GrabIt 1.7.2 Build 988 Beta

3.8 out of 5 stars 3.8 (79 votes)

BETA (August 9, 2008)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Freeware / 22,529 downloads

GrabIt is an application that finds pictures, movies, erotics, MP3 files, software and games on USENET news servers. The familiar looking interface makes selecting and downloading files intuitive and easy.

  • Publisher

    Shemes

  • Homepage

    GrabIt

  • Latest Changes

    - * Added support for SSL server connections

    - * Rewrote the yEnc decoder for improved speed

    - * Decoder and Repair and Extract now run at the same time to stop the 'Waiting to decode' list from growing

    - * A lot of small performance enhancements

    - * BUG FIX: Some uuEncoded binaries imported via the NZB importer where corrupted or being saved as text files

    - * BUG FIX: Resuming a batch with decoding binaries that are already decoded no longer results in a hanging decoding thread

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  1. 3 out of 5 stars
    colemar

    Reviewing 1.7.2 Build 988 Beta (Jan 16, 2009)

    Yes it is free, yes it is clean and does the job.
    But:
    It downloads only from a server at a time, so if you got a secondary server to fill in missing articles then you must manually switch.
    It uses only one thread/connection per file, so if you can use 20 connections but are downloading only 2 files then Grabit will use only 2 connections with reduced total speed.

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    Prospero424

    Reviewing 1.7.2 Build 988 Beta (Aug 12, 2008)

    Excellent, excellent, excellent! They added exactly what I've been asking for: SSL!

    As far as I'm aware, this is the ONLY usable, free binary newsreader for Windows with SSL support. I can't recommend it enough.

    Seems pretty stable for a beta. No problems so far, and the speed is great.

  3. 4 out of 5 stars
    fourbigoo

    Reviewing 1.7.1 Build 960 Beta (Jan 10, 2008)

    needs to integrate public NZB indexing site search support like alt.binz

    and preferably an open architecture for expanding search options

    otherwise a good free client

  4. 4 out of 5 stars
    Prospero424

    Reviewing 1.7.1 Build 960 Beta (Jun 14, 2007)

    Unequivocably the best free binary newsreader for Windows, and also the simplest.

    It doesn't have any frills like advanced filtering, but it's fast and it works. Global search, by its very nature, costs money to implement. The fact that they allow even a limited number of searches a day for free software on a free service is pretty amazing. No amount of complaining can change that. This is not P2P, people.

    The only requisite feature it lacks, in my opinion, is SSL (encrypted transfers) support.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    christoofar

    Reviewing 1.7.1 Build 960 Beta (May 21, 2007)

    A freeware, multi-thread capable binary downloader.
    Simple to set up & use. Can utilize .nzb files
    Um, and YES, the Premium Search feature does cost extra (just like with Newsleecher)Why is this a suprise to people? Since when did server space become free?
    Without the search feature, still works a treat as a solid binary grabber

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