Alternatives to Akregator
KDE feed reader integrated with the Kontact suite. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Akregator
KDE feed reader integrated with the Kontact suite.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Akregator.
RSS Guard
A desktop feed reader that also logs into Feedly, Inoreader and self-hosted readers, and plays podcasts.
RSS Guard also runs on Windows and Linux, adds macOS, and logs into Feedly, Inoreader and self-hosted readers, which Akregator cannot sync with, plus it plays podcasts.
Liferea
GTK desktop feed reader for Linux with offline reading.
Liferea is a GTK reader that runs on Linux only, so Windows use is lost, but it gains syncing with several self-hosted and hosted reader accounts.
QuiteRSS
Cross-platform desktop feed reader with an embedded browser.
QuiteRSS keeps an embedded browser like Akregator, adds macOS and portable builds, and does not need KDE libraries, but its development has stopped.
Fluent Reader
A desktop RSS reader with a Fluent Design interface that works locally or syncs with Inoreader, Feedbin, Fever and Google Reader API services.
Fluent Reader is a free open-source Electron app for Windows, macOS and Linux that can sync with Inoreader, Feedbin, Fever and Google Reader API services.
NewsFlash
Modern GTK feed reader that also syncs with hosted services.
NewsFlash is a GTK reader for Linux only, built for GNOME, that syncs with most hosted and self-hosted back ends and scrapes full article text.
Raven Reader
Cross-platform desktop RSS reader with no account required.
Raven Reader runs on Windows, macOS and Linux with no account, but as an Electron app it is larger and also offers no synchronisation between machines.
Lettura
A free, open-source desktop RSS reader built with Tauri for following sites and blogs.
Lettura is a free, open-source Tauri desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux with no hosted service required, but it has no Kontact integration and no mobile app.
Feeds
A minimal RSS and Atom feed reader for the GNOME desktop on Linux.
Feeds is a minimal GPL-3.0 reader with a native GNOME interface on Linux only, offering fewer features than Akregator and no Kontact suite integration.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Newsboat
Terminal RSS and Atom reader with heavy keyboard control.
FreshRSS
A self-hosted feed reader that is light enough to run on a cheap shared host and still handles hundreds of feeds.
Nextcloud News
RSS reader that runs inside a Nextcloud instance.
Vienna RSS
Open-source RSS and Atom reader for macOS with smart folders.
Elfeed
An extensible web feed reader for GNU Emacs supporting Atom, RSS and JSON Feed.
Cypht
Self-hosted open-source webmail that combines several email accounts and RSS feeds into one inbox.
