Background
I prefer rss feeds for gathering most of the information I consume daily (e.g. news, xkcd articles, updates on applications, craig’s list searches, etc.). I like to have a rss reader all day for quick/easy access to the latest information; however, most rss readers take entirely too much resources to leave running all day for this simple task. This spawned my search for a light rss reader which brought me to newsbeuter.
Details
Newsbeuter is an open-source RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and other Unix-like operating systems. Newsbeuter’s great configurability and vast number of features make it a perfect choice for people that need a slick and fast feed reader that can be completely controlled via keyboard. - source: newsbeuter.org
A summary of some of its features:
- Subscribe to RSS 0.9x, 1.0, 2.0 and Atom feeds
- Download podcasts
- Freely configure your keyboard shortcuts
- Search through all downloaded articles
- Categorize and query your subscriptions with a flexible tag system
- Integrate any data source through a flexible filter and plugin system
- Automatically remove unwanted articles through a “killfile”
- Define “meta feeds” using a powerful query language
- Synchronize newsbeuter with your bloglines.com account
- Import and exporting your subscriptions with the widely used OPML format
- Freely define newsbeuter’s look’n’feel through free color configurability and format strings
- Keep all your feeds in sync with Google Reader
- Newsbeuter is the Mutt of RSS feed readers. Not convinced? See for yourself.
