GrabIt for Windows

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Developer’s Description

Download multiple news articles at once.

GrabIt is a newsgrabber that enables you to use Usenet without downloading headers. Its features include fast selecting, downloading, and decoding of binary attachments; a familiar-looking user interface; and advanced error checking while downloading. Download and decode multiple articles at once. Other features include filters for showing/hiding downloaded or deleted articles, a search option for groups and articles, and a pause function to free bandwidth.

GrabIt is in the Newsreaders & RSS Readers category of the Browsers section.

GrabIt for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: October 15, 2008

Latest update: February 26, 2016

Version: 1.7.2-beta-3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2000
Windows NT
Windows 98
Windows 95
Windows 10

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 431,306

Downloads Last Week: 4

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User Reviews

3.9/5

112 User Votes

grabbit good, offers not so good...
garyfutrellFebruary 28, 2013
Pros
good program, even with limitations.
Cons
choose custom install if offered whitesmoke, and uncheck everything for the install. whitesmoke is known malware, surprised cnet is trying to get people to install it.
Summary
grabit good, cnet installer not so good anymore.
Easy to figure out and use
jadunnOctober 4, 2012
Pros
It is fast to react to commands and I had no issues at all. In addition it was free
Cons
Some files wouldnt open
Summary
Does the job. Does it well.
fmsorigaayJanuary 9, 2012
Pros
Combined with the binsearch.info website, gets downloads started quickly, reliabley, and efficently. NO idea what the reviewer meant about selling their service. It works fine with any news provider.
Cons
Running SSL sometimes has problems connecting. Sometimes crashes when shutting down with SSL. I switch back and forth and then it runs ok for a week or tow. A minor annoyance. Occsionally gets stuck on some downloads. exiting and restarting with save option clears this up
Summary
Overall, it's very effective except for a few glitches that I'm sure they;re working on
Not free, not worth using?
tech_ninja_81February 22, 2011
Pros
Compact, simple interface.
Cons
Labeled as free, but has monthly fee for any thing over the "daily limit" No grouping like in other news readers.
Summary
If your software is not freeware, but requires a subscription to use, do not label it as free.
Decent features, but horrible resource hog
ZaphodReviewsDecember 7, 2010
Pros
Works well to grab articles.
Cons
Brings system to a crawl and then kicks it in the shins. Pain in the butt to search articles. Did I mention it is slow?
Summary
From a pure feature-set standpoint, this is a reasonable product, though it is lacking features of for-pay competitiors. It's ability to aggragate articles and queue downloads is decent. The layout is generally good. Grabbing articles is quick... until it brings your system to its knees. Things to do: Improve search and write app more efficiently.
Best free one out there, more user friendly than SabNZB
johnforamericaJanuary 1, 2010
Pros
Extremely easy, fast.
Cons
Built in search function is pretty crappy, get yourself a Newzbin invite and use that to search. Add the Greasemonkey Newzbin poster script on userscripts as well to make the experience better. Support isn't great.
Summary
Not perfect, but nothing free is. Use this.
Limitations are minor!!!
Jim HarmonOctober 17, 2009
Pros
Very fast! The chances are that it will tax your internet connection to its limits. Once configured, you can have up to 32 simultaneous connections to your server... IF your server allows that many.
Cons
The default connection per server is 3. This may not be the optimum setting, depending on your server. In its defense though, there are probably many servers out there that don't allow more than 3 connections.
Summary
The reason the previously mentioned limitation is minor is because there are free websites to do the searching on - binsearch DOT com being one common one. It will search for the desired file and can even create an NZB if the poster didn't go through the process of creating one. The means to increase the number of simultaneous connections is simple, but I had to Google to find out how it's done: 1) Right click on the server's name (often called "default server") 2) Select Server Properties 3) Set "Maximum allowed connections" as desired. ============================================================= Bottom line: If you want completely free files and have a Usenet account, all you need is Grabit and the Binsearch website.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Oct 17, 2009<p/>Oh, yeah... I found it somewhat annoying that by default Grabit automatically repairs the files if PARs are available, extracts them if they were compressed and deletes the files downloaded if the repair and extract are successful. Why am I annoyed? The problem is that if I'm downloading more than one NZB, it'll take up processor time and slow down the download. Fortunately it is possible to disable this in numerous ways via the impressive variety of options available through the Edit | Preferences menu.
This is the best product of its kind that I have used.
spikey44July 28, 2009
Pros
It grabs the torrents and repairs them when possible and makes them ready to use!!
Cons
none no cons
Summary
Its ease of use!
Not free! There are limitations!!!!
formetoknow3February 13, 2009
Pros
Nice interface. Easy to use. Quick downloads.
Cons
After you search one time it prompts you to buy there service and doesn't let you search any more. Also if you are downloading several mail items and want to pause just 1 or 2 out 5 let's say, this software will not let you do this.
Summary
Has great potential, but there are limitations. So if you have some extra money burning a whole in your pockets then go for it. Without the ability to pause individual mail downloads and the fact that you need to subscribe to their service in order to search, I am staying away.
Good program but could use a better interface
xcd187August 9, 2008
Pros
usually able to grab binaries from across different newsgroups and sort according to groups or specific folders
Cons
no inline previewing of graphic images prior to downloading associated binaries
Summary