GrabIt Alternatives for Linux

GrabIt is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is SABnzbd, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to GrabIt and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to GrabIt are NZBGet, HelloNzb, URD (Usenet Resource Downloader) and Kwooty.

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  1. SABnzbd icon
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    SABnzbd is a free/open-source cross-platform binary newsreader written in Python.

    32 SABnzbd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
     
  2. NZBGet icon
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    The most efficient usenet downloader. NZBGet is written in C++ and designed with performance in mind to achieve maximum download speed by using very little system resources.

    30 NZBGet alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Snapcraft
    • FreeBSD
    • TrueNAS
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. HelloNzb icon
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    HelloNzb - The Binary Usenet Tool

    With HelloNzb you can download (binary) files from Usenet servers via NZB index files. The software is based on Java and can thus run on many platforms (tested on Windows and Linux). Automatic archive verification via PAR2, automatic RAR archive.

    37 HelloNzb alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. URD is a program to identify, locate, and download binaries from usenet (newsgroups) through a web interface. It utilizes the spotnet protocol [Read Spotnet, Spotweb]. Similar to the spotweb client in nature for finding and identifying NZBs, URD additionally includes its own...

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    • Linux
     
  5. Kwooty icon
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    Kwooty is a nzb binary grabber for KDE 4 that makes usenet downloading easy. Besides being multi-server support, it automatically verifies, repairs and extracts archive files downloaded from usenet.

    Features :

    • Automatic file downloading after openning Nzb file
    • Support for au.
    43 Kwooty alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Binreader icon
     2 likes

    Simple, no-nonsense NZB download manager. Cross-platform, runs everywhere. Handles RAR and PAR2 files automatically. Streams media files while you download. Supports SSL encryption and IPv6.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Newsflash Plus is a powerful Usenet binary reader which provides lots of advanced features like integration with archivers and media players, automatic par2 archives repair, scripting via the embedded Python interpreter and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Leafnode icon
     1 like

    Leafnode is a software package that implements a store & forward NNTP proxy (client and server) that supports TCP connections across IPv4 and IPv6. It can be used to give a regular newsreader offline functionality, merge news articles from several upstream newsservers for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. Klibido icon
     1 like
    • Automatic joining of multi-part posts
    • Automatic decoding of posts, using the uudeview library (yEnc supported) or an internal decoder
    • Multiple servers support, with priorities and fallback if an article fails on a server and is present on another server
    • Queue.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. XPN icon
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    XPN is a multiplatform newsreader with unicode support. It's written in Python using GTK+2 toolkit and works wherever Python and GTK+2 work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11.  Like

    NZB is a newsgroups binary download client, named after the NZB file standard. It natively downloads, decodes and even streams the files specified in the .nzb file, an XML format which describes binary files on Usenet by their message-id.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  12. Usenet Wire aims to provide the best software to enjoy newsgroups, with unparalleled processing speeds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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