Terminal RSS and Atom feed reader for Linux and macOS, actively maintained as a fork of the abandoned Newsbeuter. Vim-style keybindings, scriptable filters, and works well over SSH.
Reviewed by Gabriel Bachmann
Newsboat
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Threat level
Hardened
A hardened pick. Worth the effort once you have chosen to shrink your footprint on purpose. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
Newsboat earns its place for the subset of users who live in the terminal and want their feed reader to behave like their text editor. Vim keybindings, a scriptable filter language, and the ability to pipe articles to any external program make it genuinely powerful for automation and custom workflows. It is not for everyone: there is no GUI, no sync, and no mobile companion, so you read on the machine where the reader runs. Quarterly releases and signed tarballs signal a well-maintained project. If the terminal is already your home, this is the obvious pick.
GitHub at a glance
newsboat/newsboat
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Last commit
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License
MIT
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Website at a glance
newsboat.org
C score 55
Basic website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 13d ago
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Newsboat license, in plain English
MIT Permissive
Do almost anything: use, change, and ship it, even inside closed-source products. The only condition is keeping the copyright notice.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Private use
Requires
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: Permissive licensing lets anyone reuse this, including inside closed products. That is freedom to build on, but no guarantee that downstream copies stay open.
Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.
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