Alternatives to FeedFlow
A minimal RSS reader that shows your feeds in publication order on mobile and desktop. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
FeedFlow
A minimal RSS reader that shows your feeds in publication order on mobile and desktop.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as FeedFlow.
Folo
An AI-assisted feed reader for RSS and other sources, with desktop, web and mobile apps.
Folo also covers desktop, web and mobile, adding AI-assisted features and support for other source types, though it is not listed as open source.
Twine
An open-source RSS and Atom reader for Android and iOS with a card-based Material You design.
Twine is an open-source Android and iOS reader with a card layout, but its desktop support is less established than FeedFlow's.
Feedly
Cloud RSS reader with apps, newsletters and AI topic filtering.
Feedly is a closed-source hosted reader for Android, iOS and web with its own syncing, newsletters and AI filtering, but no desktop apps and a capped free tier.
Inoreader
Power-user cloud RSS reader with rules, filters and full-text search.
Inoreader is a closed-source hosted reader for Android, iOS and web with rules, filters and full-text search on paid tiers, replacing cloud-drive sync with its own service.
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 an open-source Electron desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux with regex rules and Inoreader or Feedbin sync, but its mobile version is separate.
NetNewsWire
Free, open-source feed reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
NetNewsWire is a free, open-source native reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad with iCloud sync, but it does not run on Android, Windows or Linux.
Capy Reader
A small open-source Android RSS reader for local feeds or Feedbin, Miniflux and FreshRSS accounts.
Capy Reader is an open-source Android reader for local feeds or Feedbin, Miniflux and FreshRSS accounts, with a deliberately small feature set and no desktop version.
Readrops
An Android RSS client that reads local feeds or syncs with FreshRSS, Nextcloud News and others.
Readrops is an open-source Android client for local feeds or FreshRSS and Nextcloud News sync, without FeedFlow's desktop and iOS apps.
Also worth comparing
These listings name FeedFlow as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Feeder
Read RSS, Atom and JSON feeds on Android.
FeedFlow is open source on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Linux, and syncs through iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive or self-hosted FreshRSS and Miniflux.
FeedMe
Android feed reader supporting many sync services.
FeedFlow is open source on Android, iOS and desktop, syncing through iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, FreshRSS or Miniflux, with keyword blocking and offline article prefetching.
feeeed
An iOS feed reader that follows websites, RSS, YouTube and Reddit in a chronological feed.
FeedFlow is an open-source chronological reader for iOS, Android and desktop, with sync through iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, FreshRSS or Miniflux.
Handy News Reader
A light Android feed reader, forked from Flym, that loads full article text for offline reading.
FeedFlow is an open-source reader that prefetches full articles for offline reading and also runs on iOS and desktop, with cloud or FreshRSS and Miniflux sync.
Lettura
A free, open-source desktop RSS reader built with Tauri for following sites and blogs.
FeedFlow is an open-source reader that adds Android and iOS apps and sync through iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, FreshRSS or Miniflux.
Raven Reader
Cross-platform desktop RSS reader with no account required.
FeedFlow is an open-source minimal reader that adds Android and iOS apps and sync through iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, FreshRSS or Miniflux, with offline article prefetching.
ReadYou
Follow RSS feeds with a Material-style Android reader.
FeedFlow is an open-source chronological reader that also runs on iOS and desktop and syncs through cloud storage, FreshRSS or Miniflux.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
FreshRSS
A self-hosted feed reader that is light enough to run on a cheap shared host and still handles hundreds of feeds.
Miniflux
A deliberately minimal feed reader: one Go binary, a PostgreSQL database, and no options you do not need.
RSS Guard
A desktop feed reader that also logs into Feedly, Inoreader and self-hosted readers, and plays podcasts.
Feedbin
Paid RSS reader that also handles newsletters and YouTube.
