Comparison of Usenet newsreaders
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This is a Comparison of Usenet Newsreaders.
Name | Interface | Type of Client | Downloading headers XOVER | PAR | NZB | unZip or unRAR | Integrated Search Service (retention / $$$/yr) | IPv6 | SSL/TLS | Audio Video Streaming | Price | Platform | License | Other |
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Arachne | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free | DOS, Unix-like | GPL | ||||||
Binbot | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (free/varies by search site) |
Yes | Yes | $19.95 | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like | Proprietary | Shareware | |
BinTube | GUI | Binary Grabber | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (3200 Days / Free) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | $59.95 / Free with subscription | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Streams media while downloading; Free with Usenet Service |
Forté Agent | GUI | Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $29 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Includes 3 month newsgroup service trial; Shareware | |||
Gemini (mail/news) | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | £29.99 / $52.18 (mail/news) | Linux x86, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X | Proprietary | Qt | ||
Gnus | Text-based | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Free | Cross-platform | GPL | Runs in Emacs; also does Email |
GrabIt | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
( 30 days / $24.99/yr ) |
No | Yes | Free (searching extra) | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Usenet Search Service | |
KNode | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Free | Unix-like | GPL | KDE | |||
Lotus Notes | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Varies | Microsoft Windows, Unix-like, Mac OS X | Proprietary | ||||||
Name | Interface | Type of Client | Downloading headers XOVER | PAR | NZB | unZip unRAR | Integrated Search Service (retention / $$$/yr) | IPv6 | SSL/TLS | Audio Video Streaming | Price | Platform | License | Other |
Lynx | Text-based | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | GPL | Limited USENET support | |||
Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | No | No | Free | Cross-platform | MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license | Replaced by SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups | |||
Mozilla Thunderbird | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | MPL | Plugin support | |
Newsbin Pro | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
( $10/yr ) |
Yes | Yes | $20 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | |
NewsLeecher | GUI | Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
Optional extra Add $10 per year |
No | Yes | Varies | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | |
NewsMan Pro | GUI | Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $29.95 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | ||||
Novell GroupWise | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Varies | Microsoft Windows, Unix-like | Proprietary | ||||||
Opera Mail | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | Proprietary | Part of Opera up to version 12.17 | ||
Outlook Express | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Part of Microsoft Windows (up to Windows Server 2003) | ||
Pan | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Free | Unix-like, Microsoft Windows | GPL | Gtk+ | ||
Name | Interface | Type of Client | Downloading headers XOVER | PAR | NZB | unZip & unRAR | Integrated Search Service (retention / $$$/yr) | IPv6 | SSL/TLS | Audio Video Streaming | Price | Platform | License | Other |
Seamonkey Mail & Newsgroups | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | No | No | Free | Cross-platform | MPL | Replaced Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups | |||
slrn | text-based | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | Yes
(using macros) |
Yes
(using macros) |
Yes
(using macros) |
No | Yes | Yes | No | Free | Cross-platform | GPLv2+ | Highly extensible using S-Lang scripts (macros) |
Sylpheed | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | GPL/LGPL | Gtk+ | ||||
tin | text-based | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Free | Unix-like | BSD | Free Software | ||
Unison | GUI | Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
(audio only) |
Free | Mac OS X | Proprietary | Development has ceased. Free but unsupported. | |
Usenet Explorer | GUI | Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
( 1500 days / $23.34/yr ) |
Yes | Yes | $35 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | |
Windows Live Mail | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | Yes | Free | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | |||||||
Windows Mail | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Part of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 | |||||||
Xnews | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | No (Can create NBZs) |
No | Free | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | |||||
XPN | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | GPL | |||||
Name | Interface | Type of Client | Downloading headers XOVER | PAR | NZB | unZip unRAR | Integrated Search Service (retention / $$$/yr) | IPv6 | SSL/TLS | Audio Video Streaming | Price | Platform | License | Other |
See also
- List of Usenet newsreaders
- List of newsgroups
- News server
- Newsreader (Usenet)
- Network News Transfer Protocol
- Usenet newsgroup
- alt.* hierarchy