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Newsboat vs goread: catalog facts
Newsboat	goread
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Query feeds and macros make it scriptable in a way graphical readers are not Runs over SSH and syncs with several reader back ends	Organizes feeds into categories Supports OPML
Terminal only, with a configuration file to learn No image or rich content rendering	Uses a terminal text interface
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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