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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arachne
|
GUI
|
Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free | DOS, Unix-like | GPL
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| 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 |
| Claws Mail | GUI
|
Traditional Newsreader | Yes [1] | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Free | Cross-platform
|
GPL
|
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| Forté Agent | GUI
|
Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $29 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Includes 3 month newsgroup service trial; Shareware | |||
| 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 | |
| GroupWise | GUI
|
Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Varies | Microsoft Windows, Unix-like | Proprietary | ||||||
| HCL Notes | GUI
|
Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Varies | Mac OS X
|
Proprietary | ||||||
KNode
|
GUI
|
Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Free | Unix-like | GPL
|
KDE | |||
| 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
|
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 | |
| 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+ | ||
| Seamonkey Mail & Newsgroups | GUI
|
Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | 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
|
LGPL
|
Gtk+ | ||||
| tin | text-based
|
Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Free | Unix-like | BSD | Free Software
| ||
| Unison | GUI
|
Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 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 better source needed ]
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| 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
|
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| 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 |
Legend:
| active product |
|---|
| Discontinued support for newsgroups |
See also
- alt.* hierarchy
- List of newsgroups
- List of Usenet newsreaders
- News server
- Newsreader (Usenet)
- Network News Transfer Protocol
- Usenet newsgroup
References
- ^ "Claws Mail release notes".
NNTP: Fetch XOVER and XHDR data in batches of 5000...
- ^ "Windows 10 Mail + Newsgroups". Microsoft.