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Newsboat vs Offpunk: catalog facts
Newsboat	Offpunk
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to download and run from the published source.
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	Syncs content once, then works fully offline Covers Gemini, Gopher, Spartan and the web in one tool
Terminal only, with a configuration file to learn No image or rich content rendering	Terminal only, with a command-driven interface to learn Not suited to interactive or script-heavy websites
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	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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