nzbCheck
command line tool to check nzb files. First inside the nzb to see if each files has the expected number of Articles, then we check their availability on Usenet using the NNTP Stat command. Implemented in C++11/Qt5, nzbCheck is released for Linux, Windows, MacOS and RPI. (by mbruel)
ngPost
Command Line (or minimalist GUI) usenet poster for binaries developped in C++/QT designed to be as fast as possible and offer all the main features to post data easily and safely. Releases for Linux, Windows and MacOS are available. (by mbruel)
| nzbCheck | ngPost | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 14 | |
| 24 | 196 | |
| - | 3.1% | |
| 0.0 | 3.1 | |
| over 1 year ago | 7 months ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
nzbCheck
Posts with mentions or reviews of nzbCheck.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-03.
- Is Tweaknews any good?
- How to check if nzb file has all available blocks?
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File availability test results via multiple providers
The test was done using nzbCheck software by mbruel, and using different geographical domains (hostnames) where available. Backbones covered: Eweka, Abavia (Usenext), BaseIP (TweakNews), Highwinds (Astraweb, EasyNews, Newsgroup Ninja, Newshosting, Frugal Usenet), UsenetExpress (UsenetNews), Its Hosted (Usenet.Farm, UsenetNews, Frugal Usenet), Uzo Reto (ViperNews)
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Help with movie and Tv set up
One thing to consider is how frequently they health check the nzbs, if they have 10,000s of nzbs it could potentially take a long time. Tools like nzbCheck exist but I'm not sure if this is what is being used.
- Is there a CLI tool that can check nzb completion ?
- How to check if a file I see on a index site is indeed available on servers?
ngPost
Posts with mentions or reviews of ngPost.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-26.
- Had to compile ngPost myself on Linux since the old AppImages used old SSL library. Now my compiled version doesn’t recognize that I have par2 installed o my system. How can I make ngPost find that one? (It does detect my /use/bin/rar execufable)
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Noob trying uploading/posting to Usenet
ngpost is very beginner friendly, try using that instead
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current guides on how to start uploading to usenet? including creating NZB file
I tested some time ago and the one I liked the most is ngPost (https://github.com/mbruel/ngPost). It handels RARing, par2, password protection and obfuscation by itself and spits out a ready .nzb file. I needed a tool that can be used via command line, which worked fine, but i just saw that it also has a GUI if you need that
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Need help uploading a binary
Why are you trying to compile it from source ?
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Usenet Posting - Obfuscation, PAR files, RAR uploads and other things
I assume standard obfuscation only consists of renaming the files and then posting normally while article obfuscation is modifying the subject like in the nyuu issue above. If someone is familiar with ngpost, are there 3 levels of obfuscation available here - article, filename and archive name? I can’t imagine much use for filename obfuscation if the other two are used, is everything else unnecessary with article obfuscation? The ngpost author also seems to be against obfuscation in general
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How to share on USENET?
ngPost may be a good program to start with as it also has a GUI (graphical user interface): https://github.com/mbruel/ngPost
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Is the NgPost development still ongoing?
Last commit was on 2021-05-16. I personally wouldn't consider it abandoned at this stage. (besides, the Usenet upload scene is full of people using abandoned software, so I'm not even sure abandonment means much anyway)
- Upload all files inside folder
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If we dont use RAR, are passwords possible ?
Actually, both are incorrect, and I explain why that's a bad idea. The behaviour may have been true in the past, but isn't today (and as mentioned, writing temporary files sucks for performance).
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Uploading to usenet with no SSL. Safe?
The Nyuu wiki has a good comparison. If you're familiar with a command line Nyuu itself is a good choice, if not choose one of the programs with a GUI like ngPost or JBinUp (doesn't have a site anymore and isn't actively maintained).
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nzbCheck and ngPost you can also consider the following projects:
NewsUP - Fully feature high performance binary usenet uploader/poster
Nyuu - Flexible usenet binary posting tool
nzbverify - Command-line NZB file verification utility
mbedcrypto - a portable, small, easy to use and fast c++14 library for cryptography.
llvm-string-obfuscator - LLVM String Obfuscator
Windows Terminal - The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!
MystiQ - Qt5/C++ FFmpeg Media Converter
utility-boilerplate-qt - 🚀Boilerplate for C++ utility application based on Qt5
bkcrack - Crack legacy zip encryption with Biham and Kocher's known plaintext attack.
nntpPoster - A utility to post files and folders to usenet.