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Install sabnzbd with Homebrew Cask
Binary newsreader. Version 5.1.3 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Binary newsreader
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Commands and aliases
No executable aliases were found in the local package database.
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Project history and usage
SABnzbd is an open-source Python binary newsreader that automates downloading, verification, repair, extraction, and filing of content described by NZB files.
Project history
Official source headers show continuous SABnzbd maintenance dating from at least 2007. The project developed as an open-source Python binary newsreader focused on automating the complete Usenet download and post-processing workflow.
The project maintains stable and development branches and publishes its own website, manual, installation guidance, and API documentation.
Adoption history
SABnzbd is distributed across desktop and server-oriented environments and is designed to work through a browser-based interface. The official project describes it as working practically everywhere.
Its package-manager appeal comes from unattended operation and portability: source_facts.package-manager records a Homebrew Cask, while the official manual covers Windows, macOS, Unix, NAS, and source installations.
How it is used
Users configure Usenet servers, folders, categories, scheduling, RSS, sorting, notifications, and post-processing through the web interface, then add NZB files or integrate other applications through the API.
All configuration data—including configured server and interface credentials—is stored in `sabnzbd.ini`; the official folder-setup documentation gives platform-specific default locations.
Why package nerds care
SABnzbd is a long-running example of a Python application packaged as a self-contained desktop or server service while retaining a web interface and automation API.
It occupies a durable niche in self-hosting and media-automation stacks because it turns NZB input into verified, repaired, extracted, categorized output with minimal intervention.
Timeline
- 2007: Official source headers indicate the beginning of the project's maintained copyright history.
- 2023: The project publicly tested a major downloader-performance redesign with its community.
Related projects
- Usenet
- NZB
- PAR2
- unrar
Sources
- [Official SABnzbd repository](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd)
- [Official SABnzbd user manual](https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/)
- [Official folder-setup documentation](https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/directory-setup)
- source_facts.package-manager
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for sabnzbd. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
~/.sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini- Windows
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\sabnzbd\sabnzbd.ini
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Linux
~/.sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini- Windows
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\sabnzbd\sabnzbd.ini
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| No executable data was present. | |||
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version5.1.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbdnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:sabnzbd |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.1.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/sabnzbd |
| Homepage | https://sabnzbd.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd |
| Upstream docs | https://sabnzbd.org/ |
| Source archive | https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/releases/download/5.1.3/SABnzbd-5.1.3-macos.dmg |
| SHA-256 | a6ec86a423206a0780b8e204ac35aae6ada43d23c35fd0291f4b239e94446c5a |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | sabnzbd |
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| Artifacts | |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment