# Newsboat privacy rating

Terminal-based RSS and Atom feed reader for Linux, macOS and BSD, a maintained fork of Newsbeuter, with support for podcasts and sync services such as Miniflux and FreshRSS.

## Summary

Newsboat scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the news readers criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit.

- Website: https://newsboat.org
- Source code: https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat
- License: MIT
- Platforms: Linux, macOS
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [News readers](https://privacyratings.com/news-readers/)
- Grade: B (80/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | MIT. | https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/LICENSE |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | No telemetry or analytics in the source code, and the project website loads no scripts. | https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Free volunteer project with no ads or paid tiers. | https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/news-readers/newsboat/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/news-readers/newsboat.md