Streamripper is now part of the FreeBSD standard distribution, mentioned in the Linux MP3 HOWTO, known to compile on many platforms such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, BeOS, OS/2, this is not surprising as portability was constant consideration during development.

With the emergence of file sharing protocols such as Napster, Gnutella and now Mojonation and Freenet the average internet user can download nearly and MP3 one wants in a matter of no time, but many times people dont know what they want. Streamripper allows you to download an entire station of music, many of these MP3 radio stations only play certain genres so you can now download an entire collection of goa/trance music, an entire collection of Jazz, punk rock, whatever you want.