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= <span id="a__Linux"><span></span></span>Linux = | |||
{| | |||
| Name | |||
| Download | |||
| Platform | |||
| Notes | |||
|- | |||
| [http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/release/ <span class="T1">Alpine</span>] | |||
| [http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/release/src/alpine-2.24.tar.xz <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| Link to source code | |||
|- | |||
| [https://www.claws-mail.org/ <span class="T1">Claws Mail</span>] | |||
| [https://www.claws-mail.org/downloads.php <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| Formerly Sylpheed Claws | |||
|- | |||
| [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution <span class="T1">Evolution</span>] | |||
| [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution#Get_the_Source_Code <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| Link to source code | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.gnus.org/ <span class="T1">Gnus</span>] | |||
| [http://www.gnus.org/distribution.html <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| Built into Emacs | |||
|- | |||
| [http://lynx.browser.org/ <span class="T1">Lynx</span>] | |||
| [https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/ <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| Minimal Newsreader | |||
|- | |||
| [http://newega.free.fr/index.html <span class="T1">Newega</span>] | |||
| [http://newega.free.fr/downloads.html <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Linux and Windows | |||
| Contains Windows and Linux binaries. Is actually web-based. | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.nndev.org/ <span class="T1">nn</span>] | |||
| [ftp://ftp.nndev.org/pub/nn-6.7/nn-6.7.3.tar.Z <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| Link to source code | |||
|- | |||
| [http://pan.rebelbase.com/ <span class="T1">Pan</span>] | |||
| [http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/ <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://www.seamonkey-project.org/ <span class="T1">Seamonkey Project</span>] | |||
| [https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/#2.53.5.1 <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.slrn.org/ <span class="T1">slrn</span>] | |||
| [http://www.slrn.org/download.html <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://www.thunderbird.net/ <span class="T1">Thunderbird</span>] | |||
| [https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/all/ <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.tin.org/ <span class="T1">tin</span>] | |||
| [ftp://ftp.tin.org/pub/news/clients/tin/stable/tin-current.tar.gz <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| Link to source code | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.mit.edu/~jik/software/xrn.html <span class="T1">XRN</span>] | |||
| [https://github.com/jikamens/xrn/ <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| Link to source code | |||
|} | |||
= <span id="a__Mac"><span></span></span>Mac = | |||
{| | |||
| Name | |||
| Download | |||
| Platform | |||
| Notes | |||
|- | |||
| [https://www.asar.com/hogwasher.html <span class="T1">HogWasher</span>] | |||
| [http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/downloading.html <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Mac | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/ <span class="T1">MT-NewsWatcher</span>] | |||
| [https://www.asar.com/download/Hogwasher.dmg <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Mac | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
= <span id="a__Windows"><span></span></span>Windows = | |||
{| | |||
| Name | |||
| Download | |||
| Platform | |||
| Notes | |||
|- | |||
| [https://www.forteinc.com/agent <span class="T1">Forte Agent</span>] | |||
| [https://www.forteinc.com/agent/trial.php <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| 30-day Trial | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.mesnews.net/gb/ <span class="T1">MesNews</span>] | |||
| [http://www.mesnews.net/gb/chargement.php <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/ <span class="T1">MicroPlanet Gravity</span>] | |||
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/files/latest/download <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.mr2ice.com/ <span class="T1">MR/2 ICE</span>] | |||
| [http://www.mr2ice.com/mrw268.exe <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows and OS/2 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/newsgroupsrt/9wzdncrdkcxv?activetab=pivot:overviewtab <span class="T1">NewsgroupsRT</span>] | |||
| Microsoft Store | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.usenetexplorer.com/download.htm <span class="T1">Usenet Explorer</span>] | |||
| [http://www.usenetexplorer.com/download.htm <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| Shareware | |||
|- | |||
| [https://www.bintube.com/player/download.aspx <span class="T1">Bintube</span>] | |||
| [https://www.bintube.com/player/mirror.aspx <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
= <span id="a__Mobile"><span></span></span>Mobile = | |||
{| | |||
| Name | |||
| Download | |||
| Platform | |||
| Notes | |||
|- | |||
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chillaxing.easynews&hl=en&gl=US <span class="T1">EZ Usenet</span>] | |||
| App Store | |||
| Android | |||
| Requires Easynews services | |||
|- | |||
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.holmez.twa&hl=en&gl=US <span class="T1">Holmez</span>] | |||
| App Store | |||
| Android | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.piaohong.newsgroup&hl=en&gl=US <span class="T1">NewsGroup Reader</span>] | |||
| App Store | |||
| Android | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/newstap-usenet-newsreader/id292410356 <span class="T1">Newstap</span>] | |||
| App Store | |||
| iOS | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.cmg.android.phonews&hl=en&gl=US <span class="T1">PhoNews</span>] | |||
| App Store | |||
| Android | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ken.android.nntpreader&hl=en&gl=US <span class="T1">Usenet Reader for Android</span>] | |||
| App Store | |||
| Android | |||
| Demo | |||
|- | |||
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ken.android.nntpreader.pro <span class="T1">Usenet Reader for Android</span>] | |||
| App Store | |||
| Android | |||
| Paid | |||
|} | |||
= <span id="a__Historical"><span></span></span>Historical = | |||
{| | |||
| Name | |||
| Download | |||
| Platform | |||
| Notes | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20120226220420/http://www.40tude.com/dialog/index.htm <span class="T1">40tude Dialog</span>] | |||
| [https://www.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload.php/40add5217e78d6dcc1b98c8a44a38cd9/5fc2baa0/4dea/4/2 <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20070104014124/http://www.a4pocket.com/newsreader/ <span class="T1">A4Pocket Newsreader</span>] | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20061206003011/http://www.a4pocket.com/download/A4News_ARM.exe <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| PocketPC | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20111211081431/http://bebits.com/app/1410 <span class="T1">BeInformed</span>] | |||
| Download | |||
| BeOS | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20091208025250/http://www.paradiseplace.org.uk/BeOS/bnews.htm <span class="T1">BeNews</span>] | |||
| Download | |||
| BeOS | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20101208183139/http://www.beonex.com/ <span class="T1">Beonex</span>] | |||
| Download | |||
| Multiple | |||
| Precursor to Mozilla/Seamonkey | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20100831181309/http://freeusenetreader.com/index.htm <span class="T1">FreeNews</span>] | |||
| Download | |||
| Web/Javascript | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://userbase.kde.org/KNode <span class="T1">Knode</span>] | |||
| [http://download.kde.org/Attic/applications/15.04.3/src/kdepim-4.14.10.tar.xz <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Linux | |||
| Can be still installed on multiple Linux distributions but it in no longer being developed. | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.haller-berlin.de/macsoup/ <span class="T1">MacSOUP</span>] | |||
| Download | |||
| Mac | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| Maple | |||
| Download | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20091231011357/http://maxprog.com/site/software/internet-tools/maxnews_sheet_us.php <span class="T1">MaxNews</span>] | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20091231021853/http://maxprog.com/products/MaxNews.dmg <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Mac | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080201022312/http://www.parkersoftware.com/products/newshunter/index.html <span class="T1">NewHunter 3</span>] | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080201022312/http://www.parkersoftware.com/prog_files/NewsHunter.zip <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Mac | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20200915225518/http://www.newsrover.com/ <span class="T1">News Rover</span>] | |||
| [https://news-rover.en.lo4d.com/download <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.palmyanoff.com/ <span class="T1">News Yanoff</span>] | |||
| [http://www.palmyanoff.com/download.htm <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| PalmOS | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20040722110816/http://www.parkersoftware.com/products/newshunter/index.html <span class="T1">Newsman Pro</span>] | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20051016181032/http://parkersoftware.com/prog_files/NewsHunter.sit <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Mac | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.malch.com/nx1faq.html <span class="T1">NewsXpress</span>] | |||
| [http://www.malch.com/ftp/nx201.zip <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20050115162907/http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pronews <span class="T1">Pronews</span>] | |||
| Download | |||
| OS/2 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [http://www.rmrsoft.com/epoc/news.htm <span class="T1">RMRNews</span>] | |||
| [http://www.rmrsoft.com/downloads/epoc/rmrnews.zip <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| SymbianOS | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20090721162427/http://www.demon.net/demon/products/internetaccess/turnpike <span class="T1">Turnpike</span>] | |||
| Download | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://panic.com/blog/the-future-of-unison/ <span class="T1">Unison</span>] | |||
| [https://download.panic.com/unison/Unison%202.2.zip <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Mac | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/software/winvn/winvn.html#general <span class="T1">WinVN</span>] | |||
| [ftp://ftp.fidobbs.net/pub/bbs/1400/WV16I999.ZIP <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20130505023027/http://xananews.techtips.com.br/ <span class="T1">Xana News</span>] | |||
| [https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/News-Newsgroups-Blog-Tools/XanaNews.shtml <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20140105230318/http://xnews.newsguy.com/ <span class="T1">Xnews</span>] | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20140105225854/http://xnews.newsguy.com/release/xnews.zip <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Windows | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20161224132443/http://xpn.altervista.org/index-en.html <span class="T1">XPN</span>] | |||
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/xpn/ <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| Multiple | |||
| Download link to Sourceforge page | |||
|- | |||
| [http://yanoff.sourceforge.net/yanoff/yanoff.html <span class="T1">Yanoff</span>] | |||
| [http://yanoff.sourceforge.net/yanoff/download/download.html <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| PalmOS | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141117105459/http://www.vex.net/yarn/ <span class="T1">Yarn</span>] | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141117105459/http://www.vex.net/yarn/archive/ <span class="T1">Download</span>] | |||
| DOS & OS/2 | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
Revision as of 11:53, 24 December 2020
Introduction
The purpose of this page is to provide information without any express or implied preference for any of the applications listed. This list contains traditional newsreaders for reading and posting to Usenet, but it doesn't contain any mass downloaders for binary newsgroups.
Please contact us to correct or expand this list.
For general questions about newsreaders for any platform try posting the question to news.software.readers 
. If your question is about a specific newsreader please put the name of the newsreader in brackets "[ ]" at the beginning of the subject line.
If you are looking to get started with Thunderbird, see our https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Tutorials tutorials].
Linux
| Name | Download | Platform | Notes |
| Alpine | Download | Multiple | Link to source code |
| Claws Mail | Download | Multiple | Formerly Sylpheed Claws |
| Evolution | Download | Multiple | Link to source code |
| Gnus | Download | Multiple | Built into Emacs |
| Lynx | Download | Multiple | Minimal Newsreader |
| Newega | Download | Linux and Windows | Contains Windows and Linux binaries. Is actually web-based. |
| nn | Download | Multiple | Link to source code |
| Pan | Download | Multiple | |
| Seamonkey Project | Download | Multiple | |
| slrn | Download | Multiple | |
| Thunderbird | Download | Multiple | |
| tin | Download | Multiple | Link to source code |
| XRN | Download | Multiple | Link to source code |
Mac
| Name | Download | Platform | Notes |
| HogWasher | Download | Mac | |
| MT-NewsWatcher | Download | Mac |
Windows
| Name | Download | Platform | Notes |
| Forte Agent | Download | Windows | 30-day Trial |
| MesNews | Download | Windows | |
| MicroPlanet Gravity | Download | Windows | |
| MR/2 ICE | Download | Windows and OS/2 | |
| NewsgroupsRT | Microsoft Store | Windows | |
| Usenet Explorer | Download | Windows | Shareware |
| Bintube | Download | Windows |
Mobile
| Name | Download | Platform | Notes |
| EZ Usenet | App Store | Android | Requires Easynews services |
| Holmez | App Store | Android | |
| NewsGroup Reader | App Store | Android | |
| Newstap | App Store | iOS | |
| PhoNews | App Store | Android | |
| Usenet Reader for Android | App Store | Android | Demo |
| Usenet Reader for Android | App Store | Android | Paid |
Historical
| Name | Download | Platform | Notes |
| 40tude Dialog | Download | Windows | |
| A4Pocket Newsreader | Download | PocketPC | |
| BeInformed | Download | BeOS | |
| BeNews | Download | BeOS | |
| Beonex | Download | Multiple | Precursor to Mozilla/Seamonkey |
| FreeNews | Download | Web/Javascript | |
| Knode | Download | Linux | Can be still installed on multiple Linux distributions but it in no longer being developed. |
| MacSOUP | Download | Mac | |
| Maple | Download | Windows | |
| MaxNews | Download | Mac | |
| NewHunter 3 | Download | Mac | |
| News Rover | Download | Windows | |
| News Yanoff | Download | PalmOS | |
| Newsman Pro | Download | Mac | |
| NewsXpress | Download | Windows | |
| Pronews | Download | OS/2 | |
| RMRNews | Download | SymbianOS | |
| Turnpike | Download | Windows | |
| Unison | Download | Mac | |
| WinVN | Download | Windows | |
| Xana News | Download | Windows | |
| Xnews | Download | Windows | |
| XPN | Download | Multiple | Download link to Sourceforge page |
| Yanoff | Download | PalmOS | |
| Yarn | Download | DOS & OS/2 |
