nzbget.com

nzbget.com is an open-source project that maintains NZBGet, a lightweight, command-line-driven Usenet downloader engineered for high-speed retrieval of binary content from NNTP servers. Written in C++ with minimal dependencies, the software is designed to run unobtrusively on Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, and NAS devices, consuming little CPU or memory while saturating broadband connections through multi-server, multi-threaded downloading. Typical use cases include automated acquisition of large media collections, Linux ISO images, and backup sets by home-lab enthusiasts, media-server operators, and privacy-minded users who prefer encrypted Usenet transfers over public torrents. NZBGet integrates with popular PVR applications such as Sonarr, Radarr, and Lidarr to provide a complete, scheduler-driven media pipeline: RSS feeds or indexers deliver NZB files, the client assembles and repairs multipart posts with built-in par2 verification, unpacks RAR archives, and then notifies downstream tools for renaming and library insertion. Advanced features include IP whitelisting, SSL/TLS encryption, comprehensive logging, and a JSON-RPC API that enables remote management from mobile apps or browser extensions. Configuration is file-based, making the program easy to containerize or deploy on headless servers. The publisher’s software is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are sourced from trusted Windows package managers such as winget, always delivering the latest upstream build and permitting batch installation alongside other applications.