Comparison of Usenet newsreaders

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This is a Comparison of Usenet Newsreaders.

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
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
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
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
Gnus Text-based Traditional Newsreader Yes free Cross-platform GPL Runs in Emacs; also does Email
GrabIt GUI Binary Grabber Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

( 30 days / $20/yr )

Free Microsoft Windows Proprietary Usenet Search Service
KLibido GUI Binary Grabber Yes No Yes 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
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
Newsbin Pro GUI Binary Grabber Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

( 100 days / $60/yr )

Yes Yes $35 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
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
Opera Mail GUI Traditional Newsreader Yes No No Yes Yes Free Cross-platform Proprietary Part of Opera
Outlook Express GUI Traditional Newsreader Yes No No Yes Yes Microsoft Windows Proprietary Part of Microsoft Windows
Pan GUI Combination Yes No Yes Free Cross-platform GPL Gtk+
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 Yes Free Microsoft Windows, Unix-like GPL Free Software
tin text-based Traditional Newsreader Yes No No No Yes No Free Unix-like BSD Free Software
Unison GUI Combination Yes Yes Yes $24.95 Mac OS X Proprietary Shareware
Usenet Explorer GUI Combination Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

( 210 days / $23.34/yr )

Yes $35 Microsoft Windows Proprietary Shareware
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

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