Launched January 6, 2026
SharePoint News Scroller
SharePoint News Ticker
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Enhance SharePoint with a customizable, scrolling news ticker. Display live updates and announcements to keep your team informed and engaged.
A SharePoint web part that adds a customizable scrolling news ticker to display live updates.
- for
- SharePoint site owners and administrators who want dynamic news displays.
Key features
6 features of SharePoint News Scroller
- Customizable appearance — Adjust fonts, colors, size and layout to match site branding.
- External link support — Add links to news items that point to external sites or documents.
- Show news titles — Optionally display headlines alongside the scrolling text.
- Direction & layout control — Choose vertical or horizontal scrolling and set number of visible items.
- Sorting options — Sort news by created or modified date in ascending or descending order.
- Height and styling sliders — Fine-tune scroller height, background, font color and size via sliders.
Use cases
- Display company announcements on the intranet homepage.
- Show industry news feeds in a department site.
- Highlight upcoming events with clickable links.
- Provide real-time project updates for team members.
SharePoint News Scroller vs alternatives
 SharePoint News Scroller |  Semgrep |  Gitea |  Hookdeck | .png?width=64){kind=avatar} Frevo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Customizable scrolling news ticker for SharePoint | Finding bugs and security issues in code | Self-hosted Git repositories | Managing event-driven integrations | API change monitoring |
| Pricing | Free | Subscription | Free | Free | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15 |
| Launched | Jan 2026 | — | — | Mar 2024 | Jan 2023 |
- SharePoint News Scroller vs Semgrep: Semgrep is a static code analysis tool, not a SharePoint UI component.
- SharePoint News Scroller vs Gitea: Gitea provides self-hosted Git services, unrelated to SharePoint news display.
- SharePoint News Scroller vs Hookdeck: Hookdeck is an event gateway for APIs, not a SharePoint news ticker.
- SharePoint News Scroller vs Frevo: Frevo notifies API breaking changes, unrelated to SharePoint UI.
SharePoint News Scroller FAQ
Do I need special permissions to install the News Scroller?+
Yes, you need administrative rights on the SharePoint site to add the web part.
Can I link news items to external resources?+
Yes, the web part lets you specify a column containing URLs to external sites or documents.
Is it possible to change the scrolling direction?+
Yes, you can toggle between vertical and horizontal scrolling in the settings.
How do I choose which SharePoint list provides the news?+
Select the desired list or library in the ‘Select List’ dropdown and then choose the columns to display.
Can I control how many items are shown at once?+
A slider lets you set the number of news items displayed simultaneously in the scroller.
Summarized by DevHunt from proapps365.com · Oct 1, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
