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RSS Feed Reader / News Aggregators Directory

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Web-based Feed Reading
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Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Browser Suite | Lotus Notes

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Cross-Platform (run on multiple OS) | Windows | Windows with .NET runtime | Apple OS X | Linux

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Web-based

  • Bloglines - "Online service for searching, subscribing, creating and sharing news feeds, blogs and rich web content." ATOM support. Free. Additional stripped down Bloglines Mobile version for display on mobile web browsers. Berry Bloglines for reading on and synching with → Blackberry devices. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Pluck - Available as a web edition, a Firefox extension and an Internet Explorer plugin. Can sychronize between multiple instances (e.g. Firefox extension and web edition). Free.
  • 24eyes - Displays newsfeeds in dashboard like way. Free.
  • NewsGator Online - The online aggregator for the NewsGator service, see → cross-platform. ATOM 0.3 support. ATOM 1.0 support. Free. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Google Reader - Free to use with a Gmail account. Added 2005-10-08 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • NewsIsFree "is a free web-based news aggregator for RSS feeds." Free. Added 2008-03-21
  • NewsKnwowledge "is a commercial news aggregator providing full-text news articles and headline news for websites." Commercial license. Added 2008-03-21
  • Vvvroom "is your free online news reader that allows you to create your own personalized newspages that are updated daily." Free. Added 2008-03-21
  • Dormant
  • Feedmarker - "Feedmarker lets you bookmark items from the Web and read RSS and Atom feeds. It also lets you organize all your stuff (feeds and marks) using an open tagging system." ATOM support. Free. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSSor - Looks and works like del.icio.us. Instead of boomarks, you collect, tag and share feed subscriptions. Feeds can be read right on the RSSor website. Free. Added 2005-09-23 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • TagCloud - "TagCloud searches any number of RSS feeds you specify, extracts keywords from the content and lists them according to prevalence within the RSS feeds. Clicking on the tag's link will display a list of all the article abstracts associated with that keyword." Free. Added 2005-09-23 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Discontinued
  • Rojo - Online aggregator with built-in tagging and social networking system. Free. Added 2005-09-23 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Orangoo - ATOM 0.3 support. ATOM 1.0 support. Free. The author also has a development blog. Added 2005-10-09 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Hyperlinkage - Displays summaries only even if full feeds are available and that forces you to use fixed, predefined categories when subscribing feeds. Free. Added 2005-10-13 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FatCast Reader - Displays summaries only even if full feeds are available. Free. Added 2005-10-12 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedShark - Displays summaries only even if full feeds are available. Free. Added 2005-10-12 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Nearest Neighbor News Network - Has an article recommendation system that also shows you articles related to those in your inbox from sources you do not, but other NNNN users subscribe to. Free. Added 2005-10-12 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Feedexa - Aggregator with functions for subscribing feeds and searching and tagging feeds and items. ATOM 0.3 support. Free. Added 2005-10-13 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Feedlounge - Currently in non-public alpha testing. ATOM support. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • tagsy- "A social bookmarks and feed management service" Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Aggregato - In invite-only beta testing. ATOM support. Added 2005-10-12 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • XUL-Channels

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Cross-Platform

  • BottomFeeder - "Runs on x86 Linux (also FreeBSD), PowerPC linux, Sparc Linux, Windows (98/ME/NT/2000/XP), Mac OS8/9, Mac OS X, AIX, SGI Irix, Compaq UNIX, HP-UX, and Solaris." Also a Smalltalk showcase. ATOM 0.3 support. Open source. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSSOwl - JAVA based. Builds for Windows, Linux, OS X and Solaris available. ATOM 0.3 support. Open source. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • BlogBridge - JAVA based. Desktop installation on Windows, Linux and OS X through JAVA WebStart. Open Source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • NewsFeed - requires the installation of Python, Tk and Tkinter. Open Source. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • NewsGator - Anarchitecture with supported aggregators for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, → Windows, Windows Media Center, → Mac OS, your &arr; web browser and your mobile that allows sychronization between all platforms. ATOM 0.3 support. ATOM 1.0 support. Web-edition free, desktop installers under commercial license. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Related
  • iPodder - see → iPod section
  • Dormant
  • HotSheet Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSS Viewer Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedWinder Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Pears Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Stringer Last checked 2008-03-21
  • GtkSharpRSS Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Flock Last checked 2008-03-21
  • ThinFeeder - JAVA based. Versions for Windows and Linux, sourcecode for all other platforms that run JAVA available. ATOM 0.3 support. Open source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • JFeedReader - JAVA based. Open source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Discontinued
  • R3R - Really Radical Reader for RSS Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Jyte Last checked 2008-?03-21
  • Feedo Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Lektora - Application for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux that uses Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer as its user interface. ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, free edition with contextual ads. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Read4me - User installable Python script that uses a Firefox extension as its user interface. Open source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21/li>
  • Gush - Combined news aggregator and Jabber XMPP compliant Instant Messenger. ATOM 0.3 support. For Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Free download. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21

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User-installable scripts

  • Tiny Tiny RSS - Requires PHP and PostgreSQL or MySQL. Open source. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Feed on Feeds - Requires PHP and MySQL. ATOM 0.3 support. Open source. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Gregarius - With support for tags. Requires PHP and MySQL or SQLite. ATOM 0.3 support. Open Source. Added 2005-09-23 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • HEP Message Server - see → Converters
  • Rawdog - Requires Python (and cron). Packaged versions for some Unix and Linux flavours and several plugin modules available. ATOM 0.3 support. Open Source. Added 2005-10-11 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Related
  • reBlog - Requires PHP, Perl CGI and MySQL. Geared towards automatic republishing of selected incoming items on a blog (e.g. for topic metablogs). Open Source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Also see → Converters section
  • Dormant
  • Amphetadesk Last checked 2008-03-21
  • TALAggregator Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Spycyroll Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Urchin Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RNews Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSSFeedMagic Last checked 2008-03-21
  • phpNewsfork Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Flash RSS Reader Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Python Desktop Server - "A combined Weblog authoring tool, XMLRPC/SOAP server, and news aggregator". Open source. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Lilina - In PHP. Does not require a database. ATOM 0.3 support. Open Source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • News-Maniac - Requires PHP5 and MySQL. ATOM 0.3 support. Open Source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Planet - Aggregator that delivers a combined RSS feed instead of HTML output, see → Converters Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Reptile → see NewsMonster in Mozilla section
  • Discontinued
  • Gregaire Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Lektora - see → Cross-Platform Applications Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Raven RSS Reader Last checked 2008-03-21

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Mozilla Firefox

  • The Firefox web browser comes with built-in autodisovery for newsfeeds, a one-click-subscription icon for feeds and a mechanism called Live Bookmarks that lets you access feed items as bookmarks. Using extensions, the Open Source browser can also suite more advanced needs:
  • Active
  • Brief - A light-weight feed reading extension for Firefox that integrates with the Live Bookmarks feature. Open source. Added 2008-08-27
  • Newsfox - Three pane aggregator for ATOM and RSS feeds as a Firefox extension. Open source. Last checked 2008-04-27
  • InfoRSS - A lightweight RSS, ATOM, NNTP/newsgroups and HTML headline reader that displays feeds either in the Firefox status bar or in a separate bar top or bottom of the Firefox window. Open source. Also works with the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client. Last checked 2008-04-27
  • Wizz RSS News Reader - Feature rich ATOM and RSS feed reader with podcasting support as a Firefox extension. Freeware. Last checked 2008-04-27
  • Related
  • MySocial 24x7 displays your FriendFeed in the Firefox sidebar. See Social Aggregation section for more on FriendFeed. Added 2008-04-28
  • Dormant
  • Sage - Extension for Firefox. Free under GLP license. Last checked 2008-04-27
  • Habari Xenu - Extension for Firefox and Mozilla Suite. Open source. Last checked 2008-04-27
  • Discontinued
  • NewsMonster Last checked 2008-04-27
  • Aggreg8 Last checked 2008-04-27
  • Pluck - Extension for Firefox. Also available as a web edition and an Internet Explorer plugin. Can sychronize between multiple instances (e.g. Firefox extension and web edition). Freeware. Last checked 2008-04-27
  • Feedview - Styles raw RSS feeds in such a manner that they can be read directly in the browser (a la Mac OS X Safari). Freeware. Last checked 2008-04-27
  • Feed Your Reader - "Allows you to use the RSS Autodiscovery in Firefox to launch external aggregators." Freeware. Last checked 2008-04-27
  • RSSzilla Last checked 2008-04-27
  • SatiMoz Last checked 2008-04-27

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Mozilla Thunderbird

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Opera

  • The Opera browser's built in mail client presents and handles newsfeeds item like e-mail messages. Freeware. Updated 2008-04-28

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Apple Safari

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Microsoft Outlook

  • From version 2007 on, Microsoft Outlook offers built-in feedreading functionalities. Feeds are stored in the PST file, increasing its size. In contrast, most feedreading plugins for Outlook use their own datastores:
  • Active
  • Sage - Extension for Firefox. Free under GLP license. Last checked 2008-04-27
  • Dormant
  • RSS Popper plugs into Outlook and Outlook Express, offering Bloglines synchronization, NewsGator Online synchronization, podcasting and offline reading support. Freeware. Dormant, shutdown announced. Added 2008-04-28
  • intraVnews plugin for Outlook 2003. Commercial license, free for personal, non-profit and educational use. Added 2008-04-28
  • Discontinued
  • YouPerform/YouSubsribe Outlook plugin, now owned by Attensa and discontinued. Added 2008-04-28
  • inclue! Outlook and Outlook Express plugin. Discontinued. Added 2008-04-28

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Windows

  • Awasu - Combined feed reader and scraper. ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, free edition available. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Newzie - Freeware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Novobot 3 - Combined feed reader and scraper. ATOM 0.3 support. Payware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Egoclip - ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, time-limited free trial available. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedTray - Displays feeds in a pop-up from a tray icon. ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, free for RSS 2.0 feeds only. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • QM nooze - Very basic user interface. Freeware. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • NewsPiper - Combined scraper and aggregator. Both ticker and classic views. Speech synthesizer to have items read out loud. Commercial license. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedDemon - ATOM 0.3 support. ATOM 1.0 support. Free download. FeedDemon is the Windows aggregator for the NewsGator service, see → cross-platform. Also synchronizes with Bloglines, see &rarr web-based. Updated 2005-10-06 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSS News Ticker is part of the "EasyByte Notification Broadcasting and Enterprise RSS Information Store System". Commercial license, free trial. Added 2008-03-21
  • NewsAlound - Reads out aggregated news loud through a speech synthesizer. Commercial license, free trial. Added 2005-09-23 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Dormant
  • EffNews Last checked 2008-03-21
  • InfoSnorkel Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RDF-Ticker Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Trillian Pro News Plugin Last checked 2008-03-21
  • WinRSS Last checked 2008-03-21
  • InfoBar Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSS More - Displays newsfeeds in a screensaver. Free for noncommercial use. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Chaos Wallpaper - Displays newsfeeds in a customizable screensaver. ATOM 0.3 support. Freeware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • ToolButton - Desktop toolbar that, among other things, displays news feeds as drop-down menus. Freeware. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Surfpack - Desktop application with a built-in webserver that lets you create a personal portal page including newsfeeds. ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedExplorer 2005 - In Office 2003 style. Freeware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedReader - ATOM 0.3 support. Free under GPL license. Outdated former website at feedreader.com. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Headline Viewer - ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, free for now (version 0.9.9), fee will be required from version 1.0 on. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • NewzCrawler - Reads both RSS newsfeeds and Usenet newsgroups. ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Newsplorer - Skinable ticker bar plus tray notification. Closed source, free download. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • GreatNews - ATOM 0.3 support. ATOM 1.0 support. Closed source, free download. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • dRSSReader - ATOM 0.3 support. Open source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • OpenINT - Indicates a feed update as a tray icon but does not display the feed. Open Source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedThing - ATOM 0.3 support. Open Source. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • News Interceptor - ATOM 0.3 support. Freeware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Royal RSS Reader - Just 86 kB. ATOM 0.3 support. Freeware. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSS Captor Pro - Commercial license. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedIt - ATOM 0.3 support. Open Source. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Fuzzy Duck RSS Reader - Displays feeds as a desktop sidebar. ATOM 0.3 support. Free download. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Newz Spider - ATOM 0.3 support. Free download. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Active Web Reader - Free download. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSSFeedEater - Can be installed on portable devices like USB dongles. ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, free trial. Added 2005-10-11 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Taskable - RSS, ATOM and OPML "menu style" browser that sits in the notification area. ATOM 0.3 support. Freeware. Added 2005-10-13 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • TheTreeTicker Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Feed Amasser - Added 2008-04-27
  • Discontinued
  • NewsHoard Last checked 2008-03-21
  • NewsRoom Last checked 2008-03-21
  • SNARF!
  • tatochip.com Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Clevercactus/Spaces Last checked 2008-03-21
  • WTicker Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Project D.U. Blog Reader - closed source, free download. Also for Mac OS. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FleetNews - Commercial license. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • eNEWScrawler - Features both a news ticker and a classic interface. Commercial license, time-limited trial available. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSS Point - ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, time-limited free trial available. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Tristana Reader - ATOM 0.3 support. Freeware. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • WebSpeedReader - All retro. Commercial license, free trial. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • AggRead - ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, free trial. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Nutshell - Comes with a simple one-pane user interface. Freeware. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSS-News - VB6 Runtimes required. Freeware. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedMe Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Abilon - ATOM 0.3 support. Freeware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • BlogMatrix Jäger - Uses a built in webserver to use the browser as its user interface. Also for Mac OS. Freeware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Net News - ATOM 0.3 support. Freeware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • JWizz Added 2008-04-28

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Windows with .NET runtime installed

  • RSS Bandit - Offers customizable rendering of feed items with XSLT and looks inspired by FeedDemon. ATOM 0.3 support. Open Source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Dormant
  • Aggie Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Composite Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedExpress Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Wildgrape NewsDesk Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Syndirella Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Sharpreader - ATOM 0.3 support. ATOM 1.0 support. "Advanced threading support allowing you to view connected items together in a threaded fashion." Closed source, free dowload. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSS Reader - ATOM 0.3 support. Closed source, free download. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Omea Reader - Combined newsfeeds, Usenet newsgroups and bookmarked web pages reader. Commercial license. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • FeedGarner - ATOM 0.3 support. Free download. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • News Central - Commercial license, free crippleware version. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Online News Screensaver. Displays newsfeeds as a screensaver. Integrated RegExp-scraper. ATOM 0.3 support. Nagware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Discontinued
  • Beaver Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSSConnect - "RSSConnect allows exporting selected RSS feed into any OLEDB or SQL Server or MSDE 2000 database." Freeware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • RSS Ole! - Freeware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • cRSSReader - Instant Messenger-like user interface. Freeware. Added 2005-09-22
  • Vox Lite Last checked 2008-03-21
  • BlogExpress Last checked 2008-03-21
  • HotZoup Last checked 2008-03-21

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Windows Pocket PC and Windows Smartphones

  • NewsBreak - With Today Screen plugin. ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, free trial. Added 2005-10-11 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Egress for Windows SmartPhones - NewsGator and Bloglines sychnronization, Twitter support, Podcasting support. Commercial license, free trial. Added 2008-03-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • pRSSreader - Formerly named Pocket RSS Reader. Free. Added 2005-10-11 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Dormant
  • RSS Sync Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Egress - With Today Screen plugin and enclosures support. ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, free trial. Added 2005-10-11Last checked 2008-03-21>
  • FeederReader - Enclosures support. Free. Added 2005-10-11 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • PocketRSS - With Today Screen plugin. ATOM 0.3 support. ATOM 1.0 support. Commercial license, free trial. Added 2005-10-11 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Discontinued
  • NewsMonger - Freeware. Added 2005-10-11 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • PocketFeed Last checked 2008-03-21
  • A4Pocket Newsreader Last checked 2008-03-21
  • PPCNewz Last checked 2008-03-21

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Blackberry

  • Dormant
  • Berry Bloglines Last checked 2008-03-21
  • NewsFlash - Commercial license, free trial. Also for →Palm OS, →J2ME, →Symbian S60 and →UIQAdded 2005-10-11 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Discontinued
  • NewsBerry - Commercial license. Added 2005-10-11 Last checked 2008-03-21

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Linux

  • Liferea - Combined feed reader and scraper for GTK/GNOME. ATOM 0.3 support. Free under GPL license. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • SnowNews - A text mode newsreader. "Runs on Linux, *BSD, OS X, Solaris and probably many more Unices. Yes, even works under Cygwin." - Free under GPL license. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Raggle - A console (text mode) aggregator written in Ruby. Open Source. Also runs unter → Mac OS X. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Straw "is a feed reader aimed for users using the GNOME desktop" Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Dormant
  • Syndigator (GTK2) Last checked 2008-03-21
  • GNewsuck Last checked 2008-03-21
  • KRSS
  • Last checked 2008-03-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Yet Another RSS Reader YARSS - Displays its results in the GNOME notification area. ATOM 0.3 support. Open Source. Added 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • akregator - For KDE. ATOM 0.3 support. Plugins for Konqueror, Kontact and the Beagle Desktop Search assistant available. Open Source. 2005-09-21 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • The Yoke is another aggregator for the command line, written in Perl. Open Source. Also runs under → Mac OS X. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Blam! - For GNOME. Open source. Project ownership changed hands in 2006. Last checked 2008-03-21

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Apple Mac OS

  • NewsFire - Commercial license, free limited version. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • NetNewsWire - ATOM 0.3 support. ATOM 1.0 support. Commercial license, free lite version available. NetNewsWire is the Mac OS aggregator for the NewsGator service, see → cross-platform. Read it to me lets you sync audio versions of unread NetNewsWire headlines to your iPod via Apple Text-to-Speech and iTunes. Open Source. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • SnowNews - A text mode newsreader. "Runs on Linux, *BSD, OS X, Solaris and probably many more Unices. Yes, even works under Cygwin." - Free under GPL license. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • NewsLife - Formerly called NewsMac, formerly free. Commercial license. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Vienna - ATOM 0.3 support. Supports AppleScript extensions and custom styles. Free. Added 2005-10-06 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Shrook - Accompanying web version at shrook.com that also offers a synchronization service. Growl notification support. ATOM 0.3 support. Commercial license, free trial. Added 2005-10-11 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Postino - Commercial reader with audio and video podcast support. 30 days free trial. Added 2008-04-27
  • Dormant
  • MullNewz.dock Last checked 2008-03-21
  • SlashDock Last checked 2008-03-21
  • TofuRSSBrowser Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Raggle - A console (text mode) aggregator written in Ruby. Open Source. Also runs under → Linux. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • The Yoke is another aggregator for the command line, written in Perl. Open Source. Also runs under → Linux. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Tickershock - Newsticker/billboard style aggregator. Commercial license. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Feed - Aggregator with mail client-like three pane interface. ATOM 0.3 support. ATOM 1.0 support. Open source. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • iBlog - Desktop blogging client that also has an aggregator built-in. Commercial license, free time-limited trial. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Discontinued
  • Pineapple
  • BlogMatrix Jäger - Uses a built in webserver to use the browser as its user interface. Also for Windows. Freeware. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Project D.U. Blog Reader - Closed source, free download. Also for Windows. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • PulpFiction - ATOOM 0.3 support. Commercial license. Free Lite version available. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • NewsYouCanUse - "The News Menu for OS X": displays feeds and items in drop down menus from a menubar icon, similar in style to the Firefox LiveBookmarks. Free download. Added 2005-09-22 Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Pheeder - ATOM 0.3 support. ATOM 1.0 support. Extensible to just about any XML format using user-defined XSLT transformations or user-defined, XSLT, XPath and RelaxNG based plugins that also allow to map areas of XML documents to elements of the Pheeder user interface. Uncertain status: website says "full-featured version expires after 2-weeks for non-licensed users" but has no licensing details. Free download. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • MiNews - Three-pane aggregator. Free download. Last checked 2008-03-21

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Apple Newton

  • Dormant
  • Raissa "is an RSS headlines and news reader for the Newton MessagePad running NewtonOS 2.0 and higher. It should read RSS 0.91 and 1.0 sources but is currently not namespace aware." Last checked 2008-03-21

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Palm OS

  • Quick News for Palm OS - ATOM 0.3 support. "Allows you to download news feeds either via a HotSync, or using a direct internet connection on your Palm Powered Handheld." Successor of Hand/RSS for Palm OS. Commercial license. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Plucker - Offline reader that requires a Windows, Linux or Mac OS machine to distill feeds (or RDF, HTML, PDF, text files) first. Free license. Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Discontinued
  • Friday Last checked 2008-03-21
  • Quick Palm RSS Reader Last checked 2008-03-21

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Lotus Notes

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Entry first published 2009-05-18 00:59, last edited 2009-05-18 00:59
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