NTPGrab is a free and open source, easy to use Usenet download program.
Here are some key features of "NNTPGrab":
· Import of NZB files
· Download from multiple servers using multiple threads
· Configurable download priority and server priority
· Possibility to run the GUI on a different computer than where the downloads are happening
· Possibility to control the program using a webinterface
· Support for NNTP-over-SSL
· Automatic NZB import (directory monitor)
· Integrated NZB search engine
· Automatic PAR2 repair
· Automatic unpack
· Automatic shutdown after all downloads are completed
· Support for bandwidth limiting
· Support for plugins
· Can be controlled using JSON-RPC
· Support for downloading over proxy servers
· Can be used on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Added a new feature: Only download PAR2 files when needed. People upgrading from older versions of NNTPGrab may need to enable this feature in the configuration first. Feature #1
· Files can be marked optional/non-optional in the GUI by right-clicking on them and selecting the appropriate option
· Improved the performance of download queue manipulations by replacing the SQLite-based download queue with a custom file format. Download queues created with older versions of NNTPGrab won't get converted so make sure to complete your download queue before upgrading to this version. Feature #3
· Added a preview of a new NNTPGrab frontend written in Qt. This will replace the original GTK frontend on Win32/Win64 and Mac OS X environments as it provides a more native look and feel for those platforms. Thanks go out to chrashoverraid and tg1311 for helping out with this frontend! Feature #2
· The integrated search engine is operational again
· Added 'Select all' / 'Select none' buttons to the integrated ...