Alternatives to Feeds
A minimal RSS and Atom feed reader for the GNOME desktop on Linux. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Feeds
A minimal RSS and Atom feed reader for the GNOME desktop on Linux.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Feeds.
NewsFlash
Modern GTK feed reader that also syncs with hosted services.
NewsFlash is another GTK reader for GNOME on Linux that adds sync with hosted and self-hosted back ends and full-text scraping of excerpt-only feeds.
Liferea
GTK desktop feed reader for Linux with offline reading.
Liferea is a GTK Linux reader with offline cached articles and account sync, using an older three-pane interface rather than a minimal GNOME design.
Akregator
KDE feed reader integrated with the Kontact suite.
Akregator is a KDE reader for Linux and Windows with a tabbed internal browser, pulling in KDE libraries when used on GNOME.
RSS Guard
A desktop feed reader that also logs into Feedly, Inoreader and self-hosted readers, and plays podcasts.
RSS Guard is a Qt desktop reader for Linux, Windows and macOS with a much larger feature set, hosted account support and a podcast player.
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 reader for Linux, Windows and macOS with regex rules and optional sync with Inoreader, Feedbin and Fever.
Lettura
A free, open-source desktop RSS reader built with Tauri for following sites and blogs.
Lettura is an open-source Tauri desktop reader that runs on Linux, Windows and macOS with no hosted service required.
Raven Reader
Cross-platform desktop RSS reader with no account required.
Raven Reader is an open-source Electron reader for Linux, Windows and macOS that keeps subscriptions local with no account, like Feeds.
QuiteRSS
Cross-platform desktop feed reader with an embedded browser.
QuiteRSS is a cross-platform desktop reader with an embedded ad-blocking browser, but its development has stopped and its interface is dated.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Podcasts
A lightweight GNOME app for subscribing to, updating and listening to podcasts.
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.
Miniflux
A deliberately minimal feed reader: one Go binary, a PostgreSQL database, and no options you do not need.
Newsraft
Small terminal feed reader with section-based navigation.
Elfeed
An extensible web feed reader for GNU Emacs supporting Atom, RSS and JSON Feed.
