Comparison of feed aggregators

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The following is a comparison of RSS feed aggregators. E-mail programs and web browsers that have the ability to display RSS feeds are listed, as well as some cloud-based services that offer feed aggregation.

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Release history

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Client License First stable release Latest stable release
Date Version
Akregator Template:Open source ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Amarok Template:Open source ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
AOL Explorer Proprietary Template:Dts 1.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Awasu Proprietary Template:Dts 1.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
BlogBridge Template:Open source ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Bloglines Proprietary ? ? Merged with NetVibes
Canto Template:Open source Template:Dts 0.6.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Claws Mail Template:Open source Template:Dts 1.0.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
CommaFeed Template:Open source ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Cooliris ? ? ? ?
Digg Reader Proprietary ? ? Discontinued on March 26, 2018
Feed Viewer Proprietary Template:Dts 1.0 Windows 150.2.10 (August 10, 2021)
iOS 0.1.39 (August 10, 2021)
Feedbin Template:Open source [1] Template:Dts ? (web site, continuous updates)
Feedly Proprietary Template:Dts ? (web site, continuous updates)
Feedreader Proprietary ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Flipboard Proprietary ? ?
Flock Proprietary Template:Dts 1.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Gnus Template:Open source Template:Dts[2] ? Template:Latest stable software release/Gnus
Google Reader Proprietary Template:Dts 2.0 Discontinued on July 1, 2013[3]
HCL NotesTemplate:Efn Proprietary Template:Dts 1.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Inoreader Proprietary ? ? (web site, continuous updates)[4]
iTunes Proprietary freeware ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Juice Template:Open source ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
K-Meleon Template:Open source Template:Dts 0.2 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Kazehakase Template:Open source Template:Dts ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Liferea Template:Open source ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Maxthon Proprietary Template:Dts 1.0.0250 Template:Latest stable software release/Maxthon
MediaMonkey Freemium ? ? Template:Multiple releases
Microsoft Office Outlook Proprietary / Commercial software Template:Dts 97 15.0.4517.1509 (January 29, 2013)
Mozilla Firefox Template:Open source Template:Dts 0.1 Builtin RSS reader was removed in Version 64, Available as an add-on.[5][6][7] Template:Multiple releases
Mozilla Thunderbird Template:Open source Template:Dts 1.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
My Yahoo!   ? ? Discontinued in Dec. 2024
NetNewsWire Template:Open source [8] Template:Dts 1.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Netscape Browser Proprietary Template:Dts 8.0 Template:LSR
Netscape Navigator 9 Proprietary Template:Dts 9.0 9.0.0.6 (February 20, 2008)
Netvibes Proprietary ? ? ?
News360 Proprietary Template:Dts ? ?
Newsbeuter Template:Open source Template:Dts 0.1 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
NewsBlur Template:Open source [9] Template:Dts 1.0 4.0
Newsboat Template:Open source Template:Dts 2.10 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
NewsFire Proprietary ? ? 2.0
OmniWeb Proprietary Template:Dts 1.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Pegasus Mail Proprietary, Donationware Template:Dts ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Protopage Proprietary Template:Dts 1.0 11.43 (December 2015)
Pulse ? ? ? ?
QuiteRSS Template:Open source Template:Dts 0.14.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Rhythmbox Template:Open source ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
RSS Bandit Template:Open source Template:Dts 1.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
RSS Guard Template:Open source Template:Dts 1.9.9.3 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
RSSOwl Template:Open source Template:Dts 1.0 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Safari Proprietary ? ? Template:Multiple releases
Sage Template:Open source ? ? 1.5.5 (June 16, 2017)
Shiira Template:Open source ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Sleipnir Proprietary Template:Dts 2.00 Template:Latest stable software release/Sleipnir
Songbird Template:Open source ? ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
The Bat! Shareware Template:Dts 1.00 Build 1310 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
The Old Reader Proprietary Template:Dts[10] ? Rolling release[11]
Tiny Tiny RSS Template:Open source ? ? rolling releases, most recent February 2019[12]
Winamp Freemium ? ? Template:LSR


Windows Live Mail Proprietary ? ? Template:Latest stable software release/Windows Live Mail
Zimbra Zimbra licensing Template:Dts 3.5 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata
Zune Proprietary ? ? Template:Latest stable software release/Zune Software
Client License Date Version Latest stable release
First stable release

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

Operating system support

Client Windows macOS Linux BSD Solaris Android iOS Other
Akregator No ? 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
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
Cooliris Yes Yes No No No No No No
Feed Viewer Yes No No No No No Yes Windows Phone dropped
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
HCL NotesTemplate:Efn 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 as Podcasts app 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
Apple Mail 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 Add-on Add-on Add-on Add-on No No No No
Mozilla Thunderbird Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
NetNewsWire No Yes No No No No Yes No
Netscape Browser Yes No No No No No No No
Netscape Navigator 9 Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Newsbeuter No Yes Yes Yes No No No Source code available
NewsBlur Web based Web based Web based Web based Web based Yes Yes every platform with a web browser
Newsboat No Yes Yes Yes No No No Source code available
NewsFire No Yes No No No No No No
OmniWeb No Yes No No No No No No
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
QuiteRSS Yes Yes Yes No No No No Source code available
Rhythmbox No No Yes Yes Yes No No No
RSS Bandit Yes No No No No No No No
RSS Guard Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Supports OS/2 starting with version 3.9.1.
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 Yes 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 macOS Linux BSD Solaris Android iOS Other

Web feed and protocol support

Client feed URI scheme RSS 0.91 RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0 RSS enclosure MRSS Atom other format Delta updates IPv6 Auto updates HTTP Basic Auth
Akregator ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes
Amarok ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? No ? Yes ?
AOL Explorer ? ? ? ? ? ? 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 ? No 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[13] 		No Yes Yes No
Cooliris ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? No ? ? ?
Feed Viewer ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes CDF, RDF No Yes Yes ?
Feedreader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
Flock Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes ?
Gnus ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? No Newsgroups ? Yes No ?
HCL NotesTemplate:Efn ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
Internet Explorer No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Web Slice Yes Yes Yes ?
iTunes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? No ? Yes ?
Juice ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? No ? ? ?
K-Meleon ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
Kazehakase ? ? ? ? ? ? ? LIRS, HINA-DI ? Yes ? ?
Liferea Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes[14] Yes ?
Mail (OS X) ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? No Yes Yes ?
Maxthon ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Office Outlook ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ?
Miro ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mozilla Firefox ? Add-on Add-on Add-on ? Add-on Add-on ? No Add-on Add-on ?
Mozilla Thunderbird ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Newsgroup No Yes Yes Yes
NetNewsWire Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? No[15]
Netscape Browser ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No Yes Yes ?
Netscape Navigator 9 ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No Yes Yes ?
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 Yes ?
Newsboat ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
NewsFire ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OmniWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? 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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quiterss ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? No ? Yes ?
RSS Bandit ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? ?
RSS Guard Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Gmail,
JSON feeds,
Inoreader,
Nextcloud News,
Feedly,
Tiny Tiny RSS,
FreshRSS,
other services via Google Reader API 		Google Reader API,
Feedly,
Gmail 		Yes Yes Yes
RSSOwl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Newsgroup No Yes Yes ?
Safari Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? No 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 ? No Yes Yes ?
Shiira ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
Sleipnir ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No Yes ? ?
The Bat! ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
The Old Reader Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes PubSubHubbub No Yes Yes ?
Tiny Tiny RSS ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? No ? Yes ?
Winamp ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Notification only ?
Windows Live Mail ? Yes 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 Delta updates IPv6 Auto updates HTTP Basic Auth

Interface and notes

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 Email "newspaper"-like Media aggregator Notes Downloadable attachments
Akregator Yes Yes Yes (integration with konqueror) Yes ? Yes KDE ?
Amarok ? ? ? ? ? Yes KDE ?
AOL Explorer ? ? — ? ? ? Discontinued; Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 ?
Awasu Yes Yes — 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 — No Yes Yes No
Feedreader Yes No No ? Yes ? ?
Flock ? ? — ? ? Yes Discontinued ?
Gnus Add-on ? ? Yes ? ? Emacs-based mail and news client ?
HCL NotesTemplate:Efn ? ? ? ? ? ? Studio Blog Reader is one RSS reader application for IBM Lotus Notes;[16] Notes version 8.x introduced a native RSS reader ?
Internet Explorer ? ? — ? Yes ? Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 ?
iTunes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
Juice ? ? ? ? ? Yes Designed as Podcast aggregator ?
K-Meleon ? ? ? ? ? ? Web browser ?
Kazehakase ? ? — ? ? ? Web browser ?
Liferea Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Mail (OS X) ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Maxthon ? ? — ? ? ? Web browser ?
MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? ? Yes Media Player ?
Microsoft Office Outlook ? ? ? ? ? ? Feed support is available in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 ?
Miro ? ? ? ? ? Yes Media Player ?
Mozilla Firefox Add-on Add-on — ? ? ? Web Browser ?
Mozilla Thunderbird ? Add-on ? Yes No ? Mail Client ?
NetNewsWire ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Netscape Browser ? ? — ? ? ? Discontinued; Web browser ?
Netscape Navigator 9 Yes ? — ? ? ? Discontinued ?
NewsBlur ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Newsboat No No Yes ? ? ? Default browser can be configured in settings ?
NewsFire ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OmniWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? Part of the OmniWeb browser ?
Pegasus Mail ? ? ? Yes ? ? Pegasus Mail can convert RSS feeds to e-mails via free add-ons ?
Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? ? ? Media Player ?
RSS Bandit ? ? ? ? ? ? .NET Framework based ?
RSS Guard Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Qt-based, supports online feed/message synchronization via Tiny Tiny RSS, Nextcloud News, Inoreader and others. Supports plugins written in C++/Qt, custom message filters via JavaScript, tags/labels. Yes
RSSOwl Yes Yes No No Yes Yes no longer support for Google Reader synchronization since version 2.2.0 Yes
Safari ? ? — ? Yes ? Web Browser ?
Sage ? ? ? ? Yes ? a Firefox extension ?
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups ? ? — Yes ? ? Part of the SeaMonkey Internet suite ?
Songbird ? ? ? ? ? Yes Media Player ?
Shiira ? ? — ? ? ? Web browser ?
Sleipnir ? ? — ? ? ? 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 Email "newspaper"-like Media aggregator Notes Downloadable attachments

Capabilities

Client Offline support Search Annotations News Filtering Pluginable Automatic Update Publish Capabilities
Akregator Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes No
Amarok ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
AOL Explorer ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Awasu Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BlogBridge ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Canto ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Claws Mail ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
CommaFeed ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
Cooliris ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Feed Viewer Yes Yes ? No No Yes Sharing
Feedreader Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
Flock ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Gnus Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
HCL NotesTemplate:Efn ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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 ? No ? ? ?
Netscape Browser ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Netscape Navigator 9 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Newsbeuter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
NewsBlur Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Newsboat No Yes No Yes ? Yes No
NewsFire ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OmniWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Pegasus Mail ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
QuiteRSS ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RSS Bandit ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RSS Guard Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supports "share-to-published" feature for Tiny Tiny RSS.,
Sending e-mails via Gmail.
RSSOwl No Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ?
Safari ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sage ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Shiira ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sleipnir ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Songbird ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
The Bat! Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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

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