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

SABnzbd also has a fully customizable user interface, and offers a complete API for third-party applications to hook into.

Features

* Refine TV Special support in TV Sorting
* Support gzipped NZB files in RSS run (enables tvbinz.net)
* Allow override of the newzbin category in the RSS scanner
* Use ionice (if present) to run external utilities on Linux
* Refuse UNC paths in Windows for “incomplete” (due to par2)
* Sort servers in Config->Servers
* Make sure PAR2 files always have lowercase extension on Linux
* Retry on incomplete NZB files in RSS run
* Map illegal file characters to look-a-likes instead of underscores
* Retry malformed yEnc articles on other server(s)


* Support RSS feeds from nzbindex.nl
* Refine TV Special support in TV Sorting
* Support gzipped NZB files in RSS run (enables tvbinz.net)
* Allow override of the newzbin category in the RSS scanner
* Use ionice (if present) to run external utilities on Linux
* Make sure PAR2 files always have lowercase extension on Linux
* Retry on incomplete NZB files in RSS run
* Map illegal file characters to look-a-likes instead of underscores
* Retry malformed yEnc articles on other server(s)
* Refuse UNC paths in Windows for “incomplete” (due to par2)


* “No duplicates” option (Do not download an NZB whose name is already present in the backup folder)
* Option to choose between transposing or removing illegal file name characters
* Restore the “auto-disconnect” option
* Keep Windows awake while downloading/post-processing
* Updated par2 and unrar for OSX
* Make ionice optional and allow parameters for it (Linux)
* Prevent change of download_dir and cache when queues not empty.


* Support end-of-queue standby/shutdown for OSX
* Unix/OSX: Do not change permissions of existing folders
* Sort RSS preview with latest item first