TorBox: Usenet Black Hole / Sabnzbd || NZBGet emulator

[kaigoh]

Great work with this, it's definitely the most approachable setup for interfacing the *arrs with the debrids!

However, seeing as TorBox also offers Usenet downloading, would it be feasible to support this? Debrid-blackhole would become a swiss army knife!

Following on from the current approach with QBittorrent, perhaps emulating a Sabnzbd or NZBGet interface?

I'd love a way of getting my Linux ISOs and public domain media from Usenet, too :)

[NeurekaSoftware]

Supporting Usenet via TorBox would be really cool!

Is there a chance that we can see this happen soon?

[wizaarddlabs]

Yes please support this!

[Aerya]

There is, an old but running, build for Usenet: https://github.com/sirrobot01/decypharr/tree/usenet
Made a post about it (in French, sry): https://upandclear.org/2025/09/18/utiliser-la-version-de-decypharr-usenet/

[berot3]

What's the current state?

[gaizaharduz]

@Aerya What are the odds of getting that branch merged? Is help needed?

[Aerya]

@berot3 Functional.
@gaizaharduz I'm sorry I don't understand. Just saying the dev made a build using Usenet and it works despite it's old.

Maybe better use Altmount or NZBdav for Usenet (second one the better). Both tested and used for a while. Still using NZBdav from time to time.

[NeurekaSoftware]

Maybe better use Altmount or NZBdav for Usenet (second one the better). Both tested and used for a while. Still using NZBdav from time to time.

NzbDAV is definitely better. Altmount is a dumpster fire last I checked. I saw a few people get banned from their indexers because of it too. It's too buggy for production.

If you got NzbDAV and use Emby or Jellyfin, use the strm file option. It's significantly faster and leagues ahead of the other options. Unfortunately, Plex dropped support for strm files. The performance penalty of webdav + fuse is really bad, so strm is the way.

[gaizaharduz]

Sorry my question should have been for @sirrobot01. Thank you for recommending the alternatives.

[berot3]

For those using Torbox for Usenet and not 3 other nntp-providers this is a much needed feature

[SirSavvy]

+1 on this feature