Groundhog is a full featured usenet newsreader with:

  • Interface easy to use on Android touch phones.
  • International charsets support. You can read and post on newsgroups using Chinesse, Russian, Greek, Japanese and many more.
  • Online/Offline modes, so you can choose to download the messages anywhere or in bulk when you have a fast connection (like WI-FI.)
  • Easy reading using colors for the different levels of quoting.
  • Screen to easily select what lines to quote when replying to someone.
  • Messages are grouped by thread using separators to clearly define thread changes and thread level indicators.
  • Starring of users and authors.
  • Banning by thread and author (don’t feed the trolls!)
  • Mail forwarding of Usenet messages.
  • Configurable text size.
  • Group search.
  • Multipart and uuencoded attachments.

You can already download Groundhog Newsreader 1.7.0 beta on the Android Market (search for “Groundhog”.)

This is a beta version and there could be some rough edges. Please mail any problems you can to juanjux at gmail dot com

Groundhog is open source software with GPL license. You can download the source at the project page.

Check also the quickstart guide, especially if you’re new to Usenet.