going forward.
A Note on the Team
The current team brings over 30 years of combined experience in adult online business. We want to be clear: we’re honoring what the original Comus Thumbs built, not claiming continuity with the original developers or the troubled events of 2010. This is a rebuild, with respect for the foundation.
Where to Go From Here
- ComusThumbz features — the modern CMS
- The full origin story — how we got from 2003 to now
- The CMS release announcement — what ships in the current release
Welcome back.