Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted

Yani - Yet Another News Indexer is described as 'Usenet indexing application written in Java' and is a Usenet Search tool in the social & communications category. There are five alternatives to Yani - Yet Another News Indexer for Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Mac. The best Yani - Yet Another News Indexer alternative is Spotweb, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Yani - Yet Another News Indexer are nZEDb, Spotnet, Newznab Plus and Newznab Classic.

nZEDb is a newsgroups indexer. nZEDb automatically scans usenet, similar to the way google search bots scan the internet. It provides a web-based front-end providing search, browse, and programmable (API) functionality.



Spotnet is a usenet client that utilizes a peer-to-peer indexing method where users "spot" content on usenet, notifying other clients that the content is there and available.


Newznab Plus is a usenet indexing application, that makes building a usenet community easy. This is the commercial version.



newznab is a web application written using php, pear and mysql, which runs on linux, windows and mac, and is available in two versions. Newznab Plus, the commercial version, and Newznab Classic, the open source version.


