Xnews Alternatives

Xnews is described as 'Freeware Usenet newsreader created by Luu Tran. It is written in Delphi, and it is 100% GNKSA 2.0 compliant. Some of its features were inspired by the program NewsXpress' and is an app in the news & books category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Xnews for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Xnews alternative is alt.binz, which is free. Other great apps like Xnews are NewsBin, Pan, NewsLeecher and Unison usenet client.

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  1. alt.binz icon
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    alt.binz is a powerful binary newsreader, for downloading and managing articles from Usenet. Checking the downloaded files, auto unpausing missing PAR2 blocks, repairing, and finally unraring them, are just a few options in this utility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    • alt.binz is Free and ProprietaryXnews is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Pan icon
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    Pan is a newsreader, loosely based on Agent and Gravity, which attempts to be pleasant to use for new and advanced users alike. It has all the typical features found in newsreaders, and also supports offline reading, multiple connections, and a number of features for power users...

    32 Pan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. NewsLeecher icon
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    NewsLeecher is a tool made for fetching and managing articles from the Usenet. It downloads Usenet articles in a snap, and uses its inline engine to assemble and decode all the downloads. The powerful featureset and state-of-the-art user interface makes it an application...

    38 NewsLeecher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. nzb360 icon
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    nzb360 is a full-featured NZB / torrent manager that focuses on providing the best experience possible for controlling all of your usenet and torrent needs.

    34 nzb360 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. URD is a program to identify, locate, and download binaries from usenet (newsgroups) through a web interface. It utilizes the spotnet protocol [Read Spotnet, Spotweb]. Similar to the spotweb client in nature for finding and identifying NZBs, URD additionally includes its own...

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Xananews icon
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    XanaNews is a free, powerful, fully featured newsreader for Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. NiouzeFire icon
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    NiouzeFire is a usenet newsreader with integrated extracting capabilities. NewsGroup Posting is also available. It allows you to download articles at the maximum rate of your connection, then decode, repair (using PAR2 files) and extract automatically the rar files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Leafnode icon
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    Leafnode is a software package that implements a store & forward NNTP proxy (client and server) that supports TCP connections across IPv4 and IPv6. It can be used to give a regular newsreader offline functionality, merge news articles from several upstream newsservers for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. XPN icon
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    XPN is a multiplatform newsreader with unicode support. It's written in Python using GTK+2 toolkit and works wherever Python and GTK+2 work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Usenet Wire aims to provide the best software to enjoy newsgroups, with unparalleled processing speeds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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