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This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.4.1 is released.

This release contains improved link search patterns and improved handling of encoded links. (special thanks to Vaiko) ... read more

This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.4.0 is released.

This release contains a complete rewrite of the resume logic. Resuming can be disabled over the GUI.
New is also the support for referrals. (They can be disabled over the GUI though.)
Also a issue is fixed with parameters in redirects (403). (Bug 2680409, thanks for the detailed bug report)... read more

This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.3.0 is released.

This release includes major memory usage improvements both in GUI and Console mode.... read more

This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.3.0-pre7 is released. ... read more

This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.3.0-pre6 is released. ... read more

This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.3.0-pre5 is released. ... read more

This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.3.0-pre4 is released. ... read more

This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.3.0-pre2 is released. ... read more

This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.3.0-pre1 is released. ... read more

This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.2.0-b3 is released.

This is majorly a bugfix release.
Please post any bug/issue you find in the forum. ... read more

This project is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) files. It is also highly customizable with regular expressions and download templates.

The application also provides a swing GUI and a console interface.
All backend functionalities are also available in a separate library, they can be easily used for other projects.

ItSucks 0.2.0-b1 is released.

Most changes of this release are under the hood of ItSucks. It includes a complete redesign of the processing chain of incoming data. This makes it much easier to insert own data processor into the chain.
Also a complete javadoc from the core api is available under http://itsucks.sf.net/apidocs... read more

This project has the target to create a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) the files. It is also highly customizable with the help of regular expressions and download templates.

ItSucks 0.2.0-pre9 is released.

Most changes of this release are under the hood of ItSucks. It includes a new automatic retry when an retryable http error occurs and an centralized event message dispatcher.... read more

This project has the target to create a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download (and resume) the files. It is also highly customizable with the help of regular expressions and download templates.

ItSucks 0.2.0-pre8 is released.

The most important new features are the pause feature and that advanced filter are re-editable after creating them. Also very interesting is the new console interface. Create your download using the GUI and save it as download template. The download can be started later on the console with 'java -jar itsucks-console-0.2.0-pre8.jar <download template>'. Many bugfixes are included as well.... read more

"ItSucks" is a java web spider (web crawler) with the ability to download files. It is also highly customizable with the help of regular expressions.

ItSucks 0.2.0-pre6 is released.

This new test version includes two new features. Resuming of partially downloaded files and load/save of download configurations.

Files are available at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=186141

Released a new test version of itsucks.
The most important change is the displaying of the progress of every download.
Some bugfixes are included as well.

Released a new test version of itsucks.
It contains bugfixes for the usage under windows and a large performance improvment in the core library.