The following is a comparison of RSSfeed aggregators. Often e-mail programs and web browsers have the ability to display RSS feeds. They are listed here, too.
Many BitTorrentclients support RSS feeds for broadcatching (see Comparison of BitTorrent clients).
Reeder is the best RSS client for macOS users. It syncs with lots of third-party services, looks good, and makes it easy to share content with others. The closure of Google Reader had many predicting the death of RSS, but in its wake, numerous services have sprung up, and there’s been a resurgence in RSS applications for both iOS and macOS. ReadKit is the best RSS reader you can get for your Mac right now. You can subscribe to websites individually, or, you can import the feeds from other online services such as. OS X Mountain Lion may have removed the native ability to subscribe to RSS feeds from Safari in addition to the feed reader in Mail, but that doesn’t mean your RSS feed reading habits are toast on the Mac.
The best RSS readers for the Mac, from powerful sync services to stand alone apps, and everything in between RSS has long history on the Mac. It was even built into Apple's own Safari and Mail at one point. Likewise, Google Reader in the browser was immensely popular, as were OS X apps that used it. Reader Notifier Turns OS into an RSS Feed Reader. Get alerts for your recent RSS news without interrupting what you are doing. # NewsBee NewsBee is a minimalist RSS reader. It lives in your status bar and checks for news once an hour. NewsBee supports multiple sites and keeps track of the items you click. # Feed Notifier Real-time monitoring of RSS and Atom feeds on your Mac. Best RSS reader for OS X Navigation and extra features RSS enables you to choose what news you're interested in and have it delivered directly to your Mac as it happens.
With the rise of Cloud computing, some cloud based services offer feed aggregation. They are listed here as well.
Release history[edit]
Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
Client | License | First stable release | Latest stable release | |||||||||||||
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Date | Version | |||||||||||||||
Akregator | GNU GPL | ? | ? | 1.6.5 (August 15, 2010) | ||||||||||||
Amarok | GNU GPL | ? | ? | 2.9 (March 7, 2018; 18 months ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
AOL Explorer | Freeware | June, 2005 | 1.0 | 1.5 (May 10, 2006) | ||||||||||||
Avant | Freeware | August, 2004 | ? | 2019 Build 2 (May 18, 2019; 3 months ago[1])[±] | ||||||||||||
Awasu | Proprietary | February, 2003 | 1.0 | 3.1 (April 26, 2017) | ||||||||||||
BlogBridge | GNU GPL | ? | ? | 6.7 | ||||||||||||
Bloglines | Proprietary | ? | ? | Merged with NetVibes | ||||||||||||
Canto | GNU GPL | January 14, 2009 | 0.6.0 | 0.9.7 (July 31, 2017) | ||||||||||||
Claws Mail | GNU GPL | January, 2005 | 1.0.0 | 3.17.3 (December 22, 2018; 8 months ago[2])[±] | ||||||||||||
CommaFeed | Apache License | ? | ? | 2.4.0 (August 1, 2017)[3] | ||||||||||||
Cooliris | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
Digg Reader | Proprietary | ? | ? | Discontinued on March 26, 2018 | ||||||||||||
Feed Viewer | Proprietary | April, 2006 | 1.0 | 31 (September 12, 2014) | ||||||||||||
FeedDemon | Proprietary | ? | ? | 4.5.0.0 (Final release on June 19, 2013)[4] | ||||||||||||
Feedly | Proprietary | 2008 | ? | (web site, continuous updates) | ||||||||||||
Feedreader | Proprietary | ? | ? | 3.14 (April 20, 2009[5]) | ||||||||||||
Proprietary | ? | ? | ||||||||||||||
Flock | Freeware | November 2, 2007 | 1.0 | 3.5.3.4641 (February 1, 2011; 8 years ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Gnus | GNU GPL | February 1, 1988[6] | ? | |||||||||||||
Google Reader | Proprietary | September 17, 2007 | 2.0 | Discontinued on July 1, 2013[7] | ||||||||||||
IBM Lotus Notes | Proprietary | 1989 | 1.0 | 10.0.1 (December 18, 2018; 8 months ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Inoreader | Proprietary | ? | ? | (web site, continuous updates)[8] | ||||||||||||
iTunes | Proprietary freeware | ? | ? | 12.9.2 (December 5, 2018; 9 months ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Juice | GNU GPL | ? | ? | 2.2 | ||||||||||||
K-Meleon | GNU GPL | November 26, 2000 | 0.2 | 75.1 (September 19, 2015; 3 years ago[9])[±] | ||||||||||||
Kazehakase | GNU GPL | January 29, 2003 | ? | 0.5.8 (September 29, 2009; 9 years ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Liferea | GNU GPL | ? | ? | 1.12.5 (September 8, 2018; 11 months ago[10])[±] | ||||||||||||
Mail (OS X) | Proprietary | ? | ? | 5.2 (1257) (February 1, 2012) | ||||||||||||
Maxthon | Freeware | September 8, 2005 | 1.0.0250 |
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MediaMonkey | Freemium | ? | ? | 4.1.24 (March 28, 2019; 5 months ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Microsoft Office Outlook | Proprietary / Commercial software | 1997 | 97 | 15.0.4517.1509 (January 29, 2013) | ||||||||||||
Mozilla Firefox | MPL | September 23, 2002 | 0.1 | Builtin RSS reader was removed in Version 64, Available as an add-on. [17][18][19]
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Mozilla Thunderbird | MPL | December 7, 2004 | 1.0 | 68[23](August 27, 2019; 11 days ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
My Yahoo! | ? | ? | ? | |||||||||||||
NetNewsWire | MIT license[24] | February 11, 2003 | 1.0 | 5.0 (August 26, 2019) | ||||||||||||
Netscape Browser | Proprietary | May 19, 2005 | 8.0 | 8.1.3 (April 2, 2007; 12 years ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Netscape Navigator 9 | Proprietary | October 15, 2007 | 9.0 | 9.0.0.6 (February 20, 2008) | ||||||||||||
Netvibes | Proprietary | ? | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
News360 | Proprietary | November, 2010 | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
NewsAccess | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
NewsBlur | MIT license[25] | October 26, 2010 | 1.0 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||
NewsFire | Proprietary | ? | ? | 2.0 | ||||||||||||
OmniWeb | Proprietary | March 17, 1995 | 1.0 | 5.11.2 (July 23, 2012; 7 years ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Opera Mail | Freeware | December, 1996 | 2.1 | 1.0.1044[26](February 16, 2016; 3 years ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Pegasus Mail | Proprietary, Donationware | 1990 | ? | 4.73 (7 June 2018; 15 months ago[27])[±] | ||||||||||||
Protopage | Proprietary | May, 2005 | 1.0 | 11.43 (December 2015) | ||||||||||||
Pulse | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
QuiteRSS | GNU GPL v3 | Dec, 2014 | 0.14.0 | 0.18.12 (02.07.2018) | ||||||||||||
Rhythmbox | GNU GPL | ? | ? | 3.4.2 (October 8, 2017; 22 months ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
RSS Bandit | BSD license | March, 2003 | 1.0 | 1.9.0.1002 (July 4, 2010) | ||||||||||||
RSSOwl | EPL | December 19, 2004 | 1.0 | 2.2.1 (December 30, 2013; 5 years ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Safari | Proprietary | ? | ? |
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Sage | MPL | ? | ? | 1.5.5 (June 16, 2017) | ||||||||||||
Shiira | BSD license | ? | ? | 2.3 (August 11, 2009; 10 years ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Sleipnir | Proprietary | October, 2005 | 2.00 |
6.4.0.4000 (June 27, 2019; 2 months ago[30])
4.6.8.4000 (June 27, 2019; 2 months ago[31])
4.6.5 (April 10, 2019; 4 months ago[32]) Your last read page, notes, highlights, and bookmarks are synchronized across devices when network connectivity is available. E-reader for mac. With the iPublishCentral Reader App you can read ebooks and content in PDF and EPUB format on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. This synchronizations enables you to pick a book from where you left off on another device. You can organize books in to shelves, customize your reading experience, add notes or highlights to specific passages, bookmark a page, and download content from your Dropbox account and e-mails.
4.5.3 (June 12, 2019; 2 months ago[33])
3.5.15 (June 24, 2019; 2 months ago[34])[±] | ||||||||||||
Songbird | GNU GPL | ? | ? | 2.2.0, Build 2453 (February 4, 2013; 6 years ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
The Bat! | Shareware | March, 1998 | 1.00 Build 1310 | 8.8.9 (June 13, 2019; 2 months ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
The Old Reader | Proprietary | June 12, 2012[35] | Beta | Beta[36] | ||||||||||||
Tiny Tiny RSS | GNU GPL | ? | ? | rolling releases, most recent February 2019[37] | ||||||||||||
Winamp | Freemium | ? | ? | 5.8.3660 (October 19, 2018; 10 months ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Windows Live Mail | Freeware | ? | ? | 2012 (v16.4.3528.0331) (November 4, 2014; 4 years ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
Zimbra | Zimbra licensing | March, 2006 | 3.5 | 7.1.3 (November, 2011) | ||||||||||||
Zune | Proprietary | ? | ? | 4.08.2345 (August 22, 2011; 8 years ago)[±] | ||||||||||||
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[edit]
Client | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Solaris | Android | iOS | Other |
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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 |
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 | 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 | 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[38] | 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 |
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 |
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 | 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 | Delta updates | IPv6 | Auto updates |
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Akregator | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes |
Amarok | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | 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 | ? | 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[39] | No | Yes | Yes |
Cooliris | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
Feed Viewer | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | CDF, RDF | No | Yes | Yes |
FeedDemon | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 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 | 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[40] | 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 |
NetNewsWire | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
Netscape Browser | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes |
Netscape Navigator 9 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes |
NewsAccess | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
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 |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Quiterss | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Rhythmbox | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes |
RSS Bandit | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
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 |
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 | |
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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 | Add-on | 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 SeaMonkeyInternet 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]
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External links[edit]
- Feed Readers at Curlie