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 feed aggregation. They are listed here as well.
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Mobile Feed Readers[edit]
The information below only covers mobile apps and computer applications. It does not cover web-based feed readers.
A few notable web-based feed aggregators:
- Google Reader (defunct)
- Inoreader
- The Old Reader
Release history[edit]
| Legend | |
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| Reader name with purple background | discontinued software |
| Reader name with grey background | software is being developed or status is unknown |
| Client | License | First public release | First stable release | Latest stable release | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | Version | Date | Version | |||||||||||||||
| Akregator | GNU GPL | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1.6.5 (August 15, 2010) | ||||||||||||
| Amarok | GNU GPL | June 23, 2003 | ? | ? | ? | 2.8 (August 16, 2013) [±] | ||||||||||||
| AOL Explorer | Freeware | June, 2005 | 1.0 | June, 2005 | 1.0 | 1.5 (May 10, 2006) | ||||||||||||
| Avant | Freeware | August, 2004 | ? | August, 2004 | ? | 2017 build 8 (June 28, 2017[1]) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Awasu | Proprietary | November, 2002 | 0.4 | February, 2003 | 1.0 | 3.1 (April 26, 2017) | ||||||||||||
| BlogBridge | GNU GPL | ? | ? | ? | ? | 6.7 | ||||||||||||
| Bloglines | June, 2003 | ? | ? | ? | Merged with NetVibes | |||||||||||||
| Canto | GNU GPL | June 3, 2008 | 0.4.0 | January 14, 2009 | 0.6.0 | 0.7.10 (July 27, 2010) | ||||||||||||
| Claws Mail | GNU GPL | May, 2001 | 0.4.67 | January, 2005 | 1.0.0 | 3.16.0 (December 17, 2017) [±] | ||||||||||||
| CommaFeed | Apache License | April, 2013 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
| Cooliris | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
| Digg Reader | June 26, 2013 | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||||||||||||
| Feed Viewer | Proprietary | April, 2006 | 1.0 | April, 2006 | 1.0 | 31 (September 12, 2014) | ||||||||||||
| FeedDemon | Proprietary | 2003[2] | ? | ? | ? | 4.5.0.0 (Final release on June 19, 2013)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Feedly | 2008 | ? | ? | ? | ? (web site, continuous updates) | |||||||||||||
| Feedreader | Proprietary | April 24, 2001[3] | 1.54 | ? | ? | 3.14 (April 20, 2009[4]) | ||||||||||||
| ? | ? | ? | ? | |||||||||||||||
| Flock | Freeware | October 24, 2005 | 0.4.9 | November 2, 2007 | 1.0 | 3.5.3.4641 (February 1, 2011) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Gnus | GNU GPL | 1987[5] | ? | February 1, 1988[5] | ? | |||||||||||||
| Google Reader | October 7, 2005 | ? | September 17, 2007 | 2.0 | Discontinued on July 1, 2013[6] | |||||||||||||
| IBM Lotus Notes | Proprietary | 1989 | 1.0 | 1989 | 1.0 | 9.0.1 (October 29, 2013) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Inoreader | 2008 | ? | ? | ? | ? (web site, continuous updates)[7] | |||||||||||||
| iTunes | Proprietary freeware | ? | ? | ? | ? | 12.7.2 (December 6, 2017) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Juice | GNU GPL | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.2 | ||||||||||||
| K-Meleon | GNU GPL | November 26, 2000 | 0.2 | November 26, 2000 | 0.2 | 75.1 (September 19, 2015[8]) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Kazehakase | GNU GPL | January 29, 2003 | ? | January 29, 2003 | ? | 0.5.8 (September 29, 2009) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Liferea | GNU GPL | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1.12.0 (November 30, 2017[9]) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Mail (OS X) | Proprietary | ? | ? | ? | ? | 5.2 (1257) (February 1, 2012) | ||||||||||||
| Maxthon | Freeware | July 11, 2002 | 0.1 (as MyIE2) | September 8, 2005 | 1.0.0250 |
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| MediaMonkey | Freemium | ? | ? | ? | ? | 4.1.17 (August 16, 2017) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Microsoft Office Outlook | Proprietary / Commercial software | 1997 | 97 | 1997 | 97 | 15.0.4517.1509 (January 29, 2013) | ||||||||||||
| Mozilla Firefox | MPL | September 23, 2002 | 0.1 | September 23, 2002 | 0.1 |
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| Mozilla Thunderbird | MPL | July 28, 2003 | 0.1 | December 7, 2004 | 1.0 | 52.5.2 (December 22, 2017[18]) [±] | ||||||||||||
| My Yahoo! | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||||||||||||
| NetNewsWire | Proprietary | July 12, 2002 | ? | ? | ? | 3.3.2 (August 2, 2012) | ||||||||||||
| Netscape Browser | Proprietary | November 30, 2004 | 0.5.6+ | May 19, 2005 | 8.0 | 8.1.3 (April 2, 2007) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Netscape Navigator 9 | Proprietary | June 5, 2007 | 9.0 Beta 1 | October 15, 2007 | 9.0 | 9.0.0.6 (February 20, 2008) | ||||||||||||
| Netvibes | September, 2005 | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||||||||||||
| News360 | November, 2010 | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||||||||||||
| NewsAccess | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
| NewsBlur | MIT license [19] | June 6, 2009 | 0.1 | October 26, 2010 | 1.0 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||
| NewsFire | Proprietary | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.0 | ||||||||||||
| OmniWeb | Proprietary | 1994 | 0.5 | March 17, 1995 | 1.0 | 5.11.2 (July 23, 2012) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Opera Mail | Freeware | September, 1996 | 2.1b1 | December, 1996 | 2.1 | 1.0.1044[20] (February 16, 2016) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Pegasus Mail | Proprietary, Donationware | 1990 | ? | 1990 | ? | 4.72 (21 April 2016[21]) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Protopage | Proprietary | May, 2005 | 1.0 | May, 2005 | 1.0 | 11.43 (December 2015) | ||||||||||||
| Pulse | ? | May, 2010 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
| Rhythmbox | GNU GPL | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.96 (March 11, 2012) | ||||||||||||
| RSS Bandit | BSD license | 2003 | 1.0 | March, 2003 | 1.0 | 1.9.0.1002 (July 4, 2010) | ||||||||||||
| RSSOwl | EPL | July 7, 2003 | 0.3a[22] | December 19, 2004 | 1.0 | 2.2.1 (December 30, 2013) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Safari | Proprietary | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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| Sage | MPL | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1.5.4 (August 5, 2015) | ||||||||||||
| Shiira | BSD license | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.3 (August 11, 2009) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Sleipnir | Proprietary | June, 2005 | 2.00 alpha | October, 2005 | 2.00 | Windows: 3.6 (August 2, 2012) [±] Mac OSX: |
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| Songbird | GNU GPL | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013) [±] | ||||||||||||
| The Bat! | Shareware | March, 1997 | 1.0 Beta | March, 1998 | 1.00 Build 1310 | 8.2 (January 11, 2018) [±] | ||||||||||||
| The Old Reader | Proprietary | June 12, 2012[23] | Beta | June 12, 2012 | Beta | Beta[24] | ||||||||||||
| Tiny Tiny RSS | GNU GPL | ? | ? | ? | ? | rolling releases, most recent (March 6, 2017) 06 Mar, 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Winamp | Freemium | ? | ? | ? | ? | 5.666.3516 (December 12, 2013) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Windows Live Mail | Freeware | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2012 (v16.4.3528.0331) (November 4, 2014) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Zimbra | Zimbra licensing | November, 2005 | Beta | March, 2006 | 3.5 | 7.1.3 (November, 2011) | ||||||||||||
| Zune | Proprietary | ? | ? | ? | ? | 4.08.2345 (August 22, 2011) [±] | ||||||||||||
| Client | License | 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 | BSD | Solaris | Android | iOS | other | web browser |
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| Akregator | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Amarok | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| AOL Explorer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Avant | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Awasu | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| BlogBridge | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Canto | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Claws Mail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Maemo | |
| CommaFeed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Client side: every platform with a web browser Server side: every platform with Java |
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| Cooliris | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Feed Viewer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Windows Phone | |
| FeedDemon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Feedreader | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Flock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Gnus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | DOS | |
| IBM Lotus Notes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Inoreader | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Internet Explorer | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| iTunes | Yes | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Juice | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| K-Meleon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Kazehakase | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Liferea | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Mail (OS X) | No | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Maxthon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| MediaMonkey | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Microsoft Office Outlook | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Windows Mobile | |
| Mozilla Firefox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| NetNewsWire | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Netscape Browser | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Netscape Navigator 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
| NewsAccess | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| NewsBlur | Web based | Web based | Web based | Web based | Web based | Yes | Yes | every platform with a web browser | |
| NewsFire | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| OmniWeb | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Opera Mail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[25] | Dropped | No | No | BeOS, QNX, OS/2 | |
| Pegasus Mail | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Protopage | Web based | Web based | Web based | Web based | Web based | Dedicated Web App | Dedicated Web App | every platform with a Web browser | |
| Pulse | 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 | No | No | No | |
| RSS Bandit | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| RSSOwl | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | every platform with Java and SWT | |
| Safari | Yes | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Sage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
| SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Shiira | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Sleipnir | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Songbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
| The Bat! | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| The Old Reader | Web based | Web based | Yes | Web based | Web based | Multiple apps | Multiple apps | Windows Phone, Symbian, WebOS, Firefox OS | |
| Tiny Tiny RSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | every platform with a web browser | |
| Winamp | Yes | No | Obsolete | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Windows Live Mail | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Zimbra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Zune | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Windows Mobile | |
| Client | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | 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 |
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| Akregator | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Amarok | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| AOL Explorer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Avant | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Awasu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | any XML format (via XSL) | Yes | Yes |
| BlogBridge | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Canto | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| Claws Mail | ? | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| CommaFeed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | RSS 0.90, RSS 0.92, RSS 0.93, RSS 0.94, Atom 0.3, Atom 1.0[26] |
Yes | Yes |
| Cooliris | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Feed Viewer | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | CDF, RDF | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| Mail (OS X) | ? | ? | ? | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | RSS 0.90, RSS 0.92, RSS 0.93, RSS 0.94, Atom 0.3, Atom 1.0 |
Yes | Yes |
| NewsFire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| OmniWeb | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Opera Mail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | RDF, Newsgroup | Yes | Yes |
| Pegasus Mail | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Protopage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | RSS 0.90, RSS 0.92, RSS 0.93, RSS 0.94, Atom 0.3, Atom 1.0 |
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 | ? |
| The Bat! | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| The Old Reader | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | PubSubHubbub | Yes | Yes |
| Tiny Tiny RSS | ? | ? | ? | 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 | "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 | ? |
| Awasu | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supports user-written plugins. | Yes |
| BlogBridge | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Canto | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Ncurses/console based reader | ? |
| Claws Mail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | RSSyl plugin needed | ? |
| CommaFeed | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Web browser | ? |
| Cooliris | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Web browser plugin | ? |
| Feed Viewer | No | No | N/A | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| FeedDemon | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Discontinued | ? |
| 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 (OS X) | ? | ? | ? | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| NewsFire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| OmniWeb | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Part of the OmniWeb browser | ? |
| Opera Mail | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes | |
| 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 | no longer support for Google Reader synchronization since version 2.2.0 | 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 | ? |
| The Bat! | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | Mail client; rss2mail or rss2pop3 plugin needed for versions prior to 6.4; newer versions support RSS natively | ? |
| The Old Reader | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| 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 | "newspaper"-like | Media aggregator | Notes | Downloadable attachments |
Capabilities[edit]
| Client | Offline support | Search | Annotations | News Filtering | Pluginable | Automatic Update | Publish Capabilities |
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| Akregator | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Amarok | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| AOL Explorer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Avant | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Awasu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BlogBridge | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Canto | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Claws Mail | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| CommaFeed | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Cooliris | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Feed Viewer | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Sharing |
| FeedDemon | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Feedreader | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Flock | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Gnus | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| IBM Lotus Notes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Internet Explorer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iTunes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Juice | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| K-Meleon | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Kazehakase | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Liferea | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Mail (OS X) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Maxthon | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MediaMonkey | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Microsoft Office Outlook | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Mozilla Firefox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| NetNewsWire | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Netscape Browser | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Netscape Navigator 9 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| NewsAccess | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| NewsBlur | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| NewsFire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| OmniWeb | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Opera Mail | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Pegasus Mail | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RSS Bandit | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RSSOwl | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Safari | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sage | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Shiira | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sleipnir | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Songbird | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| The Bat! | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| The Old Reader | Via some mobile apps | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Sharing |
| Tiny Tiny RSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Winamp | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Live Mail | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zimbra | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zune | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Client | Offline support | Search | Annotations | News Filtering | Pluginable | Automatic Update | Publish Capabilities |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b Bradbury, Nick. "The Last Version of FeedDemon is Here, and it's Free". Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ^ Hölzle, Urs. "A second spring of cleaning". googleblog.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
- ^ "Feedreader 3.14 released". Feedreader. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ a b "GNUS: a NNTP based news reader for GNU Emacs (1 of 2)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
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- ^ Inoreader. "Inoreader Change Log". Inoreader. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "News". kmeleon.sourceforge.net. September 19, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
- ^ https://lzone.de/liferea/blog/Liferea+1.12.0+Released
- ^ "MX5 changelog". Maxthon International. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Maxthon Web Browser - Android". Google Play Store. 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Maxthon for Mac". Mac App Store. Maxthon Technology Limited. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Maxthon for iOS". Mac App Store. Maxthon Technology Limited. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Maxthon Browser". Windows Store. 15 September 2014.
- ^ "Maxthon for Linux Changelog". Maxthon International. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Firefox — Notes (57.0.4) — Mozilla". mozilla.org. Mozilla Foundation. 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Firefox Extended Support Release — Notes (52.5.3) — Mozilla". mozilla.org. Mozilla Foundation. 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Thunderbird — Notes (52.5.2) — Mozilla". mozilla.org. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- ^ "NewsBlur License". Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ "Opera 12 and Opera Mail security update". 2016-02-16.
- ^ Pegasus Mail v4.7x Release Notes: April 21st 2016 - Pegasus Mail v4.72
- ^ First RSSOwl version 0.3a, see https://sourceforge.net/projects/rssowl/files/rssowl%20classic%201.0%20(do%20not%20use)/0.3a/
- ^ Elena Bulygina (12 June 2012). "Thank you note". The Old Reader blog.
- ^ "The Old Reader".
- ^ http://www.opera.com/download/guide/?custom=yes
- ^ "Welcome to ROME". Retrieved 8 July 2013.
External links[edit]
- Feed Readers at Curlie (based on DMOZ)