Comparison of feed aggregators

Comparative list of RSS 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 broadcasting (see Comparison of BitTorrent clients).

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

## Release history

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Akregator | GPL | ? | ?  | 6.1.0[1] 23 May 2024
Amarok | GPL-2.0-or-later | ? | ?  | R14.1.2[2] 22 April 2024
AOL Explorer | Proprietary | June, 2005 | 1.0  | 1.5[3] May 2006
Awasu | Proprietary | February, 2003 | 1.0  | 3.3[4] 28 February 2023
BlogBridge | GPL | ? | ?  | 6.6.1[5][6][7] 26 February 2009
Bloglines | Proprietary | ? | ?  | Merged with NetVibes
Canto | GPL-2.0-only | January 14, 2009 | 0.6.0  | 0.9.8[8] 3 December 2020
Claws Mail | GPL-3.0-or-later | January, 2005 | 1.0.0  | 4.3.0[9] 10 June 2024
CommaFeed | Apache-2.0 | ? | ?  | 4.3.1[10] 12 February 2024
Cooliris | ?  | ? | ?  | ?
Digg Reader | Proprietary | ? | ?  | Discontinued on March 26, 2018
Feed Viewer | Proprietary | April, 2006 | 1.0  | Windows 150.2.10 (August 10, 2021)
iOS 0.1.39 (August 10, 2021)
Feedbin | MIT [11] | March 12, 2013 | ?  | (web site, continuous updates)
Feedly | Proprietary | 2008 | ?  | (web site, continuous updates)
Feedreader | Proprietary | ? | ?  |
Flipboard | Proprietary | ? | ?  |
Flock | Proprietary | November 2, 2007 | 1.0  | 3.5.3.4641 1 February 2011
Gnus | GPL-3.0-or-later | February 1, 1988[12] | ?  |
Google Reader | Proprietary | September 17, 2007 | 2.0  | Discontinued on July 1, 2013[13]
HCL Notes[a] | Proprietary | 1989 | 1.0  | 14.0.0[14] 7 December 2023
Inoreader | Proprietary | ? | ?  | (web site, continuous updates)[15]
iTunes | Proprietary freeware  | ? | ?  | 12.12.8.2 30 March 2023
Juice | GPL-2.0-or-later | ? | ?  | 2.2[16] 11 November 2005
K-Meleon | GPL | November 26, 2000 | 0.2  | 76.4.7[17] 7 April 2023
Kazehakase | GPL-2.0-or-later | January 29, 2003 | ?  | 0.5.8[18][19] 29 September 2009
Liferea | GPL | ? | ?  | 1.14.6[20] 2 August 2023
Maxthon | Proprietary | September 8, 2005 | 1.0.0250  | | Windows| 6.1.2.3000 / September 24, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-09-24)[21]

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Android| 6.0.2.3500 / December 9, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-09)[21]
Mac| 5.1.60 / August 27, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-08-27)[22]
iOS| 6.0.6 / December 14, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-14)[23]
Windows Phone| 2.2.0 / March 30, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-30)[24]
Linux| 1.0.5.3 / September 9, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09-09)[25]
MediaMonkey | Freemium | ? | ?  | | Windows| 5.0.4.2692[26][27] / 25 August 2023

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Microsoft Office Outlook | Proprietary / Commercial software  | 1997 | 97  | 15.0.4517.1509 (January 29, 2013)
Mozilla Firefox | MPL-2.0 | September 23, 2002 | 0.1  | Builtin RSS reader was removed in Version 64, Available as an add-on.[28][29][30] | Standard| 130.0[31] / September 3, 2024; 12 days ago (September 3, 2024)

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Extended support release 1| 128.2.0esr[32] / September 3, 2024; 12 days ago (September 3, 2024)
Extended support release 2| 115.15.0esr[33] / September 3, 2024; 12 days ago (2024-09-03)
Mozilla Thunderbird | MPL-2.0 | December 7, 2004 | 1.0  |
My Yahoo! |  | ? | ?  | ?
NetNewsWire | MIT [34] | February 11, 2003 | 1.0  | 6.1.3[35] 29 June 2023
Netscape Browser | Proprietary | May 19, 2005 | 8.0  | 8.1.3 (April 2, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-04-02)) [±]
Netscape Navigator 9 | Proprietary | October 15, 2007 | 9.0  | 9.0.0.6 (February 20, 2008)
Netvibes | Proprietary | ? | ?  | ?
News360 | Proprietary | November, 2010 | ?  | ?
Newsbeuter | MIT | January 16, 2007 | 0.1  | 2.9[36][37] 19 February 2015
NewsBlur | MIT [38] | October 26, 2010 | 1.0  | 4.0
Newsboat | MIT | September 20, 2017  | 2.10  | 2.36[39] 22 June 2024
NewsFire | Proprietary | ? | ?  | 2.0
OmniWeb | Proprietary | March 17, 1995 | 1.0  | 5.11.2[40] 20 July 2012
Opera Mail | Proprietary | December, 1996 | 2.1  | 1.0.1044[41] (February 16, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-16)) [±]
Pegasus Mail | Proprietary, Donationware  | 1990 | ?  | 4.80[42] 14 February 2022
Protopage | Proprietary | May, 2005 | 1.0  | 11.43 (December 2015)
Pulse | ?  | ? | ?  | ?
QuiteRSS | GPL-3.0-or-later | Dec, 2014  | 0.14.0  | 0.19.4[43][44][45] 21 April 2020
Rhythmbox | GPL-2.0-or-later | ? | ?  | 3.4.7[46] 16 April 2023
RSS Bandit | BSD-3-Clause | March, 2003 | 1.0  | 1.9.0.1002[47] 4 July 2010
RSS Guard | GPL-3.0-only | February 4, 2014 | 1.9.9.3  | 4.7.3[48] 26 July 2024
RSSOwl | EPL-1.0 | December 19, 2004 | 1.0  | 2.2.1[49][50][51] 30 December 2013
Safari | Proprietary | ? | ?  | | macOS| 17.5[52] / 13 May 2024

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iOS| 17.5[52] / 13 May 2024
Sage | MPL-1.1 | ? | ?  | 1.5.5 (June 16, 2017)
Shiira | BSD-3-Clause | ? | ?  | 2.3 11 August 2009
Sleipnir | Proprietary | October, 2005 | 2.00  |

Windows (Sleipnir 6)

6.5.6 (May 13, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-05-13)[53])

Windows (Sleipnir 4)

4.8.6 (May 13, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-05-13)[54])

macOS

4.7.9 (March 2, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-02)[55])

iOS

4.14.3 (May 30, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-05-30)[56])

Android

3.7.6 (May 28, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-05-28)[57])

Songbird | GPL | ? | ?  | 2.2.0, Build 2453 4 February 2013
The Bat! | Shareware | March, 1998 | 1.00 Build 1310  |
The Old Reader | Proprietary | June 12, 2012[58] | Beta  | Beta[59]
Tiny Tiny RSS | GPL-3.0-or-later | ? | ?  | rolling releases, most recent February 2019[60]
Winamp | Freemium | ? | ?  | 5.9.2 Build 10042[61] (April 26, 2023; 16 months ago (2023-04-26)) [±]

Windows Live Mail | Proprietary | ? | ?  | 2012 (v16.4.3528.0331) (November 4, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-11-04)) [±]
Zimbra | Zimbra licensing  | March, 2006 | 3.5  | 10.1.1[62] 16 August 2024
Zune | Proprietary | ? | ?  | 4.08.2345 (August 22, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-22)) [±]
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

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Client  | Windows | macOS | Linux | BSD | Solaris | Android | iOS | Other

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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 Notes[a] | 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
Opera Mail | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[63] | 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
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

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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

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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[64] | 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 Notes[a] | ?  | 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[65] | 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[66]
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  | ?  | ?
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  | ?  | ?  | ?
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

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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

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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 Notes[a] | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | Studio Blog Reader is one RSS reader application for IBM Lotus Notes;[67] 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  | ?
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  | ?
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  | E-mail | "newspaper"-like  | Media aggregator  | Notes  | Downloadable attachments

## Capabilities

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Client  | Offline support  | Search  | Annotations  | News Filtering  | Pluginable  | Automatic Update  | Publish Capabilities

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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 Notes[a] | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
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  | No
NewsFire | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
OmniWeb | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
Opera Mail | Yes  | Yes  | ?  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No
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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* Comparison of email clients
* Comparison of web browsers

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e Previously known as IBM Lotus Notes.

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