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Providers, indexers, and the automation in between.
Field notes from the Usenet ecosystem — for people who already run a stack.
## Latest posts
- #indexers#german#community
German Usenet Indexers: The Board Scene and Its Alternatives
Why the German Usenet scene runs on invite-only forums instead of newznab APIs, which boards are worth knowing, and how to fit them into an automated *arr stack alongside an international indexer.
Read post → - #indexers#troubleshooting#community
NZBGeek Problems and Alternatives: When One Indexer Isn't Enough
What's behind the recurring NZBGeek outages and API errors, how to tell whether the problem is you or them, and the alternatives worth adding — plus why the real fix is redundancy, not replacement.
Read post → - #privacy#vpn#providers
Usenet and VPN: Do You Actually Need One?
Why the 'you'll get caught without a VPN' logic from torrents doesn't transfer to Usenet, what a VPN actually adds on top of SSL, and the speed trade-off worth weighing before you route everything through one.
Read post → - #tools#sabnzbd#performance
SABnzbd 5: NNTP Pipelining, Direct Write, and Why You Should Flip One Setting
What the SABnzbd 5.x series actually changes for power users — NNTP Pipelining for high-latency connections, Direct Write, post-processing that always runs, and the one default you have to enable by hand on existing servers.
Read post → - #tools#automation#tv
Sonarr: TV Automation That Makes Usenet Shine
Why Sonarr is the centerpiece of a Usenet TV setup, how failed download handling makes the combination so reliable, and whether to run it in Docker on a NAS or install it locally.
Read post → - #providers#deals#black-friday
Usenet Black Friday 2026: What to Expect Based on Last Year's Deals
A preview of the Usenet provider and NZB indexer deals to expect on Black Friday 2026, based on what was actually offered in 2025 — prices, bundles, and what to watch out for.
Read post → - #tools#indexers#automation
NZBHydra2: One Search Box for All Your Indexers
What NZBHydra2 does, how it fits into a Usenet automation stack, and what has changed in the recent releases.
Read post → - #meta
Welcome to nzbhydra
What this blog is about: Usenet providers, NZB indexers, and the automation stack around them.
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