Newsboat
Hacker ApprovedRanked 5 of 15 RSS readers by recommenders
People recommend Newsboat as a long-running, locally installed terminal RSS reader that they keep using for years. One critic says its design does not suit their needs.
People recommend Newsboat as a long-running, locally installed terminal RSS reader that they keep using for years. One critic says its design does not suit their needs.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 12 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Locally installed terminal RSS reader
“I'd prefer to use a locally-installed program rather than a service”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “The web is bearable with RSS” “Newsboat was always my preferred tui rss reader.”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “CLI RSS/Atom feed reader inspired by Taskwarrior, synced using Git” “I love Neomutt, or Newsboat”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” Long-running favorite RSS reader
“The best RSS reader program I have been using for years”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: I built a fast RSS reader in Zig” “Newsboat was always my preferred tui rss reader.”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “CLI RSS/Atom feed reader inspired by Taskwarrior, synced using Git” “Same, using newsboat as my reader.”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)”
Other RSS readers people recommend
The four most recommended other RSS readers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetNewsWire | 79 | 7 | 92% | 10 | 4 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Miniflux | 27 | 0 | 100% | 8 | 1 mo5 owners | Approved |
| FreshRSS | 26 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Inoreader | 20 | 1 | 95% | 9 | — | Approved |
| NewsboatThis page | 12 | 1 | 92% | 7 | — | Approved |
What people said
9 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“newsboat has boat loads of options, but any decent one should.”
“tools of a more standard design, like elfeed and newsboat, do not cater to my use cases”
“Same, using newsboat as my reader.”
“I love Neomutt, or Newsboat”
“so I am up to date on multiple devices”
“Newsboat was always my preferred tui rss reader.”
“I'd prefer to use a locally-installed program rather than a service”
“is good at showing items at-most-once”
“The best RSS reader program I have been using for years”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.