{"id":51891,"date":"2026-08-20T12:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=51891"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:36:49","slug":"liferea-news-reader-2-0-released-with-gtk4-libadwaita-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/liferea-news-reader-2-0-released-with-gtk4-libadwaita-port\/","title":{"rendered":"Liferea News Reader 2.0 Released with GTK4\/LibAdwaita Port"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-36141\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/liferea-feature-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/liferea-feature-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/liferea-feature-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/liferea-feature-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/liferea-feature-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/liferea-feature.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Liferea, the reliable and lightweight <b>Li<\/b>nux <b>Fe<\/b>ed <b>Rea<\/b>der, released new major 2.0 version a day ago.<\/p>\n<p>The new version of this more than 20 years old application is finally ported to GTK4 + LibAdwaita, with a modern user interface that&#8217;s well integrated with recent GNOME desktops.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea20-3pane.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51892\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea20-3pane-700x393.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea20-3pane-700x393.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea20-3pane-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea20-3pane-768x431.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea20-3pane-1536x862.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea20-3pane.webp 1643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The app now features a CSD header-bar that includes only a few navigation buttons, while most others are merged into hamburger menu (\u2261).<\/p>\n<p>It still changes its UI automatically between 3-panel, 2-panel, and even single pane layout according to window size. And, it switches between light and dark mode automatically depends on system color scheme.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51893\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-dark2pane-700x525.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-dark2pane-700x525.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-dark2pane-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-dark2pane-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-dark2pane.webp 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Besides adding source from Planet, BlogRoll, OPML, Google Reader API (e.g., TheOldReader, FeedHQ, and Miniflux), Reedah, Tiny Tiny RSS, the new version also <b>added WebDAV source support<\/b> to get RSS subscriptions from a remote WebDAV server.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51894\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/webdavsource-700x469.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/webdavsource-700x469.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/webdavsource-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/webdavsource-768x514.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/webdavsource.webp 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To improve performance, the unread count numbers are now lazy updated in every 500 ms. The update monitor has been overhauled that gives deeper insight into the background updating and node source synchronization.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-updatemanager-700x494.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"430\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-updatemanager-700x494.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-updatemanager-300x212.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-updatemanager-768x542.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-updatemanager.webp 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This version also introduced a new <b>Python Console<\/b> plugin for advanced users or developers to interact with the application window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-pythonconsole-700x506.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"441\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-pythonconsole-700x506.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-pythonconsole-300x217.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-pythonconsole-768x555.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liferea-pythonconsole.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other changes in Liferea 2.0 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduced feed list mode is not supported anymore.<\/li>\n<li>Remove status bar in favor of raising toasts.<\/li>\n<li>Tray icon has lost the ability to indicate the unread counter.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to make search folders show the total count instead of the unread count.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Get Liferea 2.0<\/h3>\n<p>The official release note as well as the source tarball are available in Github source page via the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/lwindolf\/liferea\/releases#release-v2.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liferea Feed Reader 2.0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fedora Rawhide has already include the new Liferea release in its repository, while, other users may wait for either their distribution updates or the community maintained <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/en\/apps\/net.sourceforge.liferea\" target=\"_blank\">Flatpak package<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, you may try building it from source via the steps below one by one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Install build depends:\n<pre>sudo apt install build-essential meson gsettings-desktop-schemas-dev, libgtk-4-dev, libadwaita-1-dev, json-glib-tools, libjson-glib-dev, libxml2-dev, libxslt-dev, libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev, libpeas-2-dev, intltool, libgirepository1.0-dev<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Download the source tarball, extract, and open the source folder in terminal.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, run the commands below one by one to compile and install it.\n<pre>meson setup build --prefix=\/usr\/local<\/pre>\n<pre>meson compile -C build<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo meson install -C build<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liferea, the reliable and lightweight Linux Feed Reader, released new major 2.0 version a day ago. 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