Newsreaders

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 . 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 tutorials.
= Linux and Misc OSes =
Name 	Download	Platform	Notes
Alpine 	Download	Multiple	Link to source code
bystand 	Download	Linux 	Link to source code
Claws Mail 	Download	Multiple	Formerly Sylpheed Claws
Evolution 	Download	Multiple	Link to source code
Flnews 	Download	Multiple	
Gnus 	Download	Multiple	Built into Emacs
Lynx 	Download	Multiple	Minimal Newsreader
nn 	Download	Multiple	Link to source code
OpenXP 5 	Download	Linux 	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 	
Usenapp 	Download	Mac 	Shareware
= 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 	
WinVN 	Download 	Windows 	An actively maintained fork of the original NASA WinVN, incorporating many bug fixes and updates.
= 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 (No longer developed or supported) =
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 	
Newega 	Download	Multiple 	Contains Windows and Linux binaries. Is actually web-based.
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 	
Thoth 	Download	OSX and MacOS 	
trn 	Download	Linux 	Link to source code
Turnpike 	Download	Windows 	
Unison 	Download	Mac 	
WinVN 	Download	Windows 	The original WinVN is unmaintained, but please see above for an actively-maintained version by Mark's Lab.
Xana News 	Download	Windows 	
Xnews 	Download	Windows 	
XPN 	Download	Multiple 	Download link to Sourceforge page
Yanoff 	Download	PalmOS 	
Yarn 	Download	DOS & OS/2