- Comparison of feed aggregators
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The following is a comparison of notable 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 broadcatching (see Comparison of BitTorrent clients).
Contents
Release history
Client First public release First stable release Latest stable release Date Version Date Version Date Version Akregator ? ? ? ? August 15, 2010 1.6.5 Amarok ? June 23, 2003 ? ? August 13, 2008 1.4.10 AOL Explorer June 2005 1.0 June 2005 1.0 May 10, 2006 1.5 Avant August 2004 ? August 2004 ? September 27, 2008 11.7 Build 15 BlogBridge ? ? ? ? ? ? BottomFeeder ? ? ? ? ? ? Canto June 3, 2008 0.4.0 January 14, 2009 0.6.0 August 17, 2009 0.7.4 Claws Mail May 2001 0.4.67 January 2005 1.0.0 December 19, 2008 3.7.0 Cooliris ? ? ? ? ? ? FeedDemon ? ? ? ? December 9, 2010 4.0.0.22 Feedreader April 24, 2001[1] 1.54 ? ? April 20, 2009[2] 3.14 Flock October 24, 2005 0.4.9 November 2, 2007 1.0 October 14, 2008 2.0 FreeRange WebReader ? ? ? ? ? ? Gnus 1987[3] ? February 1, 1988[3] ? ? ? Google Reader October 7, 2005 ? September 17, 2007 2.0 March 21, 2008 5.10.10 Hubdog ? ? ? ? ? ? IBM Lotus Notes 1989 1.0 1989 1.0 October 2011 8.5.3 Internet Explorer ? ? ? ? March 14, 2011 9.0.8112.16421 iTunes ? ? ? ? June 16, 2010 9.2 Juice ? ? ? ? ? ? K-Meleon November 26, 2000 0.2 November 26, 2000 0.2 October 16, 2008 1.5.1 Kazehakase January 29, 2003 ? January 29, 2003 ? July 29, 2008 0.5.5 Liferea ? ? ? ? September 29, 2010 1.6.5 Mail ? ? ? ? September 15, 2008 3.5 (929.4/929.2) Managing News October 16, 2009 1.0-beta2 September 28, 2010 1.1 October 29, 2010 1.2 Maxthon July 11, 2002 0.1 (as MyIE2) September 8, 2005 1.0.0250 December 28, 2007 2.0.7.1245 MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? ? ? Microsoft Office Outlook 1997 97 1997 97 June 15, 2010 14.0.5128.5000 Mindity ? ? ? ? ? ? Mozilla Firefox September 23, 2002 0.1 September 23, 2002 0.1 September 14, 2010 3.6.10 Mozilla Thunderbird July 28, 2003 0.1 December 7, 2004 1.0 September 16, 2010 3.1.4 NetNewsWire ? ? ? ? ? ? Netscape Browser November 30, 2004 0.5.6+ May 19, 2005 8.0 April 2, 2007 8.1.3 Netscape Navigator 9 June 5, 2007 9.0 Beta 1 October 15, 2007 9.0 February 20, 2008 9.0.0.6 NewsAccess ? ? ? ? ? ? NewsBreak ? ? ? ? ? ? NewsFire ? ? ? ? ? ? OmniWeb 1994 0.5 March 17, 1995 1.0 September 26, 2008 5.8 Opera Mail September 1996 2.1b1 December 1996 2.1 March 22, 2010 10.51 Pegasus Mail 1990 ? 1990 ? July 16, 2006 4.41 Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? ? ? RSS Bandit 2003 1.0 March 2003 1.0 July 4, 2010 1.9.0.1002 RSSOwl 2003 1.0 2011 2.1 July 15, 2011 2.1 Safari ? ? ? ? ? ? Sage ? ? ? ? ? ? SE-RssTools December 15, 2008 1.1.1 December 15, 2008 1.1.1 December 18, 2009 1.3.1.31 Shiira ? ? ? ? July 16, 2007 2.2 Sleipnir June, 2005 2.00 alpha Oct, 2005 2.00 18 Sep 2008 2.8.2 Snarfer ? ? ? ? 15 June 2008 1.0.2 Songbird ? ? ? ? ? ? The Bat! March 1997 1.0 Beta March 1998 1.00 Build 1310 April 23, 2008 4.0.28 Tiny Tiny RSS August 22, 2005 0.1 ? ? May 20, 2011 1.5.4 Winamp ? ? ? ? ? ? Windows Live Mail ? ? ? ? November 6, 2007 2008 (Build 12.0.1606) YeahReader ? ? ? ? July 8, 2009 2.7 Zimbra November, 2005 Beta March, 2006 3.5 February 2008 5.0.2 Zune ? ? ? ? ? ? Client Date Version Date Version Date Version First public release First stable release Latest stable release Netscape Messenger 9 is a fork of Mozilla Thunderbird and has the same features.
Operating system support
Client Windows Mac OS X Linux Unix BSD Solaris Windows Mobile other Akregator No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No AOL Explorer Yes No No No No No No No Avant Yes No No No No No No No BlogBridge Yes Yes Yes No No No No No BottomFeeder Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Canto No No Yes No No No No No Claws Mail Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Maemo Cooliris Yes Yes No No No No No No FeedDemon Yes No No No No No No No Feedreader Yes No No No No No No No Flock Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No FreeRange WebReader Yes Yes Yes No No No No BlackBerry OS, Symbian, Palm OS Gnus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DOS Hubdog No No No No No No Yes No IBM Lotus Notes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Internet Explorer Included No No No No No No No iTunes Yes Included 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 No Yes No No No Liferea No No Yes No No No No No 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 No Mindity Yes No No No No No No No Mozilla Firefox Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Mozilla Thunderbird Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No NetNewsWire No Yes No No No No No iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) Netscape Browser Yes No No No No No No No Netscape Navigator 9 Yes Yes Yes No No No No No NewsAccess No Yes No No No No No No NewsBreak No No No No No No Yes No NewsFire No Yes No No No No No No OmniWeb No Yes No No No No No No Opera Mail Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes/No[4] Yes Yes Obsolete: BeOS, QNX, OS/2 Pegasus Mail Yes No No No No No No No Rhythmbox No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No RSS Bandit Yes No No No No No No No RSSOwl Yes Yes Yes No No No No No 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 Yes No No No SE-RssTools Yes No No No No No No No Shiira No Yes No No No No No No Sleipnir Yes No No No No No No No Snarfer Yes No No No No No No No Songbird Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No The Bat! Yes No No No No No No No Winamp Yes No Obsolete No No No No No Windows Live Mail Included No No No No No No No YeahReader Yes No No No No No No No Zimbra Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Zune Yes No No No No No Yes No Client Windows Mac OS X Linux Unix BSD Solaris Windows Mobile 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 IPv6 Auto updates Akregator ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Amarok ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? AOL Explorer ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? Avant ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? BlogBridge ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? BottomFeeder ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? Yes Canto ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes Claws Mail ? No Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Cooliris ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? FeedDemon Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Feedreader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Flock Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes FreeRange WebReader ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Gnus ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? No Newsgroups Yes No Hubdog ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? IBM Lotus Notes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes ? Internet Explorer No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Web Slice Yes Yes iTunes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Juice ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? K-Meleon ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? Kazehakase ? ? ? ? ? ? ? LIRS, HINA-DI Yes ? Liferea Yes ? Yes Yes ? No Yes ? ? Yes Mail ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Maxthon ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? Microsoft Office Outlook ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Mindity ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Miro ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Mozilla Firefox ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Mozilla Thunderbird ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes NetNewsWire Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Netscape Browser ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Netscape Navigator 9 ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes NewsAccess ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? NewsBreak ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? NewsFire ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? OmniWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? Opera Mail ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes No Yes Yes Pegasus Mail ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes RSS Bandit ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? RSSOwl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Newsgroups Yes Yes Safari Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Sage ? Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Songbird ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Shiira ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? Sleipnir ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? Snarfer ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? Yes The Bat! ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes ? Winamp ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Notification only Windows Live Mail ? 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 IPv6 Auto updates 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 E-mail "newspaper"-like Media aggregator Notes Downloadable attachments Akregator Yes Yes Yes (integration with konqueror) Yes ? Yes KDE ? Amarok ? ? ? ? ? Yes KDE ? AOL Explorer ? ? N/A ? ? ? Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 ? Avant ? ? N/A ? ? ? Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 ? BlogBridge ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? BottomFeeder ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Canto ? ? ? ? ? ? Ncurses/console based reader ? Claws Mail Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? RSSyl plugin needed ? Cooliris ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? FeedDemon ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? Feedreader Yes No No ? ? ? ? Flock ? ? N/A ? ? Yes FreeRange WebReader ? ? ? ? ? ? Gnus Add-on ? ? Yes ? ? Emacs-based mail and news client Hubdog ? ? ? ? ? ? IBM Lotus Notes ? ? ? ? ? ? Studio Blog Reader is one RSS reader application for IBM Lotus Notes; Notes version 8.x introduced a native RSS reader Internet Explorer ? ? N/A ? Yes ? Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 iTunes ? ? ? ? ? Yes Juice ? ? ? ? ? Yes K-Meleon ? ? ? ? ? ? Kazehakase ? ? N/A ? ? ? Liferea ? Yes ? ? ? ? Mail ? ? ? Yes ? ? Maxthon ? ? N/A ? ? ? MediaMonkey ? ? ? ? ? Yes Microsoft Office Outlook ? ? ? ? ? ? Feed support is available in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Mindity ? ? ? ? ? ? Miro ? ? ? ? ? Yes Mozilla Firefox Yes Add-on N/A ? ? ? Mozilla Thunderbird ? Add-on ? Yes No ? NetNewsWire ? ? ? ? ? ? Netscape Browser ? ? N/A ? ? ? Netscape Navigator 9 Yes ? N/A ? ? ? NewsAccess ? ? ? ? ? ? NewsBreak ? ? ? ? ? ? NewsFire ? ? ? ? ? ? OmniWeb ? ? ? ? ? ? Opera Mail Yes ? Yes (integration with Opera (web browser)) Yes only as preview ? Part of the Opera web browser; support for feeds since Opera 8.0 Pegasus Mail ? ? ? Yes ? ? Pegasus Mail can convert RSS feeds to e-mails via free add-ons Rhythmbox ? ? ? ? ? ? RSS Bandit ? ? ? ? ? ? .NET Framework based RSSOwl Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Google Reader synchronization Safari ? ? N/A ? Yes ? Sage ? ? ? ? Yes ? a Firefox extension SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups ? ? N/A Yes ? ? Songbird ? ? ? ? ? Yes Shiira ? ? N/A ? ? ? Sleipnir ? ? N/A ? ? ? Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 Snarfer No Yes ? Yes ? ? No longer updated Yes The Bat! ? ? ? Yes No No rss2mail or rss2pop3 plugin needed Winamp No ? No No No Yes Windows Live Mail ? ? ? Yes ? ? Zimbra ? ? ? ? ? ? Zune ? ? ? ? ? Yes Client Pop-up Tray notification Browser plugin E-mail "newspaper"-like Media aggregator Notes See also
References
- ^ "What is Feedreader?". 2001-04-24. Archived from the original on 2001-04-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20010424065916/http://www.feedreader.com/. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Feedreader 3.14 released". Feedreader. 2009-04-20. http://www.feedreader.com/feedreader/releases/3.14. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ a b "GNUS: a NNTP based news reader for GNU Emacs (1 of 2)". http://gnus.org/2.0/gnus.1. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Opera system requirements", Opera Software, October 19, 2011, http://www.opera.com/browser/download/requirements/, retrieved October 20, 2011
External links
- Feed Readers at the Open Directory Project
- Which Feed Reader is Best?
- NewsOnFeeds.com - List of News Aggregators
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