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.
Many BitTorrent clients support RSS feeds for broadcatching.
Release history
+ Client License First stable release Latest stable release Date Version Akregator Amarok AOL Explorer 1.0 Awasu 1.0 BlogBridge Bloglines Merged with NetVibes Canto 0.6.0 Claws Mail 1.0.0 CommaFeed Cooliris Digg Reader Discontinued on March 26, 2018 Feed Viewer 1.0 Windows150.2.10 (August 10, 2021)iOS0.1.39 (August 10, 2021) Feedbin (web site, continuous updates) Feedly (web site, continuous updates) Feedreader Fiper 1.0 2.1.5 (28 sept 2025) Flipboard Flock 1.0 Gnus Google Reader 2.0 Discontinued on July 1, 2013 HCL Notes 1.0 Inoreader (web site, continuous updates) iTunes freeware Juice K-Meleon 0.2 Kazehakase Liferea Maxthon 1.0.0250 MediaMonkey Microsoft Office Outlook / Commercial software 97 15.0.4517.1509 (January 29, 2013) Mozilla Firefox 0.1 Builtin RSS reader was removed in Version 64, Available as an add-on. Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 My Yahoo! Discontinued in Dec. 2024 NetNewsWire 1.0 Netscape Browser 8.0 Netscape Navigator 9 9.0 9.0.0.6 (February 20, 2008) Netvibes News360 Newsbeuter 0.1 NewsBlur 1.0 14.3 Newsboat 2.10 NewsFire 2.0 OmniWeb 1.0 Pegasus Mail , Donationware Protopage 1.0 11.43 (December 2015) Pulse QuiteRSS 0.14.0 Rhythmbox RSS Bandit 1.0 RSS Guard 1.9.9.3 RSSOwl 1.0 Safari Sage 1.5.5 (June 16, 2017) Shiira Sleipnir 2.00 Songbird The Bat! 1.00 Build 1310 The Old Reader Rolling release Tiny Tiny RSS rolling releases, most recent February 2019 Winamp Windows Live Mail Zimbra 3.5 Zune 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 AOL Explorer Awasu BlogBridge Canto Claws Mail CommaFeed Cooliris Feed Viewer Feedreader yes Flock Gnus HCL Notes Inoreader Internet Explorer iTunes Juice K-Meleon Kazehakase Liferea Apple Mail Maxthon MediaMonkey Microsoft Office Outlook Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird NetNewsWire Netscape Browser Netscape Navigator 9 Newsbeuter yes Source code available NewsBlur every platform with a web browserNewsboat Source code available NewsFire OmniWeb Pegasus Mail Protopage Pulse QuiteRSS Source code available Rhythmbox RSS Bandit RSS Guard Supports OS/2 starting with version 3.9.1. RSSOwl every platform with Java and SWT Safari Sage SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups Shiira Sleipnir Songbird The Bat! The Old Reader Tiny Tiny RSS Winamp Windows Live Mail Zimbra Zune 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 Amarok AOL Explorer Awasu any XML format (via XSL) BlogBridge Canto Claws Mail CommaFeed Cooliris Feed Viewer Feedreader Flock Gnus HCL Notes Internet Explorer iTunes Juice K-Meleon Kazehakase Liferea Mail (OS X) Maxthon MediaMonkey Microsoft Office Outlook Miro Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird NetNewsWire Netscape Browser Netscape Navigator 9 NewsBlur Newsboat NewsFire OmniWeb Pegasus Mail Protopage Pulse Quiterss Rhythmbox RSS Bandit RSS Guard RSSOwl Safari Sage SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups Songbird Shiira Sleipnir The Bat! The Old Reader Tiny Tiny RSS Winamp Notification only Windows Live Mail Zimbra Zune 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 (integration with konqueror) KDE Amarok KDE AOL Explorer Discontinued; Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 Awasu Supports user-written plugins. BlogBridge Canto Ncurses/console based reader Claws Mail RSSyl plugin needed CommaFeed Web browser Cooliris Web browser plugin Feed Viewer Feedreader Flock Discontinued Gnus Emacs-based mail and news client HCL Notes Studio Blog Reader is one RSS reader application for IBM Lotus Notes; Notes version 8.x introduced a native RSS reader Internet Explorer Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 iTunes Juice Designed as Podcast aggregator K-Meleon Web browser Kazehakase Web browser Liferea Mail (OS X) Maxthon Web browser MediaMonkey Media Player Microsoft Office Outlook Feed support is available in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Miro Media Player Mozilla Firefox Web Browser Mozilla Thunderbird Mail Client NetNewsWire Netscape Browser Discontinued; Web browser Netscape Navigator 9 Discontinued NewsBlur Newsboat Default browser can be configured in settings NewsFire OmniWeb Part of the OmniWeb browser Pegasus Mail Pegasus Mail can convert RSS feeds to e-mails via free add-ons Rhythmbox Media Player RSS Bandit .NET Framework based RSS Guard 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. RSSOwl no longer support for Google Reader synchronization since version 2.2.0 Safari Web Browser Sage a Firefox extension SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups Part of the SeaMonkey Internet suite Songbird Media Player Shiira Web browser Sleipnir Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 The Bat! Mail client; rss2mail or rss2pop3 plugin needed for versions prior to 6.4; newer versions support RSS natively The Old Reader Winamp Media Player Windows Live Mail Zimbra Groupware suite Zune 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 Amarok AOL Explorer Awasu BlogBridge Canto Claws Mail CommaFeed Cooliris Feed Viewer Feedreader Flock Gnus HCL Notes Internet Explorer iTunes Juice K-Meleon Kazehakase Liferea Mail (OS X) Maxthon MediaMonkey Microsoft Office Outlook Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird NetNewsWire Netscape Browser Netscape Navigator 9 Newsbeuter NewsBlur Newsboat NewsFire OmniWeb Pegasus Mail QuiteRSS Rhythmbox RSS Bandit RSS Guard RSSOwl Safari Sage SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups Shiira Sleipnir Songbird The Bat! The Old Reader Tiny Tiny RSS Winamp Windows Live Mail Zimbra Zune Client Offline support Search Annotations News Filtering Pluginable Automatic Update Publish Capabilities
See also Comparison of email clients Comparison of web browsers
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