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GET /search?q=linux returned 98,890 bytes of results, paginated to 174 pages. GET /nzb?q=linux&<base64 collection id>=on returned a 4,...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":0},"record":{"slug":"binsearch","provider":"Binsearch","url":"https://www.binsearch.info/","category":"Usenet binary search engine (HTML search, anonymous NZB build)","tier":"anonymous","free_tier":{"stated":"No account and no key. GET /search?q=linux returned 98,890 bytes of results, paginated to 174 pages. GET /nzb?q=linux&<base64 collection id>=on returned a 4,229-byte NZB carrying 9 files. The site publishes no daily counter anywhere a reader can reach.","unit":"unlimited","metered_on":"none","source_url":"https://www.binsearch.info/","read_on":"2026-10-23","notes":"'unlimited' is a statement about the absence of a published quota, supported by a 6-request burst, not by a vendor sentence."},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable: the answer is an NZB pointer file (4,229 bytes, 9 files), never the payload","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://www.binsearch.info/","notes":""},"retention":{"stated":"not stated on the pages read. A third-party indexer comparison claims 'up to 1,100 days of binary retention, searches 400+ popular newsgroups by default' (nzbhydra.com, 2026-10-23).","days":null,"source_url":"https://nzbhydra.com/indexers/","notes":"reported, not documented: Binsearch publishes no retention figure on its search or results page."},"egress":{"terms":"No metering. Every answer is a small XML pointer file; the bytes themselves come from whichever news provider the client holds an account with.","metered":false,"free_allowance":null,"price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://www.binsearch.info/"},"interface":["rest"],"interface_detail":"HTML search over HTTP GET against /search (Next.js front end, results server-rendered). NZB is built by a GET to /nzb?q=<query>&<name>=on where <name> is the base64 collection id carried by each result's checkbox. There is no Newznab endpoint: /api returns 404.","endpoint":"https://www.binsearch.info/search?q=<query> ; https://www.binsearch.info/nzb?q=<query>&<collection-id>=on","tooling":"No Newznab API, so Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr and NZBHydra2 cannot add it as an indexer. A wrapper must GET /search, parse the collection ids out of the checkbox names, and re-issue GET /nzb. Two GETs per download.","chaining":"A fallback name search when every Newznab indexer is down or refuses registration; the NZB it returns goes into the same SABnzbd or NZBGet queue as any other.","limits":[{"kind":"request-rate","value":"none observed: 6 consecutive anonymous searches in one session all returned 200","source":"probe:https://www.binsearch.info/search?q=test1..test6"}],"limits_note":"Page depth is the only ceiling the service shows: the query 'linux' exposed 174 pages. No per-IP shaping was observed and no quota page exists to read.","binding":"none","binding_note":"Nothing in the seven-kind vocabulary fails at a client pulling 1 TiB a month: there is no counter to hit. The real cost is two GETs per NZB plus a scraper that survives a front-end rewrite, which is a tooling cost and not a limit.","identity_cost":{"kind":"anonymous","detail":"No account, no key, no cookie. Search and NZB creation both answered an anonymous request with no credential of any kind.","country":null},"reliability_note":"Advertiser-supported binary search engine; results are raw article headers, so completion depends entirely on the retention of the news provider the client pays, and dead posts stay listed until the indexer notices.","confidence":"measured","confidence_note":"Search and NZB creation were both run today and both produced payload bytes with a recorded digest. Nothing here is quoted from a third party. What would raise nothing: the rung is already the top one; what is missing is a long-run rate test, which a 6-request burst does not provide.","evidence":[{"url":"probe:https://www.binsearch.info/search?q=linux&o=1","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"anonymous HTML search returned 200 and 98,890 bytes with 174 result pages and per-result collection ids"},{"url":"probe:https://www.binsearch.info/nzb?q=linux&Mjg4Yjk3YmYtODlhMy0zNTllLThhYzgtZDFiODYyM2NhYTlj=on","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"anonymous GET returned 200, a 4,229-byte NZB with 9 <file> elements (sha256 7070590f...)"},{"url":"probe:https://www.binsearch.info/api","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"the API path does not exist: 404, so there is no Newznab surface to add to a client"},{"url":"https://nzbhydra.com/indexers/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"third-party claim of 1,100 days retention and 400+ groups; used only for the retention field, which Binsearch does not publish"}],"verdict":"qualifies","extras":{"price":"USD 0","measurements":[{"url":"https://www.binsearch.info/search?q=linux&o=1","status":200,"bytes":98890,"sha256":"c7624df04530992f588d89403f858d43888f39b640d376a279f0cf500b4df236","note":""},{"url":"https://www.binsearch.info/nzb?q=linux&Mjg4Yjk3YmYtODlhMy0zNTllLThhYzgtZDFiODYyM2NhYTlj=on","status":200,"bytes":4229,"sha256":"7070590ff44a8fa02a9da80d3c706348b5a8a0b5ca8710a9d8a6c18f7444a089","note":""}],"nzb_is_newznab":false,"burst":"6 sequential searches, all 200"},"notes":"The result page is a Next.js front end but the results are server-rendered, so the HTML carries them; that is why a plain GET works where NZBIndex's does not. A query string is mandatory on /nzb or the broker's own parameter append corrupts the path, which is a tooling detail recorded here so the next session does not read a 404 as a dead endpoint.","verified_at":"2026-10-23T02:11:54.066Z","topic":"debrid","price_per_tb_month":null},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:request-rate","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[],"history":[],"drift":[]}]}