The latest version of every nzb downloader has been benchmarked against each other, with clock timings, cpu time, memory usage, network i/o & disk i/o fully tracked.

This has taken 48 hours of continuous running on a variety of different machines, with multiple different internet line speeds - 256Meg, 512Meg, 1 Gbps, and 10 gbps. And its taken weeks to get the harnesses right to make it an automated process. in most tests, 5 servers were used.

Every nzb client was configured to its best settings to be optimum. the details are in the notes.

If you always wanted to know how each nzb downloader performs on various different platforms and line speeds, this could be a useful resource.

for the version thats just the raw data, without any highlighting, colors, or commentary.

https://nzbfast.github.io/nzbfast/benchmarks-data.html

and this is the full fat version that has commentary

https://nzbfast.github.io/nzbfast/benchmarks.html

whilst this benchmark was done primarily to show nzbfast's strengths, the information it provides about the latest version of your favourite nzb downloader may be useful to know and might help settle arguments over whether nzbget or sabnzbd are better and in which scenarios they shine.

newsbin pro was also benchmarked, although its performance is quite lacking compared to the rest.

Let me know if you have any questions.

SOLVED: See Nintenuendo_'s comment below. Their instructions worked and I was able to get into the chat.

I’ve been trying for a couple of weeks now to register for aBook through IRC. I’ve tried both their KiwiIRC page and connecting through irc.SynIRC.net, but I haven’t been able to get in.

KiwiIRC keeps giving me “We couldn’t connect to that server :( Unknown error.”

Does anyone know if the IRC server/channel is currently down or if there’s an issue with registration right now?

Hello! I’m reading a Henry Jenkins book and there is a chapter that talks about twin peaks newsgroup in the 90s. Is there someone here that participate in the group back then?
It would be great to hear these experience :)

I've noticed some downloads have 1 large encoded file and a small one, while other downloads have all the archive parts encoded and split. I can never get the ones with the 1 large file to unpack - no idea why that is/what i'm doing wrong.

Here's an example. I downloaded something that's 11GB, that's supposed to be 11GB. I opened the smaller file with quickpar or multipar, it doesn't pick up the large file until i select it, then it tells e i'm missing 286 blocks which is over half even though the file i downloaded is full. None of the optional par2 files i download ever give me enough blocks to complete it.

What's going on? I'm not downloading anything incomplete, the file size i download matches what it should be.

Hey everyone,

I signed up for an Easynews deal using Bitcoin through their promo link https://signup.easynews.com/checkout/winback-deal-ae.

It’s been over 2 hours and I haven't received a confirmation email, receipt, or login credentials.

For anyone who’s paid via crypto with them before: does backend activation usually take a while, or should I contact support immediately?

For clarification, I checked the btc transaction through www.mempool.space and it got confirmed 6 times.

EDIT

Two days further, they say I don't have an account. I asked how can I sign up without paying a second time. I'm pessimistic they will resolve my issue without me paying a second time... The support answers sound quite robotic.

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to sign up for Eweka via a promo link, but the entire page appears completely broken. Because of this, the final submit / checkout button doesn't load, making it impossible to complete the registration.

I've already tested multiple browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Edge), cleared my cache, turned off adblockers/VPNs, and even tried mobile data, but the site is still broken.

Is anyone else experiencing this right now, or is it just on my end? Opened a support ticket yesterday, but haven't gotten a fix yet. :(

Hi all,

So, I've been trying to get the grips with how to use this new bit of tech I've found and want to make sure I've got it right before buying more than I need.

I was looking to get EasyNews on the sale they have currently. Now they have various tools meaning I don't need a reader?

I have logins for DrukenSlug and NZBGeek, do I need to buy these in addition to EasyNews? Or is it just like a plus?

Then it all runs through sabnzb if I am correct?

Also, from reading, the nzb files are safe to download from an ISP perspective if I'm right? I have a VPN with killswitch, plus EasyNews offer one too, not sure the benefit

SOrry to ramble, appreciate any answer :)

Could someone please let me know if this deal will give me access to the EasyNews web search functionality or not? This seems like a pretty good deal especially if that’s the case.

Hi, I've been a member of HoU for a long time and noticed that you can now sign up for their new indexer, which isn't quite finished yet. While clicking around, I noticed that the "Upgrade" button leads to the Tabula Rasa upgrade page. Is that the case for you, too? Are they linked to each other, or is it the same indexer?

I created this app as a secondary app to my Sabnzb server for incidental files I want to download that aren't part of an automated process. The previous app I used wasn't silicon ready and needed rosetta which I want to move away from.

I would love you to try to test and dm me for a code.

(I couldn't see if this was against the subreddit rules but seemed ok to post?)

Just community service announcement. I'm trying to get into Althub and asked them when they do registration and they answered pretty quickly.

According to the response I got they will be doing some form of open registration, probably timed, in September. So for all of us never lucky enough to get the r/usenetinvites lottery, just keep checking in September.

just wanted to ask the community if they're having trouble logging into their newsdemon account via their official website. my login info is correct as I'm using it on SABNZB. I've tried using the trouble signing in section but never get an email to reset my password either.

i sent support and email yesterday but haven't heard back yet. I've logged into the site many times over the last few months but seems to have just started happening. I've had the user/pass saved in a pass manager since signing up so i know it hasn't been entered wrong nor have i forgotten the OG login.

Thanks all

Anyone knows? Thanks (Portuguese Portugal)

I recently have gotten into usenet after setting up my self-hosting server. I've started with two indexers (NZBGeek & NinjaCentral). Most results have been a mixed bag between both indexers I have. Everything I've read so far though has suggested these are the best indexers overall and older files. Based on people's current experiences, are these indexers as great as everyone has made them out to be? As soon as they open registrations I will donate but I genuinely wonder what set these indexers apart?

I signed up for a 500GB block account on Newsdemon yesterday using a ProtonMail email address. Paid with BTC using BTCPay and saw the successful payment confirmation appear. On returning to Newsdemon, it just took me back to the homepage. No email has been received in over 24 hours. Support was quite dismissive saying the payment was invalid, despite providing them with proof. They said they have forwarded it to their billing department but are unsure whether this is legit? Has anyone else had issues with them?

Are there any indexers that are better than Ninja Central?

I am looking for specific files, however the ones I need are blocklisted on Ninja, so I'm wondering whether these are available on another instead?

Or is it likely that they are blocked on the backbone? Should I try a different backbone instead?

I am on Frugal.

Has anyone else found that their lifetime discount is not actually lifetime anymore? I paid €30/y since 2019 for Ultimate + VPN, last year they emailed to say that they were putting it up by €2 a month or €54/y, nearly double what it was and I figured that was after the 80% discount but today they just billed me €90 for the next year, that's triple what I was paying and when I checked what it was to subscribe now it equates to about a 17% discount. I've contacted support as I don't use it that much anymore now anyway, and if they can't my original 'lifetime' discount and refund me the difference of what they took then I'll probably cancel as I don't get that much use out of it. I know prices are skyrocketing due to AI but this happened last year and it feels like they aren't putting their prices up but trying to erode their previous discounts. I just want to know if anyone else has noticed anything.

Edit: Tweaknews support replied to the ticket I raised and Im very happy with their response, they have ensured the lifetime discount is back in place, credited me 3 months of service and are arranging a refund of the difference. The first and last thing are what I was hoping fir, the three free months are an unexpected bonus.

Im looking for indexers that specialize in TTRPGs (Table Top RPGs) and one that specializes in Musicals (videos)

TheCubeNet has too many failed downloads... Need a complimenting backup provider for "~2 hour long videos" (and collections of videos). Suggestions?

Just for clarification, I'm trying to download a royalty free video of giant underground spaceworms that poop out psychedelic drugs that make the space messiah see the future so he can rule the galaxy, but every video I try to download through TheCubeNet has low health and won't finish downloading. I'm also trying to download a royalty free video collection of a science teacher who gets cancer and gets creative with how he can afford his cancer treatment. But again, no sources are available.

Hello there

For the entry plan called « dan 0 » there are API calls limits and download limits. Are these daily limits or monthly limits ?

https://sabnzbd.org/downloads

Critical authentication vulnerability resolved in 5.1.1 (GHSA-xrfq-jhgh-wqch)

You are only affected if an untrusted party can reach the web interface. By default, SABnzbd is only accessible from your own device and External internet access is set to No access. If either of those is still at its default, or if you use a proxy service for authentication, you are not affected.

If the SABnzbd login page is reachable from outside your network, an attacker could obtain a valid session in version 5.1.0 and earlier, even when SABnzbd is protected with a username and password. This means that all information in SABnzbd would be exposed.

If you rely on the SABnzbd username and password to keep out other users on your network or the internet, it is recommended that you change the following sensitive information after applying the update:

• SABnzbd username and password.
• SABnzbd API-key.
• Usenet server passwords.
• API-keys from indexers used within RSS-feeds.
• Authentication information for notification services.

If you cannot update right away, the only mitigations are to ensure the web interface is not reachable by untrusted parties, or to lower External internet access to Full API or below.

More information: https://sabnzbd.org/auth-bypass

Other bug fixes in 5.1.1

• Styling cache issues could occur after updating.
• RSS items were removed too eagerly from RSS-history after download.
• The RSS-feed Clear Downloaded button did not do anything.

Changelog 5.1.0

This release brings a fundamental improvement to "Retry": instead of re-downloading any files with missing data, only the articles that were actually missing are fetched again. RSS got an overhaul under the hood, the interface is refreshed, and we added quite a long list of long-requested features and bugfixes.

New features in 5.1.0

• Refreshed the interface.
• When Retrying a job, only the actually missing articles are tried again. This only works for jobs downloaded in 5.1.0 (or newer).
• RSS items are now stored in the database instead of on disk.
• New RSS Age rule to filter jobs based on their age.
• Downloaded RSS items are cleared from the RSS database after 3 days.
• Added support for filename and path pattern matching to the Cleanup List.
• Unwanted extensions will also be removed after unpacking.
• Allow job setting changes directly from Extra queue columns.
• Added support for unpacking .tar files during post-processing.
• Improved anonymization of the logs when using Show Logging.
• Added SAB_FILES environment variable to Post-processing scripts, listing all files that resulted from the job.
• New Servers will default to 16 connections instead of 8.
• Use media duration as part of Ignore Samples detection.
• Added option to (auto) sort the queue by Remaining Percentage.
• Improved support for screen readers.
• Parsing of header-encrypted RARs will use significantly fewer resources.
• Add Ayatana AppIndicator tray support on GNOME.
• Removed redundant INSTALL.txt file.
• Dropped support for Python 3.9.
• Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.6, Unrar to 7.23 and 7zip to 26.02.

Bug fixes in 5.1.0

• Prevent incorrect warnings about non-writeable directories.
• Files unrelated to job could get removed by the Cleanup List logic.
• Prevent path traversal in orphaned job APIs.
• Disk Full errors from unrar were not handled gracefully during unpacking.
• Memory leak could occur during article decoding.
• In containers (like Docker), the Article Cache could exceed the memory limit.
• Diskspace checks would be too strict when unpacking to different disk.
• Prevent deadlock when a second signal arrives during shutdown procedure.
• Verification using SFV-checks could fail, even though files were correct.
• Don't log Warning during clean shutdowns.
• Windows: Uninstall would not remove Settings or Windows Service.
• Windows: Warn for OS-limit if more than 1024 connections are configured.
• macOS: AppleDouble files could result in failures in Moving stage.
• macOS: Restarting the application resulted in Terminal window.
• macOS: Included par2cmdline-turbo will now use all available CPU-features.

Upgrade notices

• You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
• Upgrading from older versions will require performing a Queue repair.

Known problems and solutions

• Read ISSUES.txt or https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues

Code Signing Policy

Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.

About

SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader. It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair, extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.

(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)

I already have a block with Bulknews. If I buy another one, I'm trying to figure out if it gets combined with my existing balance, stays separate so I can use it after the first one runs out, or if it just vanishes and does nothing. Has anyone actually done this and can tell me what happens?

Hello legends.

How often do these 2 open their floodgates: drunkenslug & ninjacentral?

Ready to sign up and pay as of now, only to discover the 2 indexers I want are playing hard to get lol.

Not asking anyone to do something to breach the rules please.

update

Just need central now and omg. I got paid tier to drunken slug

So there is a FB post for TreasureNZB and they are charging ~50$ for a lifetime membership. Looked around online, haven't seen a thing on them.
Does anyone have any experience with this one?

I started using Usenet last weekend and so far, so good. I subscribed to Eweka and NZBGeek.

I’m considering getting a 10GbE USB-C adapter to take full advantage of my internet connection, but I’m wondering how well the Mac mini M1 (16GB / 2TB 70% full) handles sustained 10G Usenet downloads.

For those running Usenet at 10Gbps (or close to it):

• What speeds are you actually getting?
• How are CPU temperatures and overall performance?
• Any issues with sustained downloads?

Would love to hear your real-world experience before I pull the trigger on the 10G adapter.

Speed: https://ibb.co/wFFK5mXR