DMOZ - Computers: Software: Internet: Clients: Usenet

Information about the NoCeM protocol in general, including a listing of news clients which understand NoCeM, a protocol for reducing spam and other undesired Usenet articles.

Diiva

A newsreader designed for browsing encoded pictures in newsgroups. It allows you to see previews of images before they're downloaded. Available for Mac and Windows.

Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval

Certain minimal standards for writing and evaluating Usenet software that conforms to netiquette. Ratings of newsreaders and of a few web-based ways to gain access to newsgroups.

HelloNzb

Open source client that allows users to download files from news servers using NZB files; written in Java. Screenshots and a tutorial are provided.

JBinUp

Presents this Java based, freeware client for uploading binary files; includes a support forum.

NewsCoaster

Open source offline and online newsreader for the Amiga.

NewsCoaster for MorphOS

Open-source offline and online newsreader for MorphOS.

NewsReaders.com

Explanation of Usenet and list of newsreaders and other Usenet-related software. Directory of newsreader software sorted by operating system with brief descriptions and links to official download sites.

A menu based netnews reader for Unix. (Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, HP-UX)

NNTPGrab

Free and open source news grabber for binary newsgroups. Versions for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux are available.

NZBGet

Command-line based binary newsgrabber for NZB files, written in C++. Supports client/server mode and automatic par check and repair.

Pan

Open source newsreader designed for both text and binary newsgroups. It supports offline reading, scoring, killfiles, and multiserver access. For Unix-like operating systems and Windows.

SABnzbdPlus

Open source, NZB capable binary newsgrabber written in Python, server-oriented using a web-interface. The active successor of the abandoned SABnzbd project.

SLRN

Threaded, text based, open source newsreader for Unix, VMS, OS/2, and Win32 systems. Highly customizable. Allows to redefine keys and to write custom macros. Full support for scoring articles, complex filters and killfiles.

Threaded Read News (trn)

Text-mode news reader. Originally based on Larry Wall's rn.

XPN

Open source newsreader for Windows and GNU/Linux. Supports scoring, off line reading and X-Face headers.