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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Version | |||
| Akregator | ||||
| Amarok | ||||
| AOL Explorer | June, 2005 | 1.0 | ||
| Awasu | February, 2003 | 1.0 | ||
| BlogBridge | ||||
| Bloglines | Merged with NetVibes | |||
| Canto | January 14, 2009 | 0.6.0 | ||
| Claws Mail | January, 2005 | 1.0.0 | ||
| CommaFeed | ||||
| Cooliris | ||||
| Digg Reader | Discontinued on March 26, 2018 | |||
| Feed Viewer | April, 2006 | 1.0 | Windows150.2.10 (August 10, 2021) iOS0.1.39 (August 10, 2021) | |
| Feedbin | [1] | March 12, 2013 | (web site, continuous updates) | |
| Feedly | 2008 | (web site, continuous updates) | ||
| Feedreader | ||||
| Flock | November 2, 2007 | 1.0 | ||
| Gnus | February 1, 1988[2] | |||
| Google Reader | September 17, 2007 | 2.0 | Discontinued on July 1, 2013[3] | |
| HCL Notes | 1989 | 1.0 | ||
| Inoreader | (web site, continuous updates)[4] | |||
| iTunes | freeware | |||
| Juice | ||||
| K-Meleon | November 26, 2000 | 0.2 | ||
| Kazehakase | January 29, 2003 | |||
| Liferea | ||||
| Maxthon | September 8, 2005 | 1.0.0250 | ||
| MediaMonkey | ||||
| Microsoft Office Outlook | / Commercial software | 1997 | 97 | 15.0.4517.1509 (January 29, 2013) |
| Mozilla Firefox | September 23, 2002 | 0.1 | Builtin RSS reader was removed in Version 64, Available as an add-on.[5] [6] [7] | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | December 7, 2004 | 1.0 | ||
| My Yahoo! | ||||
| NetNewsWire | [8] | February 11, 2003 | 1.0 | |
| Netscape Browser | May 19, 2005 | 8.0 | ||
| Netscape Navigator 9 | October 15, 2007 | 9.0 | 9.0.0.6 (February 20, 2008) | |
| Netvibes | ||||
| News360 | November, 2010 | |||
| Newsbeuter | January 16, 2007 | 0.1 | ||
| NewsBlur | [9] | October 26, 2010 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Newsboat | September 20, 2017 | 2.10 | ||
| NewsFire | 2.0 | |||
| OmniWeb | March 17, 1995 | 1.0 | ||
| Opera Mail | December, 1996 | 2.1 | ||
| Pegasus Mail | , Donationware | 1990 | ||
| Protopage | May, 2005 | 1.0 | 11.43 (December 2015) | |
| Pulse | ||||
| QuiteRSS | Dec, 2014 | 0.14.0 | ||
| Rhythmbox | ||||
| RSS Bandit | March, 2003 | 1.0 | ||
| RSS Guard | February 4, 2014 | 1.9.9.3 | ||
| RSSOwl | December 19, 2004 | 1.0 | ||
| Safari | ||||
| Sage | 1.5.5 (June 16, 2017) | |||
| Shiira | ||||
| Sleipnir | October, 2005 | 2.00 | ||
| Songbird | ||||
| The Bat! | March, 1998 | 1.00 Build 1310 | ||
| The Old Reader | June 12, 2012[10] | Beta | Beta[11] | |
| Tiny Tiny RSS | rolling releases, most recent February 2019[12] | |||
| Winamp | ||||
| Windows Live Mail | ||||
| Zimbra | March, 2006 | 3.5 | ||
| Zune | ||||
| Client | License | Date | Version | Latest stable release |
| First stable release | ||||
| Client | Windows | macOS | Linux | BSD | Solaris | Android | iOS | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akregator | |||||||||
| Amarok | |||||||||
| AOL Explorer | |||||||||
| Awasu | |||||||||
| BlogBridge | |||||||||
| Canto | |||||||||
| Claws Mail | |||||||||
| CommaFeed | |||||||||
| Cooliris | |||||||||
| Feed Viewer | |||||||||
| Feedreader | |||||||||
| 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 | Source code available | ||||||||
| NewsBlur | every platform with a web browser | ||||||||
| Newsboat | Source code available | ||||||||
| NewsFire | |||||||||
| OmniWeb | |||||||||
| Opera Mail | [13] | ||||||||
| 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 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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;[17] 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 | ||||||||
| Opera Mail | |||||||||
| 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 | "newspaper"-like | Media aggregator | Notes | Downloadable attachments |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Opera Mail | ||||||||
| 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 |