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Newsboat vs Newsraft: catalog facts
Newsboat	Newsraft
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, 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	Very small and fast, with no runtime dependencies to speak of Sections group feeds without the complexity of query expressions
Terminal only, with a configuration file to learn No image or rich content rendering	Terminal only Smaller feature set and community than Newsboat
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
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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