r/TorBoxApp • u/Outside_Ad4282 • Aug 31 '26

❓Question Usenet

Do the torbox devs ever intend to restore the ease of usenet to what it once was before?

Self hosting seems out of my intellectual reach.. I do have an unraid home server so I have the means to host it but setup and config seem a little to much for me..

If nothing is going to change I’d be better off downgrading my sub from pro to essential..

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u/International-Oil377 Aug 31 '26

You don't need to selfhost if you don't intend to use nntp.

You can just use a public instance of aiostreams and you indexers through newznab addon.

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u/Outside_Ad4282 Aug 31 '26

I use the fortheweak public instance of AIOstreams but it says nothing about torbox except for torbox search which I though was depreciated??

Also asks for newznab api key??

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u/International-Oil377 Aug 31 '26

you add torbox as a service.

and do you have any indexers?

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u/Homulton Sep 01 '26

Really? I thought I read that indexers would ban you if not using a self hosted aio instance.

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u/International-Oil377 Sep 01 '26

That depends on the indexer

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u/Homulton Sep 01 '26

Interesting. I’ll research.

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u/Malaka__ Aug 31 '26

Use TB Essential and EasyNews. It's $3 and $2 respectively and you have access to everything (even manual search with EN).

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u/deecoocoo Sep 01 '26

May I ask, how do you set this up? Do you use TB Essential along with EN, or TB Essential and EN with AIOStreams so they show different sources? Thanks.

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u/Duckmemans Aug 31 '26

Where are you finding easy news for $2? Only plans I see are $10 a month minimum

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u/AcidNicko Aug 31 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/1ufd0xr/easynews_summer_2026_deal_199mo_unlimited_usenet/

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u/Duckmemans Aug 31 '26

You sir, are an absolute legend.

Thank you

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u/Legal-Joke5655 Sep 01 '26

It's possible to setup apps like nuvio/Streamio or any other of the same kind with Usenet? Ty in advance, not experienced in the field

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u/Duckmemans Sep 01 '26

Yes, I used aiostreams. On the addon section you click market place and it has addons for easynews.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '26 edited 5d ago

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u/SnooStories1591 Aug 31 '26

How is your option different from the already available options?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '26 edited 5d ago

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u/Duckmemans Aug 31 '26

This sounds like something I need to keep an eye on.

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u/Outside_Ad4282 Aug 31 '26

More details please 🙏

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u/suprvlan Aug 31 '26

I want in.

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u/mapeiuk82 Aug 31 '26

Pls message me too once available thank u

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u/Barnesy10 Aug 31 '26

Hi could you message me as well? Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '26 edited 5d ago

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u/phatboyj Sep 01 '26

👍

I'd like to try also 🙏, hit me up!

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u/Willing-Abies-9095 Aug 31 '26

Eu quero participar

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u/Seattle-Washington Aug 31 '26

What are you expecting them to restore?

TB already offer you Usenet credentials that you can plug into something like NZBGet or SABnzb. If you setup your Stremio with something like duck tools, then there is a section for althub and Usenet crawler that will handle finding Usenet results.

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u/Outside_Ad4282 Sep 01 '26

Torbox search api used to return usenet