# Newsboat Terminal RSS and Atom Feed Reader > Newsboat is an actively maintained RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console. A fork of the discontinued Newsbeuter, it provides a fast, keyboard-driven interface for subscribing to, reading, and managing feeds with powerful filtering, macro support, and scriptable automation. - Skill: `agentskillexchange/newsboat-terminal-rss-and-atom-feed-reader` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/newsboat-terminal-rss-and-atom-feed-reader` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/newsboat-terminal-rss-and-atom-feed-reader/raw - Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS) - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange) - Updated: 2026-09-08 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/newsboat-terminal-rss-and-atom-feed-reader --- # Newsboat Terminal RSS and Atom Feed Reader Newsboat is an actively maintained RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console. A fork of the discontinued Newsbeuter, it provides a fast, keyboard-driven interface for subscribing to, reading, and managing feeds with powerful filtering, macro support, and scriptable automation. ## Installation Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment: - $ git clone https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat.git - $ make # pass -jN to use N CPU cores, e.g. -j8 Requirements and caveats from upstream: - Newsboat depends on a number of libraries, which need to be installed before - [build from source with Docker](doc/docker.md). Note that the resulting binary - might not run outside of that same Docker container if your system doesn't Basic usage or getting-started notes: - ------------ -