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Elfeed vs Newsboat: catalog facts
Elfeed	Newsboat
Free Free and released into the public domain under the Unlicense.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS, Linux, Command line
Runs inside Emacs with keyboard-driven navigation Supports Atom, RSS and JSON Feed	Query feeds and macros make it scriptable in a way graphical readers are not Runs over SSH and syncs with several reader back ends
Requires GNU Emacs Little appeal for people who do not use Emacs	Terminal only, with a configuration file to learn No image or rich content rendering
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Unlicense	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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