X Python Newsreader
title: "X Python Newsreader" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["free-usenet-clients", "free-software-programmed-in-python", "software-using-the-gnu-general-public-license"] topic_path: "general/free-usenet-clients" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Python_Newsreader" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | XPN |
| logo | [[Image:Xpn0.png |
| screenshot | XPN-main-large.png |
| screenshot size | 250px |
| caption | XPN 0.5.7 running on Linux |
| developer | Antonio Caputo |
| released | |
| latest release version | |
| latest release date | |
| latest preview version | |
| latest preview date | |
| operating_system | multiplatform |
| genre | News client |
| license | GPL |
| website | xpn.altervista.org |
| :: |
| name = XPN | logo = [[Image:Xpn0.png|75px|XPN icon]] | screenshot = XPN-main-large.png | screenshot size = 250px | caption = XPN 0.5.7 running on Linux | developer = Antonio Caputo | released = | latest release version = | latest release date = | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | operating_system = multiplatform | genre = News client | license = GPL | website = xpn.altervista.org XPN (X Python Newsreader) is a news client written in Python and based on the GTK+ library.
Features
It offers a good MIME support, scoring system, filtered views, random tag-lines, external editor support, one-key navigation, ROT13, Face and X-Face headers decoding, spoiler char and many more. XPN is free software licensed under the GPL licence.
Thanks to Python and GTK+ it is completely multiplatform. It should work wherever Python and GTK work. A binary Windows version is also provided.
XPN is available in English, Italian, French and German.
ScreenShots
File:XPN-main-large.png|XPN running on Linux File:XPN-main-win-large.png|XPN running on Windows
References
References
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