Comparison of news clients
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This is a Comparison of news clients.
| Name | Interface | Type of Client | Downloading headers XOVER | Automatic PAR Support | NZB Support | UnRAR Support | Integrated Search Service (retention / $$$/yr) | IPv6 Support | Built-in SSL/TLS Support | Price | Platform | License | Extra Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40tude Dialog | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | No | Free/$59 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Freeware for personal use, shareware for commercial | ||||
| Alt.Binz | GUI | Binary Grabber | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
(???/provided by free index sites) |
Yes | Yes | Free/Donation | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Usenet search feature |
| Android | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | No | Yes | $29.95 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | ||||
| Arachne | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free | DOS, Unix-like | GPL | |||||
| Binary Boy | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | No | Yes | $27.95 CAD | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | ||||
| Binary News Reaper | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | No | Yes | Free | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Has a plugin interface | ||||
| 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 |
| Express NewsPictures | GUI | Other | Yes | No | No | $35 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | News client, dedicated to pictures, video and music downloading and viewing; Shareware | ||||
| Forté Agent | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | 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 | |
| GrabIt | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
( 30 days / $20/yr ) |
Free | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Usenet Search Service | ||
| hellanzb | CLI | NZB Downloader | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free | Unix-like | BSD | ||||
| KLibido | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | No | Yes | Free | Unix-like | GPL | KDE | ||||
| Knews | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | No | Free | Unix-like | GPL | KDE | ||||
| KNode | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | 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 | Automatic PAR Support | NZB Support | unZip/unRAR Support | Integrated Search Service (retention / $$$/yr) | IPv6 Support | Built-in SSL/TLS Support | Price | Platform | License | Extra Information |
| Lynx | Text-based | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free | Cross-platform | GPL | Limited USENET support | ||||
| MacSOUP | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | $20 | Mac OS, Mac OS X | Proprietary | |||||
| MesNews | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | No | Free | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Plugin support | ||||
| MicroPlanet Gravity | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free | Microsoft Windows | BSD | |||||
| Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free | Cross-platform | MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license | Replaced by SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups | ||||
| Mozilla Thunderbird | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license | Plugin support | ||
| MT-NewsWatcher | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free | Mac OS, Mac OS X | Proprietary | Plugin support | ||||
| New Yanoff | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free/$24 | Palm OS | Proprietary | Freeware/Shareware | ||||
| Newsbin Pro | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
( 100 days / $60/yr ) |
Yes | Yes | $35 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware |
| Newsgroup Commander | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | No | No | 49.95$ | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | ||||
| NewsLeecher | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
( 189 days / $29.99/yr ) |
Yes | Yes | $19.99-$29.99 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware |
| Newsman Pro | GUI | Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $29.95 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | |||
| Newsreactor | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | No | $15 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | ||||
| NewsShark | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | No | No | $35 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | ||||
| News File Grabber | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $19.90 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | |||
| News Rover | GUI | Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
( ??? / $18.95/yr ) |
$29.95 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | |||
| Ninan | Web Based UI | NZB Downloader | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free | Microsoft Windows, Unix-like | Apache License | ||||
| Nomad News | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | No | Free | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | |||||
| Novell GroupWise | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Varies | Microsoft Windows, Unix-like | Proprietary | |||||
| Name | Interface | Type of Client | Downloading headers XOVER | Automatic PAR Support | NZB Support | unZip/unRAR Support | Integrated Search Service (retention / $$$/yr) | IPv6 Support | Built-in SSL/TLS Support | Price | Platform | License | Extra Information |
| NZB-O-Matic Plus | GUI | Binary Grabber | No | No | Yes | Free | Microsoft Windows | Open Source | |||||
| Opera M2 | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | Proprietary | |||
| OSXnews | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free | Mac OS X | BSD | |||||
| Outlook Express | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Part of Microsoft Windows | |||
| Ozum | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | Yes | No | $ 28.90 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Automatic file-part finding; Shareware | ||||
| Pan | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | GPL | Gtk+ | ||||
| SABnzbd+ | Web Based UI | NZB Downloader | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free | OS independent | GPL | ||
| Seamonkey Mail & Newsgroups | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free | Cross-platform | MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license | Replaced Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups | ||||
| Sylpheed | GUI | Traditional Newsreader | Yes | No | No | Free | Cross-platform | GPL/LGPL | Gtk+ | ||||
| The nzb Project | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | Yes | Free | Microsoft Windows, Unix-like | GPL | Free Software | |||||
| TLNews Newsreader | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | No | Yes | $29.95 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | ||||
| UltraLeecher | GUI | Binary Grabber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
(200 days / $9.95/yr) |
$19.95 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | ||||
| Unison (Usenet client) | GUI | Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | $24.95 | Mac OS X | Proprietary | Shareware | ||||
| URD | Web Based UI | Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
(locally / free) |
No | Yes | Free | Cross-platform | GPL | Freeware |
| Usenet Explorer | GUI | Combination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
( 210 days / $23.34/yr ) |
Yes | $35 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | Shareware | |
| XanaNews Newsreader | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | No | Free | Microsoft Windows | Open Source | |||||
| Xnews | GUI | Combination | Yes | No | 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 | Automatic PAR Support | NZB Support | unZip/unRAR Support | Integrated Search Service (retention / $$$/yr) | IPv6 Support | Built-in SSL/TLS Support | Price | Platform | License | Extra Information |
