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

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