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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.
Client | License | First stable release | Latest stable release | |||||||||||||
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Akregator | GPL | ? | ? | 5.24.3 [1] 9 November 2023 | ||||||||||||
Amarok | GPL-2.0-or-later | ? | ? | 2.9.0 [2] [3] 7 March 2018 | ||||||||||||
AOL Explorer | Proprietary | June, 2005 | 1.0 | 1.5 [4] May 2006 | ||||||||||||
Awasu | Proprietary | February, 2003 | 1.0 | 3.3 [5] 28 February 2023 | ||||||||||||
BlogBridge | GPL | ? | ? | 6.6.1 [6] [7] [8] 26 February 2009 | ||||||||||||
Bloglines | Proprietary | ? | ? | Merged with NetVibes | ||||||||||||
Canto | GPL-2.0-only | January 14, 2009 | 0.6.0 | 0.9.8 [9] 3 December 2020 | ||||||||||||
Claws Mail | GPL-3.0-or-later | January, 2005 | 1.0.0 | 4.2.0 [10] 20 November 2023 | ||||||||||||
CommaFeed | Apache-2.0 | ? | ? | 4.3.1 [11] 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 [12] | March 12, 2013 | ? | (web site, continuous updates) | ||||||||||||
Feedly | Proprietary | 2008 | ? | (web site, continuous updates) | ||||||||||||
Feedreader | Proprietary | ? | ? | |||||||||||||
Proprietary | ? | ? | ||||||||||||||
Flock | Proprietary | November 2, 2007 | 1.0 | 3.5.3.4641 1 February 2011 | ||||||||||||
Gnus | GPL-3.0-or-later | February 1, 1988 [13] | ? | |||||||||||||
Google Reader | Proprietary | September 17, 2007 | 2.0 | Discontinued on July 1, 2013 [14] | ||||||||||||
HCL Notes [lower-alpha 1] | Proprietary | 1989 | 1.0 | 14.0.0 [15] 7 December 2023 | ||||||||||||
Inoreader | Proprietary | ? | ? | (web site, continuous updates) [16] | ||||||||||||
iTunes | Proprietary freeware | ? | ? | 12.12.8.2 30 March 2023 | ||||||||||||
Juice | GPL-2.0-or-later | ? | ? | 2.2 [17] 11 November 2005 | ||||||||||||
K-Meleon | GPL | November 26, 2000 | 0.2 | 76.4.7 [18] 7 April 2023 | ||||||||||||
Kazehakase | GPL-2.0-or-later | January 29, 2003 | ? | 0.5.8 [19] [20] 29 September 2009 | ||||||||||||
Liferea | GPL | ? | ? | 1.10.19 [21] 4 April 2016 | ||||||||||||
Maxthon | Proprietary | September 8, 2005 | 1.0.0250 |
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MediaMonkey | Freemium | ? | ? |
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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. [29] [30] [31]
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Mozilla Thunderbird | MPL-2.0 | December 7, 2004 | 1.0 | 115.9.0 [34] 19 March 2024 | ||||||||||||
My Yahoo! | ? | ? | ? | |||||||||||||
NetNewsWire | MIT [35] | February 11, 2003 | 1.0 | 6.1.3 [36] 29 June 2023 | ||||||||||||
Netscape Browser | Proprietary | May 19, 2005 | 8.0 | 8.1.3 (April 2, 2007) [±] | ||||||||||||
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 [37] [38] 19 February 2015 | ||||||||||||
NewsBlur | MIT [39] | October 26, 2010 | 1.0 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||
Newsboat | MIT | September 20, 2017 | 2.10 | 2.34 [40] [41] 25 December 2023 | ||||||||||||
NewsFire | Proprietary | ? | ? | 2.0 | ||||||||||||
OmniWeb | Proprietary | March 17, 1995 | 1.0 | 5.11.2 [42] 20 July 2012 | ||||||||||||
Opera Mail | Proprietary | December, 1996 | 2.1 | 1.0.1044 [43] (February 16, 2016) [±] | ||||||||||||
Pegasus Mail | Proprietary, Donationware | 1990 | ? | 4.80 [44] 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 [45] [46] [47] 21 April 2020 | ||||||||||||
Rhythmbox | GPL-2.0-or-later | ? | ? | 3.4.7 [48] 16 April 2023 | ||||||||||||
RSS Bandit | BSD-3-Clause | March, 2003 | 1.0 | 1.9.0.1002 [49] 4 July 2010 | ||||||||||||
RSS Guard | GPL-3.0-only | February 4, 2014 | 1.9.9.3 | 4.6.3 [50] 15 December 2023 | ||||||||||||
RSSOwl | EPL-1.0 | December 19, 2004 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
Safari | Proprietary | ? | ? |
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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 |
6.5.4 (December 19, 2023 [52] )
4.8.4 (December 19, 2023 [53] )
4.7.9 (March 2, 2021 [54] )
4.14.2 (December 21, 2023 [55] )
3.7.3 (December 1, 2023 [56] ) | ||||||||||||
Songbird | GPL | ? | ? | 2.2.0, Build 2453 4 February 2013 | ||||||||||||
The Bat! | Shareware | March, 1998 | 1.00 Build 1310 | 11.0.3.1 [57] 12 January 2024 | ||||||||||||
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) [±] | ||||||||||||
Windows Live Mail | Proprietary | ? | ? | 2012 (v16.4.3528.0331) (November 4, 2014) [±] | ||||||||||||
Zimbra | Zimbra licensing | March, 2006 | 3.5 | 10.0.6 [62] 29 November 2023 | ||||||||||||
Zune | Proprietary | ? | ? | 4.08.2345 (August 22, 2011) [±] | ||||||||||||
Client | License | Date | Version | Latest stable release | ||||||||||||
First stable release |
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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 [lower-alpha 1] | 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 |
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 [lower-alpha 1] | ? | 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 |
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 | ? | ? | — | ? | ? | ? | 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 [lower-alpha 1] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 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 | No | 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 | "newspaper"-like | Media aggregator | Notes | Downloadable attachments |
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 [lower-alpha 1] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 |
RSS is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator, which constantly monitor sites for new content, removing the need for the user to manually check them. News aggregators can be built into a browser, installed on a desktop computer, or installed on a mobile device.
Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. Firefox is available for Windows 10 or later versions, macOS, and Linux. Its unofficial ports are available for various Unix and Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, illumos, and Solaris Unix. It is also available for Android and iOS. However, as with all other iOS web browsers, the iOS version uses the WebKit layout engine instead of Gecko due to platform requirements. An optimized version is also available on the Amazon Fire TV as one of the two main browsers available with Amazon's Silk Browser.
Mozilla Thunderbird is free and open-source email client software which also functions as a full personal information manager with a calendar and contactbook, as well as an RSS feed reader, chat client (IRC/XMPP/Matrix), and news client. Available cross-platform, it is operated by the Mozilla Foundation's subsidiary MZLA Technologies Corporation. Thunderbird is an independent, community-driven project that is managed and overseen by the Thunderbird Council, which is elected by the Thunderbird Community. The project strategy was originally modeled after that of Mozilla's Firefox web browser and is an interface built on top of that web browser.
This is a comparison of both historical and current web browsers based on developer, engine, platform(s), releases, license, and cost.
Liferea is a news aggregator for online news feeds and podcasts. It supports the major feed formats including RSS/RDF and Atom and can import and export subscription lists in OPML format. Liferea is intended to be a fast, easy to use, and easy to install news aggregator for GTK+ that can be used with the GNOME desktop. Liferea features a script manager, in which users can add custom scripts that run whenever a certain action occurs.
The following tables compare general and technical features of notable email client programs.
Mozilla Firefox has features which distinguish it from other web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Safari, and Microsoft Edge.
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of HTML editors.
Sleipnir is a tabbed web browser developed by Fenrir Inc. The browser's main features are customization and tab functions. It supports HTML5 and multiple layout engines.
This is a timeline of web browsers from 1990 to the present. Prior to browsers, many technologies and systems existed for information viewing and transmission. For an in-depth history of earlier web browsers, see the web browser article.
Zotero is free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials, such as PDF and ePUB files. Features include web browser integration, online syncing, generation of in-text citations, footnotes, and bibliographies, integrated PDF, ePUB and HTML readers with annotation capabilities, and a note editor, as well as integration with the word processors Microsoft Word, LibreOffice Writer, and Google Docs. It was originally created at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and, as of 2021, is developed by the non-profit Corporation for Digital Scholarship.
GNU IceCat, formerly known as GNU IceWeasel, is a completely free version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser distributed by the GNU Project. It is compatible with Linux, Windows, Android and macOS.
Firefox for Android is a web browser developed by Mozilla for Android smartphones and tablet computers. As with its desktop version, it uses the Gecko layout engine, and supports features such as synchronization with Firefox Sync, and add-ons.
Firefox was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as an experimental branch of the Mozilla browser, first released as Firefox 1.0 on November 9, 2004. Starting with version 5.0, a rapid release cycle was put into effect, resulting in a new major version release every six weeks. This was gradually accelerated further in late 2019, so that new major releases occur on four-week cycles starting in 2020.
Mozilla is a free software community founded in 1998 by members of Netscape. The Mozilla community uses, develops, publishes and supports Mozilla products, thereby promoting exclusively free software and open standards, with only minor exceptions. The community is supported institutionally by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation and its tax-paying subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation.
PDF.js is a JavaScript library that renders Portable Document Format (PDF) files using the web standards-compliant HTML5 Canvas. The project is led by the Mozilla Corporation after Andreas Gal launched it in 2011.
Firefox Lockwise is a deprecated password manager for the Firefox web browser, as well as the mobile operating systems iOS and Android. On desktop, Lockwise was simply part of Firefox, whereas on iOS and Android it was available as a standalone app.
Mozilla VPN is an open-source virtual private network web browser extension, desktop application, and mobile application developed by Mozilla. It launched in beta as Firefox Private Network on September 10, 2019, and officially launched on July 15, 2020, as Mozilla VPN.