Usenet Reborn is a terminal‑based NNTP client.
The application uses ratatui and crossterm for the UI, and rek2_nntp for NNTP interactions.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Browse Newsgroups: Navigate your subscriptions, view unread articles.
- Read Articles: Fetch and display article bodies in a scrollable UI.
- Compose & Reply: Create new posts or reply to existing ones using your configured $EDITOR.
- Manage Read Flags: Mark articles as read/unread; state persisted in SQLite.
- Signature Support: Automatically append a signature from $SIGNATURE_FILE or ~/.signature.
- Open links: Get a list of GOPHER,GEMINI,HTTPS,FTP,ETC links to send to xdg-open.
Website: git.sr.ht/~rek2/usenet_reborn
Support:
Developer: Chris F.N.
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Usenet Reborn is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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