Apps similar to Yani - Yet Another News Indexer include nZEDb, which is free and open source. Other options are Spotweb, Spotnet, Newznab Plus and Newznab Classic. In total there are five Usenet News Clients like Yani - Yet Another News Indexer for self-hosting, Windows, Linux, the web and Mac.
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.
Spotweb is a decentralized usenet community based on the Spotnet protocol.
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.
