Newsboat

newsboat

RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals.

Runs as newsboat, podboat|macOS, Linux, Windows|newsboat.org

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 3 tasks · 7 fields

Start newsboat with an alternate URL file, cache or config, import or export OPML, or refresh on start. Log, read-article transfer and cache maintenance options are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui newsboat

Run newsboatExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Refresh feeds on start

--refresh-on-start

Quiet startup

--quiet

URL file

file

Config file

file

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Start and refresh

refreshurl_fileconfig_filequiet

Import OPML

import_opml

Export OPML

export_opml

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

URL file

path

--url-file-u

Cache file

path

--cache-file-c

Config file

path

--config-file-C

Refresh feeds on start

boolean

--refresh-on-start-r

Quiet startup

boolean

--quiet-q

Import OPML file

path

--import-from-opml-i

Export OPML to stdout

boolean

--export-to-opml-e

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

help

usage: ./newsboat [-i <file>|-e] [-u <urlfile>] [-c <cachefile>] [-x <command> ...] [-h] -e, --export-to-opml export OPML feed to stdout -r, --refresh-on-start refresh feeds on start -i, --import-from-opml=<file> import OPML file -u, --url-file=<urlfile> read RSS feed URLs from <urlfile> -c, --cache-file=<cach…

manual2.42

newsboat.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed newsboat against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.