Comparison of feed aggregators

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The following is a comparison of RSS feed aggregators. Often e-mail programs and web browsers have the ability to display RSS feeds. They are listed here, too.

Many BitTorrent clients support RSS feeds for broadcatching (see Comparison of BitTorrent clients).

With the rise of Cloud computing, some cloud based services offer as well the feed aggregation. They are listed here as well.

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Release history [edit]

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Reader name marks discontinued software
Another reader's name software is being developed or status is unknown
Client First public release First stable release Latest stable release
Date Version Date Version
Akregator ? ? ? ? 1.6.5 (August 15, 2010)
Amarok June 23, 2003 ? ? ? 2.7 (January 18, 2013; 3 months ago (2013-01-18)) [±]
AOL Explorer June 2005 1.0 June 2005 1.0 1.5 (May 10, 2006)
Avant August 2004 ? August 2004 ? 2013 build 21 (March 11, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-03-11)) [±]
BlogBridge ? ? ? ? 6.7
BottomFeeder ? ? ? ? 4.6 (December 12, 2008)
Canto June 3, 2008 0.4.0 January 14, 2009 0.6.0 0.7.10 (July 27, 2010)
Claws Mail May 2001 0.4.67 January 2005 1.0.0 3.9.1 (May 6, 2013; 14 days ago (2013-05-06)) [±]
Cooliris ? ? ? ? ?
FeedDemon ? ? ? ? 4.1.0.0 (May 16, 2012)
Feedreader April 24, 2001[1] 1.54 ? ? 3.14 (April 20, 2009[2])
Feedly ? ? ? ?
Flipboard ? ? ? ?
Flock October 24, 2005 0.4.9 November 2, 2007 1.0 3.6.4 (February 3, 2011; 2 years ago (2011-02-03)) [±]
Gnus 1987[3] ? February 1, 1988[3] ? 5.13 (July 2009; 3 years ago (2009-07)) [±]
Google Reader October 7, 2005 ? September 17, 2007 2.0 Scheduled to be discontinued on July 1, 2013[4]
IBM Lotus Notes 1989 1.0 1989 1.0 9.0 (March 14, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-03-14)) [±]
iTunes ? ? ? ? 11.0.3 (May 16, 2013; 4 days ago (2013-05-16)) [±][5]
Juice ? ? ? ? 2.2
K-Meleon November 26, 2000 0.2 November 26, 2000 0.2 1.5.4 (March 5, 2010; 3 years ago (2010-03-05)) [±]
Kazehakase January 29, 2003 ? January 29, 2003 ? 0.5.8 (September 29, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-09-29)) [±]
Liferea ? ? ? ? 1.8.12 (January 3, 2013; 4 months ago (2013-01-03) [6]) [±]
Mail ? ? ? ? 5.2 (1257) (February 1, 2012)
Maxthon July 11, 2002 0.1 (as MyIE2) September 8, 2005 1.0.0250 Windows: 4.0.6.2000 (May 7, 2013; 13 days ago (2013-05-07)) [±][7]

OS X: 4.0.3.3000 (January 31, 2013; 3 months ago (2013-01-31)) [±][8]

iOS: 4.0.3 (January 18, 2013; 3 months ago (2013-01-18)) [±][9]

Android: 4.0.3.3000 (February 1, 2013; 3 months ago (2013-02-01)) [±][10]
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? 4.0.7.1511 (November 12, 2012; 6 months ago (2012-11-12)) [±]
Microsoft Office Outlook 1997 97 1997 97 14.0.5128.5000 (June 15, 2010)
Mozilla Firefox September 23, 2002 0.1 September 23, 2002 0.1 21.0 (May 14, 2013; 6 days ago (2013-05-14)) [±][11]
Mozilla Thunderbird July 28, 2003 0.1 December 7, 2004 1.0 17.0.6 (May 14, 2013; 6 days ago (2013-05-14)) [±][12]
NetNewsWire ? ? ? ? 3.3.2 (August 2, 2012)
Netscape Browser November 30, 2004 0.5.6+ May 19, 2005 8.0 9.0.0.6 (February 20, 2008; 5 years ago (2008-02-20)) [±]
Netscape Navigator 9 June 5, 2007 9.0 Beta 1 October 15, 2007 9.0 9.0.0.6 (February 20, 2008)
News360 November, 2010 ? ? ?
NewsAccess ? ? ? ? ?
NewsFire ? ? ? ? 2.0
OmniWeb 1994 0.5 March 17, 1995 1.0 5.11.2 (July 23, 2012; 9 months ago (2012-07-23)) [±]
Opera Mail September 1996 2.1b1 December 1996 2.1 12.15 (April 4, 2013; 46 days ago (2013-04-04)) [±]
Pegasus Mail 1990 ? 1990 ? 4.63 (January 1, 2012; 16 months ago (2012-01-01)) [±]
Pulse May 2010 ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? 2.96 (March 11, 2012)
RSS Bandit 2003 1.0 March 2003 1.0 1.9.0.1002 (July 4, 2010)
RSSOwl July 7, 2003 0.3a[13] December 19, 2004 1.0 2.1.4 (July 28, 2012)
Safari ? ? ? ? 6.0.4 (April 16, 2013; 34 days ago (2013-04-16)) [±]
Sage ? ? ? ? 1.4.12 (July 17, 2011)
Shiira ? ? ? ? 2.3 (August 11, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-08-11)) [±]
Sleipnir June, 2005 2.00 alpha Oct, 2005 2.00 Windows:

3.6 (August 2, 2012; 9 months ago (2012-08-02)) [±]

Mac OSX:
3.6 (August 3, 2012; 9 months ago (2012-08-03)) [±]
Snarfer ? ? ? ? 1.0.2 (15 June 2008)
Songbird ? ? ? ? 2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013; 3 months ago (2013-02-04)) [±]
The Bat! March 1997 1.0 Beta March 1998 1.00 Build 1310 5.3.4 (December 5, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-12-05)) [±]
Winamp ? ? ? ? 5.6.3.3235 (June 28, 2012; 10 months ago (2012-06-28)) [±]
Windows Live Mail ? ? ? ? 2012 (v16.4.3508.0205) (May 14, 2013; 6 days ago (2013-05-14)) [±]
Zimbra November, 2005 Beta March, 2006 3.5 7.1.3 (November 2011)
Zune ? ? ? ? 4.8.2345.0 (August 22, 2011; 20 months ago (2011-08-22)) [±]
Client Date Version Date Version Latest stable release
First public release First stable release

Netscape Messenger 9 is a fork of Mozilla Thunderbird and has the same features.

Operating system support [edit]

Client Windows Mac OS X Linux Unix BSD Solaris Android IOS other
Akregator No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
AOL Explorer Yes No No No No No No No No
Avant Yes No No No No No No No No
BlogBridge Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
BottomFeeder Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Canto No No Yes No No No No No No
Claws Mail Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Maemo
Cooliris Yes Yes No No No No No No No
FeedDemon Yes No No No No No No No No
Feedreader Yes No No No No No No No No
Flock Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Gnus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No DOS
IBM Lotus Notes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Internet Explorer Included No No No No No No No No
iTunes Yes Included No No No No No No No
Juice Yes Yes No No No No No No No
K-Meleon Yes No No No No No No No No
Kazehakase No No Yes No Yes No No No No
Liferea No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Mail No Included No No No No No No No
Maxthon Yes No No No No No No No No
MediaMonkey Yes No No No No No No No No
Microsoft Office Outlook Yes Yes No No No No No No Windows Mobile
Mozilla Firefox Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Mozilla Thunderbird Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
NetNewsWire No Yes No No No No No Yes No
Netscape Browser Yes No No No No No No No No
Netscape Navigator 9 Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
NewsAccess No Yes No No No No No No No
NewsBlur No No No No No No Yes Yes No
NewsBreak No No No No No No No No Windows Mobile
NewsFire No Yes No No No No No No No
OmniWeb No Yes No No No No No No No
Opera Mail Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes/No[14] Yes No No BeOS, QNX, OS/2, Windows Mobile
Pegasus Mail Yes No No No No No No No No
Pulse Web based Web based Web based Web based Web based Web based Dedicated App Dedicated App every platform with a Web browser
Rhythmbox No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
RSS Bandit Yes No No No No No No No No
RSSOwl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No every platform with Java and SWT
Safari Yes Included No No No No No No No
Sage Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Shiira No Yes No No No No No No No
Sleipnir Yes No No No No No No No No
Snarfer Yes No No No No No No No No
Songbird Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No
The Bat! Yes No No No No No No No No
Winamp Yes No Obsolete No No No No No No
Windows Live Mail Included No No No No No No No No
Zimbra Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Zune Yes No No No No No No No Windows Mobile
Client Windows Mac OS X Linux Unix BSD Solaris Android IOS other

Web feed and protocol support [edit]

Client feed URI scheme RSS 0.91 RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0 RSS enclosure MRSS ATOM other format IPv6 Auto updates
Akregator ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Amarok ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes
AOL Explorer ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
Avant ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
BlogBridge ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BottomFeeder ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? Yes
Canto ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes
Claws Mail ? No Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Cooliris ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
FeedDemon Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Feedreader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes
Flock Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Gnus ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? No Newsgroups Yes No
IBM Lotus Notes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
Internet Explorer No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Web Slice Yes Yes
iTunes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes
Juice ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
K-Meleon ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
Kazehakase ? ? ? ? ? ? ? LIRS, HINA-DI Yes ?
Liferea Yes ? Yes Yes ? No Yes ? ? Yes
Mail ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Maxthon ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Office Outlook ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Miro ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Mozilla Firefox ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Mozilla Thunderbird ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Newsgroup Yes Yes
NetNewsWire Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Netscape Browser ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Netscape Navigator 9 ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes
NewsAccess ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NewsBlur ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NewsBreak ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NewsFire ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OmniWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
Opera Mail ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes RDF, Newsgroup Yes Yes
Pegasus Mail ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Pulse ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes
RSS Bandit ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RSSOwl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Newsgroup Yes Yes
Safari Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Sage ? Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Newsgroup Yes Yes
Songbird ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Shiira ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
Sleipnir ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
Snarfer ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? Yes
The Bat! ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
Winamp ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Notification only
Windows Live Mail ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Zimbra ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Zune ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Client feed URI scheme RSS 0.91 RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0 RSS enclosure MRSS ATOM other standard IPv6 Auto updates

Interface and notes [edit]

Web browsers and Internet suites have for browser plugin a N/A, because they don't need it.

Client Pop-up Tray notification Browser plugin E-mail "newspaper"-like Media aggregator Notes Downloadable attachments
Akregator Yes Yes Yes (integration with konqueror) Yes ? Yes KDE ?
Amarok ? ? ? ? ? Yes KDE ?
AOL Explorer ? ? N/A ? ? ? Discontinued; Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 ?
Avant ? ? N/A ? ? ? Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 ?
BlogBridge ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BottomFeeder ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Canto ? ? ? ? ? ? Ncurses/console based reader ?
Claws Mail Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? RSSyl plugin needed ?
Cooliris ? ? Yes ? ? ? Web browser plugin ?
FeedDemon ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Adware ?
Feedreader Yes No No ? Yes ? ?
Flock ? ? N/A ? ? Yes Discontinued ?
Gnus Add-on ? ? Yes ? ? Emacs-based mail and news client ?
IBM Lotus Notes ? ? ? ? ? ? Studio Blog Reader is one RSS reader application for IBM Lotus Notes; Notes version 8.x introduced a native RSS reader ?
Internet Explorer ? ? N/A ? Yes ? Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 ?
iTunes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
Juice ? ? ? ? ? Yes Designed as Podcast aggregator ?
K-Meleon ? ? ? ? ? ? Web browser ?
Kazehakase ? ? N/A ? ? ? Web browser ?
Liferea Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Mail ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Maxthon ? ? N/A ? ? ? Web browser ?
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? ? Yes Media Player ?
Microsoft Office Outlook ? ? ? ? ? ? Feed support is available in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 ?
Miro ? ? ? ? ? Yes Media Player ?
Mozilla Firefox Yes Add-on N/A ? ? ? Web Browser ?
Mozilla Thunderbird ? Add-on ? Yes No ? Mail Client ?
NetNewsWire ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Netscape Browser ? ? N/A ? ? ? Discontinued; Web browser ?
Netscape Navigator 9 Yes ? N/A ? ? ? Discontinued ?
NewsAccess ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NewsBlur ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NewsBreak ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NewsFire ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OmniWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? Part of the OmniWeb browser ?
Opera Mail Yes ? Yes (integration with Opera (web browser)) Yes only as preview ? Part of the Opera web browser; support for feeds since Opera 8.0 ?
Pegasus Mail ? ? ? Yes ? ? Pegasus Mail can convert RSS feeds to e-mails via free add-ons ?
Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? ? ? Media Player ?
RSS Bandit ? ? ? ? ? ? .NET Framework based ?
RSSOwl Yes Yes No No Yes Yes support for Google Reader synchronization Yes
Safari ? ? N/A ? Yes ? Web Browser ?
Sage ? ? ? ? Yes ? a Firefox extension ?
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups ? ? N/A Yes ? ? Part of the SeaMonkey Internet suite ?
Songbird ? ? ? ? ? Yes Media Player ?
Shiira ? ? N/A ? ? ? Web browser ?
Sleipnir ? ? N/A ? ? ? Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 ?
Snarfer No Yes ? Yes ? ? Discontinued Yes
The Bat! ? ? ? Yes No No Mail client; rss2mail or rss2pop3 plugin needed ?
Winamp No ? No No No Yes Media Player ?
Windows Live Mail ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Zimbra ? ? ? ? ? ? Groupware suite ?
Zune ? ? ? ? ? Yes Media player ?
Client Pop-up Tray notification Browser plugin E-mail "newspaper"-like Media aggregator Notes Downloadable attachments

Capabilities [edit]

Client Offline support Search Annotations News Filtering Pluginable Automatic Update Publish Capabilities
Akregator Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Amarok ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
AOL Explorer ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Avant ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BlogBridge ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BottomFeeder ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Canto ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Claws Mail ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Cooliris ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
FeedDemon ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Feedreader Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
Flock ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Gnus ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
IBM Lotus Notes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Internet Explorer ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
iTunes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Juice ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
K-Meleon ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kazehakase ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Liferea Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ?
Mail ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Maxthon ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Office Outlook ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mozilla Firefox ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mozilla Thunderbird ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NetNewsWire Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Netscape Browser ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Netscape Navigator 9 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NewsAccess ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NewsBlur ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NewsBreak ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
NewsFire ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OmniWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Opera Mail ? Yes ? Yes No Yes No
Pegasus Mail ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RSS Bandit ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RSSOwl No Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ?
Safari ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sage ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Shiira ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sleipnir ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Snarfer ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Songbird ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
The Bat! ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Winamp ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Windows Live Mail ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Zimbra ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Zune ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Client Offline support Search Adnotations News Filtering Pluginable Automatic Update Publish Capabilities

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Hölzle, Urs. "A second spring of cleaning". googleblog.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-03-14. 
  2. ^ "Feedreader 3.14 released". Feedreader. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  3. ^ a b "GNUS: a NNTP based news reader for GNU Emacs (1 of 2)". Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  4. ^ "Google's Official Blog". 
  5. ^ "iTunes 11.0.3". Apple Inc. 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-05-13. 
  6. ^ http://sourceforge.net/p/liferea/code/ci/f828f4980c20b2c9fadd2c948cb63a9aecc96931/tree/ChangeLog
  7. ^ Maxthon for Windows Changelog
  8. ^ Maxthon for Mac Changelog
  9. ^ Maxthon Cloud Browser on iTunes
  10. ^ Maxthon for Android Changelog
  11. ^ Firefox Notes, mozilla.org, 2013-05-14 
  12. ^ Release Notes, mozilla.org, May 14, 2013 
  13. ^ First RSSOwl version 0.3a, see https://sourceforge.net/projects/rssowl/files/rssowl%20classic%201.0%20(do%20not%20use)/0.3a/
  14. ^ "Opera system requirements". Opera Software. 02011-10-19October 19, 2011. Retrieved 02011-10-20October 20, 2011 

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