Alternatives to Newsraft

Small terminal feed reader with section-based navigation. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Newsraft.

  • Newsboat

    Terminal RSS and Atom reader with heavy keyboard control.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    Newsboat is a larger terminal reader with query feeds, macros and sync with several reader back ends, at the cost of a configuration file to learn.

  • sfeed

    Suckless RSS and Atom parser that outputs plain text.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    sfeed is a suckless C parser that outputs plain text for other Unix tools, so you build your own reading workflow with no sync or interface.

  • nom

    A terminal RSS feed reader with a simple TUI, Vim-style keys and Markdown-styled articles.

    FreeProprietaryCommand line

    nom is a terminal reader with Vim-style keys, Markdown-rendered articles and Miniflux and FreshRSS backends, though not open source.

  • Elfeed

    An extensible web feed reader for GNU Emacs supporting Atom, RSS and JSON Feed.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Elfeed is a public-domain reader running inside GNU Emacs, extensible in Emacs Lisp, and also available on Windows.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Newsraft as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • russ

    A terminal RSS and Atom reader written in Rust with vim-style controls and offline storage.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    Newsraft is a very small, fast terminal reader with section-based feed grouping and no runtime dependencies, with a smaller community than Newsboat.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.