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Incorrect or missing information? Install SABnzbd for macOS

The official App

If you just want to use SABnzbd, we provide a packaged application (64bit-only) available here.
Pick the right folder for your macOS version and drag SABnzbd to the Applications folder.

How to run from sources on macOS

Running the source python (.py) files on a macOS system is not recommended unless you want to try the latest GitHub copy, or make changes yourself.

  1. Get a local copy (clone) of the SABnzbd source by running in the Terminal: 
    git clone -b master https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.git
cd sabnzbd
  2. Install the dependencies by running (might require Xcode):
    python3 -m pip install -U -r requirements.txt
  3. Start SABnzbd by running:
    python3 SABnzbd.py

Your default web browser should now start and show the user interface of SABnzbd.

To update the source files to the latest version, open Terminal and run: 

cd sabnzbd
git pull

Running from Terminal

Since the "-d" option of SABnzbd is not working under Leopard, we need to create a daemon environment. This can easily be done by running the command in screen. This also adds running at a low priority so that it will affect system performance less. The final command looks like this (provided that SABnzbd is still on your desktop):

cd SABnzbd/
/usr/bin/screen -m -d /usr/bin/nice -n 20 ~/SABnzbd/SABnzbd.py -b 0

Explanation:

  • screen -m -d: starts the command in a detached screen.
  • nice -n 20: starts the command with the lowest processor priority.
  • SABnzbd.py -b 0: starts the SABnzbd without autostarting your browser.

Start SABnzbd at boottime
Run this script in crontab periodically, so that SABnzb+ is started at boottime and will be kept running. 

#!/bin/bash
active=$(/bin/ps aux | grep -v grep | grep SABnzbd.py)
if [ "$active" = "" ]
then
    /usr/bin/screen -m -d /usr/bin/nice -n 20 ~/SABnzbd/SABnzbd.py -b 0
fi

Should you ever need to run the compiled app from Terminal, this is the way:

/Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd

If you need to see the logging output directly tro the console:

/Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd --console