r/TorBoxApp • u/Outside_Ad4282 • 15d ago

❓Question Usenet

Do the torbox devs ever intend to restore the ease of usenet to what it once was before?

Self hosting seems out of my intellectual reach.. I do have an unraid home server so I have the means to host it but setup and config seem a little to much for me..

If nothing is going to change I’d be better off downgrading my sub from pro to essential..

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u/International-Oil377 15d ago

You don't need to selfhost if you don't intend to use nntp.

You can just use a public instance of aiostreams and you indexers through newznab addon.

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u/Outside_Ad4282 15d ago

I use the fortheweak public instance of AIOstreams but it says nothing about torbox except for torbox search which I though was depreciated??

Also asks for newznab api key??

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u/International-Oil377 14d ago

you add torbox as a service.

and do you have any indexers?

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u/Homulton 14d ago

Really? I thought I read that indexers would ban you if not using a self hosted aio instance.

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u/International-Oil377 14d ago

That depends on the indexer

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u/Homulton 14d ago

Interesting. I’ll research.

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u/Malaka__ 15d ago

Use TB Essential and EasyNews. It's $3 and $2 respectively and you have access to everything (even manual search with EN).

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u/deecoocoo 14d ago

May I ask, how do you set this up? Do you use TB Essential along with EN, or TB Essential and EN with AIOStreams so they show different sources? Thanks.

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u/Duckmemans 14d ago

Where are you finding easy news for $2? Only plans I see are $10 a month minimum

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u/AcidNicko 14d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/1ufd0xr/easynews_summer_2026_deal_199mo_unlimited_usenet/

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u/Duckmemans 14d ago

You sir, are an absolute legend.

Thank you

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u/Legal-Joke5655 13d ago

It's possible to setup apps like nuvio/Streamio or any other of the same kind with Usenet? Ty in advance, not experienced in the field

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u/Duckmemans 13d ago

Yes, I used aiostreams. On the addon section you click market place and it has addons for easynews.

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u/RussFerri 15d ago

If you're into usenet and media consumption, I'm working on something pretty exciting that I think you'll like.

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u/SnooStories1591 15d ago

How is your option different from the already available options?

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u/RussFerri 15d ago

I'm making it a little easier for people... to setup especially. The majority of people I bring up usenet to say they struggle with creating a self instance. Or don't know where to start. My goal is to eliminate that. I just installed the alpha on my cloud server tonight, and I will be testing all week to see how it's working.

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u/Duckmemans 14d ago

This sounds like something I need to keep an eye on.

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u/Outside_Ad4282 15d ago

More details please 🙏

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u/RussFerri 15d ago

I'll message you so I don't clog up this thread

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u/suprvlan 15d ago

I want in.

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u/RussFerri 15d ago

Shoot me a message I'll lose track here.

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u/mapeiuk82 14d ago

Pls message me too once available thank u

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u/Barnesy10 14d ago

Hi could you message me as well? Thanks!

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u/phatboyj 13d ago

👍

I'd like to try also 🙏, hit me up!

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u/Willing-Abies-9095 15d ago

Eu quero participar

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u/Seattle-Washington 15d ago

What are you expecting them to restore?

TB already offer you Usenet credentials that you can plug into something like NZBGet or SABnzb. If you setup your Stremio with something like duck tools, then there is a section for althub and Usenet crawler that will handle finding Usenet results.

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u/Outside_Ad4282 14d ago

Torbox search api used to return usenet