Case study

viaduct: a Linux port of NetNewsWire

A Linux RSS reader in Rust and GTK4 that the README calls a port of NetNewsWire. A local OPML file is the account input; cargo build --release writes target/release/viaduct, and the CI workflow runs cargo test --workspace.

Targets: App
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-03

Stars: 5
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): MIT

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Requirements & limits

Scope: Commit a0622903b93da2c2752244cf6d415377a41fbe7a. The README says Viaduct translates NetNewsWire’s local-account architecture. Local accounts keep OPML on disk as the source of truth; Inoreader is the other supported account. The .netnewswire reference tree is gitignored, so that tree is not in the public Git history.
Testing evidence: cargo build --release writes target/release/viaduct. The README names gtk4 and WebKitGTK 6.0 as build dependencies. .github/workflows/ci.yml runs cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets and xvfb-run -a cargo test --workspace.
License: LICENSE is the MIT license, with copyright lines for Brent Simmons and Ranchero Software (2002-2026) and Brandon LaRocque (2026).

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BibTeX

@misc{viaduct-netnewswire-case,
  title = {{viaduct: a Linux port of NetNewsWire}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/VirInvictus/Viaduct}},
  url = {https://github.com/VirInvictus/Viaduct},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/viaduct-netnewswire-case/}}
}

Plain text

viaduct: a Linux port of NetNewsWire. https://github.com/VirInvictus/Viaduct (accessed 2026-11-03). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/viaduct-netnewswire-case/

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README.md GitHub · VirInvictus/Viaduct · Revision a062290
.github/workflows/ci.yml GitHub · VirInvictus/Viaduct · Revision a062290
LICENSE GitHub · VirInvictus/Viaduct · Revision a062290