# Install snownews with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts

Text mode RSS newsreader. Version 1.11 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install snownews.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:snownews
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install snownews
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install snownews
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/snownews/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install snownews
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: snownews from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:snownews
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.11
- **Source summary:** Text mode RSS newsreader
- **Homepage:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/snownews/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- snownews (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.11
## Project history and usage

snownews is a text-mode RSS and Atom feed reader for Linux and other Unix-like systems. It belongs to the long-running family of terminal newsreaders that package managers keep around for users who prefer feed reading, OPML files, and keyboard navigation over web services.

### Project history

The official SourceForge code README says snownews was originally written by Oliver Feiler and describes it as a console RSS/Atom feed reader for Linux and other Unix platforms. The current SourceForge Git repository and release files show continued maintenance through the v1.11 release.

The project stores feed lists directly as OPML under `~/.config/snownews/urls.opml`, which makes the program unusually transparent for a feed reader: migration from another reader is just OPML export/import, and advanced users can edit files directly.

### Adoption history

SourceForge remains the official project and download home, while the input records packaging in Homebrew, Fedora/DNF, and MacPorts. That distribution pattern fits a small C/ncurses utility whose audience is mostly Unix terminal users.

### How it is used

Users run `snownews` in a terminal to fetch and read RSS or Atom feeds, import feeds from OPML, open full articles in a browser, customize keybindings and colors, and use cookies or credential-bearing feed URLs for feeds that require authentication.

### Why package nerds care

Package nerds care because snownews is the kind of small, durable terminal program that package managers preserve well: C source, ncurses UI, OPML data files, no hosted account requirement, and configuration in editable dotfiles.

### Timeline

- 2023: SourceForge lists snownews 1.11 as the latest release.
- 2023: SourceForge README metadata was updated for the v1.11 release.
- 2026: SourceForge code browser still exposes the official Git repository.

### Related projects

- Related terminal feed readers include Newsboat and older console RSS/RDF readers; snownews also interoperates with other feed readers through OPML.

### Sources

- <https://sourceforge.net/p/snownews/code/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/p/snownews/code/ci/master/tree/README.md>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/snownews/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/snownews/files/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/snownews/urls.opml, ~/.config/snownews/browser, ~/.config/snownews/keybindings, ~/.config/snownews/colors, ~/.config/snownews/cookies

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.config/snownews/urls.opml, ~/.config/snownews/cookies
## Other Package-Manager Records

- dnf - snownews - 1.9-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: snownews from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A text mode RSS/RDF newsreader | https://github.com/msharov/snownews
- MacPorts - snownews: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/snownews/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/snownews.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/snownews.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph