# Install snownews

Text mode RSS newsreader. Version 1.11 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## 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/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:snownews
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/snownews>
- **Version:** 1.11
- **Source summary:** Text mode RSS newsreader
- **Homepage:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/snownews/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/msharov/snownews>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://snownews.sourceforge.io/>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/snownews/snownews-1.11.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- snownews (cli)
- snownews (alias)

## Dependencies

- gettext
- ncurses
- openssl@3

## Build Dependencies

- gettext
- pkgconf

## macOS Provided Libraries

- curl
- libxml2

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.11
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://sourceforge.net/projects/snownews/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** snownews
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 2
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- dnf - snownews - 1.9-12.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: snownews from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-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


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