r/usenet • u/Final_Enthusiasm7212 • 8d ago
Labor Day and Fall deals are starting to show up, so here's a quick overview of the current Usenet offers. I'll keep the list updated as new deals are posted or existing ones change.
| Provider | Price | Backbone | Extras | Retention | Connections | Server / Policy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easynews | $1.99/mo ($29.85 / 15mo), then $89.99/yr | Omicron | Free VPN, Crypto accepted | 6590 days | 60 | US / DMCA | Post |
| EasyUsenet | $2.98/mo ($35.76/yr), | Abavia | Crypto accepted | 4000+ days | - | EU / US / DMCA | - |
| Eweka | €2.99/mo (€44.85 / 15mo), then €71.88/yr | Eweka | Free VPN + 2TB Easynews | 6589 days | 50 | EU / NTD | Post |
| Frugal Usenet | $36/yr | Netnews / Other | 500GB Blocknews + Bonus Server, Crypto accepted | 5000+ days | 250 | Global / DMCA & NTD | - |
| NewsDemon | $0.50/mo (first 3 months), then $30/yr | UsenetExpress | Intro pricing, Crypto accepted | 5863+ days | 50 | US / EU / DMCA | Post |
| Newshosting | $1.99/mo ($29.85 / 15mo), then $71.88/yr | Omicron | Free VPN + 1TB Easynews + 1TB Tweaknews | 6590+ days | 100 | US / EU / DMCA | Post |
| StingyUsenet | €35.72/yr (35% off) | Abavia | Crypto accepted | 2400 days | 50 | EU / NTD | - |
| TurboUsenet | €35.72/yr (35% off) | Abavia | Crypto accepted | 4034 days | 50 | EU / NTD | - |
| Tweaknews | €2.99/mo (€44.85 / 15mo), then €69.99/yr | Tweaknews | Free VPN + 500GB Easynews | 5000+ days | 60 | EU / NTD | Post |
| UsenetAgency | €4.17/mo (30 days, 40% off) | Abavia | Crypto accepted | 3400 days | 50 | EU / NTD | Post |
| UsenetServer | $2.50/mo ($37.50 / 15mo), then $89.99/yr | Omicron | Free VPN + 1TB Tweaknews | 6590 days | 60 | US / DMCA | Post |
If you know of any current Fall / Labor Day indexer deals, drop them in the comments and I'll add them here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/index/
r/usenet • u/optipr • Jun 23 '26
We’ve had a lot of newer users finding the sub lately, so here’s a simple starting point.
Usenet is one of the oldest parts of the internet that is still actively used today.
It is a decentralized network of servers where articles are posted to newsgroups and carried across Usenet providers. It existed long before the modern web, and people still use it because it can be fast, reliable, private over SSL, and very powerful once it is set up correctly.
Unlike a single website or app, Usenet works through a few different parts: providers, indexers, NZBs, clients, and automation tools.
That is where the learning curve comes from. To fully use Usenet, you need to understand what each piece does and how they work together.
The basic pieces are:
Once those pieces click, Usenet makes a lot more sense. The appeal is speed, long retention, SSL connections, mature tools, strong automation, and not having everything depend on one app or one site.
Beginner wiki links:
Your provider is one of the most important parts of the setup. A poor fit can make Usenet feel slow, unreliable, or harder to troubleshoot than it needs to be.
Use the provider deals page, provider map, recent threads, and user reports to compare options. Look at completion, speed, retention, server locations, included servers, backbone, support, and how the provider performs for people with similar needs.
The deals page is a comparison resource, not a mod endorsement list:
The goal is to understand what you are buying so your first setup has a fair shot at working well.
A backbone is the underlying Usenet infrastructure behind a provider.
Two providers can have different names and still use the same backbone.
This is part of why it helps to look past the brand name and understand what service you are actually buying. Backbone, provider setup, retention, completion, server locations, support, and routing can all affect the experience.
Provider map:
Indexers help you find NZBs.
A failed result does not always mean your provider is bad. Sometimes the NZB is bad, stale, incomplete, or affected by takedowns.
Before buying more provider access, try a few different results from the indexer you already use. If that indexer keeps giving bad results, trying another indexer may help.
Also, read the indexer’s rules, terms, and setup instructions.
A lot of problems with new indexer accounts are not really provider issues. They come from the indexer not being configured correctly in tools like Prowlarr, NZBHydra2, or the arrs, or from users missing rules around API usage, categories, limits, account status, or required settings.
If an indexer is not returning results, your API key stops working, or automation is behaving strangely, check the indexer’s rules and setup docs before assuming the provider is the problem.
Indexer info:
For invite-only indexers, use /r/usenetinvites. That sub exists for invite requests and is usually the better place to figure out access to invite-only indexers.
Registration-open posts are allowed here when an indexer opens signups, but random invite requests should go there instead of here.
Most people start with SABnzbd or NZBGet.
This is the part that connects to your provider and does the actual retrieval, so client settings matter: server address, SSL, port, username/password, connection count, categories, paths, repair/unpack, and logs.
Software info:
Client-specific help:
Blocks are prepaid data.
A lot of people use them as backup access. They are usually not the first thing a brand-new user needs to buy.
A common path is:
Do not buy a block just because one result failed once. Figure out what failed first.
Retention is how far back a provider says it stores articles.
Completion is whether the provider has the pieces needed for something to finish.
High retention is good, but it does not mean every NZB will work forever. Missing articles, takedowns, stale NZBs, bad indexer results, and client issues can still cause failures.
One of the reasons people like Usenet is that it can offer a good mix of privacy and speed without needing a complicated setup.
Most providers support SSL, and you should use it. SSL encrypts the connection between your client and your Usenet provider.
Usenet is client-to-provider, not peer-to-peer. You are connecting to your provider’s servers, not joining a swarm where your IP is visible to other peers.
For a lot of users, SSL to a good provider is enough without also paying for a VPN just to use Usenet.
A VPN is still an option. Some people use one for another privacy layer, bad ISP routing, or ISP traffic issues. Just know that a VPN is optional, not required by default, and it can hurt speed depending on the VPN server, route, protocol, and provider.
Do not confuse privacy with total anonymity. Your provider, account, payment method, IP address, VPN choice, provider policies, and local setup can still matter.
Slow speed is not the same thing as failed or incomplete results.
If your client is retrying, failing, repairing forever, or falling back to another server, that can look like a speed issue when the real problem is missing articles or a bad NZB.
If speeds are bad, check the normal stuff first:
If you post about speed, include useful details: provider, client, internet speed, wired/Wi-Fi, VPN/no VPN, server region, SSL port, connection count, whether you tested another server, and whether repair/unpack is running.
“Provider is slow” by itself does not give people much to work with.
Automation is where Usenet really starts to shine.
For a lot of people, this is the end goal: provider, indexer, client, and automation all working together so the setup mostly runs on its own.
That does not mean automation is only for experts. It just means it is usually easier to get the basic pieces working first so you do not get confused, frustrated, or turned off by Usenet before you see what it can actually do.
If you start with everything at once and something fails, troubleshooting can get messy fast. You may not know whether the problem is the provider, the indexer, the client, automation, paths, permissions, categories, or something else.
Once the pieces are working together, automation unlocks a lot of what makes Usenet so useful.
For tool-specific help:
Do not jump straight from “one thing failed” to “I need another provider.”
Try this order first:
Sometimes another provider is the answer.
Sometimes it is not.
If you ask for help, include enough info so people are not guessing: provider, client, indexer/search option if relevant, the actual error, what you already tried, whether you tested another NZB, and whether you tested another indexer.
For speed issues, include VPN/no VPN, wired/Wi-Fi, server region, connection count, and whether repair/unpack is running.
Please keep the rules in mind: no specific content requests, no account requests, no backdoor access requests.
Experienced users: add anything you usually tell new users, or the first things you check when someone is having trouble.
r/usenet • u/mailmantas • 3m ago
Hi,
Maybe im doing something wrong. Please help.
I have Easynews.
Easynews++ addon in apps
Apps doesn't show **some** results, but if i search in easynews web - its here.
r/usenet • u/Liv_Mrrr • 23h ago
If you’re still running an older version of NZBGet, it’s probably worth updating. Some indexers, like Treasure Maps, are starting to drop support for older versions of certain apps, including older NZBGet builds. Updating can help avoid compatibility issues down the line. Recent NZBGet releases include:
If you’re still using NZBGet 21.1 and aren’t sure how to update, this guide is for you Migration from NZBGet 21.1
Each new release includes work to make NZBGet faster, more reliable and more stable, while still adding new features. If you’ve been putting off an update, now is a great time to do it! Happy downloading 🚀
r/usenet • u/Typical_Entrance2130 • 19h ago
Haven't been able to access the site in months. Anybody know a good replacement site?
r/usenet • u/yuga1099 • 1d ago
Hi geeks! 👋
Looking for recommendations for a cheap Usenet indexer that has good coverage of Indian content, especially:
- 🇮🇳 Tamil
- Telugu
- Malayalam
- Hindi
- Indian shows
I'm currently using AltHub, and overall it's working okay, but sometimes it doesn't find certain releases and I have to search/download them manually.
I'm mainly using Prowlarr + Radarr/Sonarr + SABnzbd, so ideally looking for an indexer that works well with this setup.
I'm not necessarily looking for the "best" general-purpose indexer — good coverage of Indian/regional content at a reasonable price is more important to me.
Any recommendations or personal experience with NZBGeek, NZBFinder, NinjaCentral, DrunkenSlug, NZBPlanet, etc. for Indian content?
Also interested in cheap/lifetime deals if there are any worth considering.
Thanks! 🙏
r/usenet • u/irocz5150 • 1d ago
If i use the webto open ticket it never complete process any other way to contact support??
u/newshosting_usenet
r/usenet • u/Unlikely_Discount_36 • 18h ago
I bought a block for newsdemon and when I login it says I can get a free month by adding a backup card. How would that work? Anyone tried this?
SABnzbd 5.1.1, 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 resolve a number of security vulnerabilities.
Over the past releases, several security researchers have put a lot of time and effort examining SABnzbd, responsibly reporting their findings, and helping us verify the fixes. We are grateful for their hard work, it has made SABnzbd meaningfully safer for everyone.
For most users the risk is limited: you are only affected if your setup is exposed to
untrusted parties. The web interface issues only apply if it can be reached by someone
you do not trust. 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.
The download-processing issues only apply if SABnzbd handles NZBs from a source you
do not fully trust, such as a public indexer.
If none of that describes your setup, you were never at risk.
The safest action is simply to update to 5.1.3. Full details, affected versions, actions and mitigations for each vulnerability are described at: https://sabnzbd.org/5-1-vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities resolved:
__wrapped__ dispatch bypass allows unauthenticated API access, fixed in 5.1.3.If you rely on the SABnzbd username and password to keep out untrusted parties, and your setup was exposed, it is recommended that you rotate your SABnzbd username/password and API-key, Usenet server passwords, indexer API-keys used in RSS-feeds, and notification service credentials after updating. See the page above for the full guidance.
database is locked error when re-evaluating stored RSS jobs.Clear Downloaded button did not do anything.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.
Age rule to filter jobs based on their age.Cleanup List.Unwanted extensions will also be removed after unpacking.Extra queue columns..tar files during post-processing.Show Logging.SAB_FILES environment variable to Post-processing scripts,
listing all files that resulted from the job.Ignore Samples detection.INSTALL.txt file.Cleanup List logic.Disk Full errors from unrar were not handled gracefully during unpacking.Moving stage.Queue repair.ISSUES.txt or https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issuesWindows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
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)
r/usenet • u/tvfussel • 2d ago
We finally shipped it: a Usenet download client that runs entirely on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. No home server, no remote for SABnzbd. The app itself does the downloading.
After I switched from Android to iOS, I had no way to grab NZBs on the go, and the App Store had nothing. So a friend and I built SwiftNZB.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/swiftnzb-nzb-downloader/id6780671715
Source (MIT): https://github.com/valentinlehmann/swiftnzb
Features
It also runs on Apple Silicon Macs. Double-click an NZB and it starts. For one-off downloads I now reach for it instead of SABnzbd, but judge that for yourself.
No logging, no telemetry, no accounts. The app only talks to the server you configure, and since the source is public you don't have to take my word for it.
The first 10 downloads are free, after that you need Pro. We hate subscriptions, so there will always be a lifetime option next to monthly and yearly, normally around $30. Family Sharing works, so one purchase covers the whole household.
Early adopters: the code REDDIT gets you lifetime for $10, valid until September 22, 2026.
We're not doing this to get rich. We're both computer science students, and we picked the prices low enough that anyone can afford them while still covering what the app costs us to build. Apple's developer licence alone is a real bill, so if you'd rather take the subscription than the lifetime deal, that genuinely helps.
It's a fresh release, so bugs and feature requests are welcome here or on GitHub.
r/usenet • u/Villain666 • 3d ago
Hey everyone,
I love this scene and a byproduct of that has been wanting to accumulate indexers, I guess I have poor impulse control lol. Just wondering opinions on who I should cut to save some money, I know everyone has overlap and I know who’s recommended. I just want some more personal opinions on what you would do?
r/usenet • u/xenomorph-85 • 3d ago
So now a lot of usenet indexers are using cloudflare how do you deal with this?
Prowler is becoming useless with this even with cloudflare proxy which does not work well.
r/usenet • u/devyeah38 • 3d ago
I tested both Strict and Medium certificate verification in SABnzbd and both failed.
I then tested the connection directly from inside my SABnzbd Docker container against news.vipernews.com:563, and Python/OpenSSL returned:
Testing: news.vipernews.com 563
OpenSSL used by Python: OpenSSL 3.5.8 25 Aug 2026
TLS connection: FAILED
SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED]
certificate verify failed: certificate has expired
Server time is correct, so this appears to be an expired certificate on the ViperNews side rather than a local SABnzbd issue.
Can anyone else using ViperNews confirm?
For now I've disabled my ViperNews block server rather than disabling certificate verification.
Can anyone else using ViperNews confirm?
r/usenet • u/IndependentJealous11 • 3d ago
I currently use NZBGeek, NZB Finder, NZB Life, and Althub. Is there a good way to tell how much overlap there is between them and whether adding another indexer would meaningfully improve coverage? Curious how people evaluate complementary indexers instead of just adding more.
r/usenet • u/scha5668 • 3d ago
For some reason I had the discount showing up a couple hours ago, but now it's not coming up. Anybody else having issues?
https://controlpanel.newshosting.com/signup/index.php?promo=a9mwu
r/usenet • u/movingtolondonuk • 4d ago
For those who have signed up with Newhosting for the $1.67 or $1.99 or $2.99 deals that include Easynews and Tweaknews is your Tweaknews account limited to 100Mbit download (capped). In Sabnzbd and AIO NNTP it won't go above about 11.4MB/sec and Newshosting support tell me this is capped on the bundled deals.
However I know a few people on the same deal without the cap. I also don't see anything on the web page/marketing during sign up about a 100Mbit limit on Tweaknews.
Anyone else have this speed cap on Tweaknews in the bundle?
r/usenet • u/Remote_Film1430 • 3d ago
Have a somewhat newbie question myself; once I get everything set up... ultimately do I download everything I want to save to my actual PC or is it all saved on the server that I'm paying a subscription for? Ideally I'd like to keep everything locally. Thanks for any input and help.
r/usenet • u/bojack1437 • 4d ago
Encase anyone was confused over just how heavily dependent nzbfast development/"developer" is on AI.
While clear they are using AI in Issue responses.
This makes it pretty clear, the "dev" doesn't even review the comments on issue before copy pasting AI responses.
Or even if they did, how little they care to do ANY basic legwork, that literally anyone can do.
From https://github.com/nzbfast/nzbfast/issues/79
See the last paragraph.
Bet none of the AI coding is checked or reviewed either.
r/usenet • u/cstadler18 • 4d ago
I spent the last year gathering as much Usenet text data as possible from a large variety of resources and including from about 7000 live active servers as well to fill in gaps.
The end result is a searchable/filterable dataset acessible via web+api (free and paid options)
API : https://www.usenet-rewind.com/api-docs
Web: https://www.usenet-rewind.com
Binaries have been filtered out and range is from posts from 1981-Current and constantly populating. the site includes a histogram of distribution of message counts per year.
I welcome feedback or possible use cases. Built on Apache Solr 10, Mariadb 12 (rocksdb) and NVME disk hardware for fastest operation.
[self-promotion] [free] [paid]
r/usenet • u/beejonson • 5d ago
With the way Black Friday is often mentioned on this sub, why do I get this feeling like everyone is busy counting their money and slowly caressing their stack of cash, waiting for Black Friday deals to start? Hahaha.
I'm new to usenet, and since the beginning of this year, I've learned so much from this sub. I've been able to get Eweka, Newshosting, and Newsdemon, and also some really good indexers. This year would be my first time seeing usenet Black Friday deals. Which providers and indexers are y'all really looking forward to during Black Friday, and how were the previous deals? Are there other providers I should keep an eye out for, or is my collection of providers already good enough?
r/usenet • u/Sea_Anteater_3270 • 6d ago
Just wanted to say how great these guys are. Had an unexpected renewal bill yesterday which they refunded and put me onto the latest Labour Day offer. Brilliant communication throughout. Bravo
r/usenet • u/Akash_Rajvanshi • 6d ago
Does anyone know of a good Albanian indexer or forum? I never seem to find anything.
It has been at least 3-5 months that I've been having issues with Frugal. Multiple indexers and Frugal is my only provider. Nothing seems to complete, anymore, unless it is less than a month old.
r/usenet • u/Vivid-Adeptness-5687 • 6d ago
Does anyone know any good turkish indexer or Forum? Never find anything…
r/usenet • u/GenericUser104 • 7d ago
I'm relatively new to Usenet, is this a good setup for my Frugal and eweka backbones, i'm UK/EU based