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Newsboat vs NewsFlash: catalog facts
Newsboat	NewsFlash
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
macOS, Linux, Command line	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	Syncs with most self-hosted and hosted reader back ends Scrapes full article text when a feed only publishes excerpts
Terminal only, with a configuration file to learn No image or rich content rendering	Linux only, and built for GNOME conventions Some back ends support fewer features than others
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	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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