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Elfeed vs Liferea: catalog facts
Elfeed	Liferea
Free Free and released into the public domain under the Unlicense.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Runs inside Emacs with keyboard-driven navigation Supports Atom, RSS and JSON Feed	Offline reading with locally cached articles Syncs with several self-hosted and hosted reader accounts
Requires GNU Emacs Little appeal for people who do not use Emacs	Linux only Interface follows an older three-pane convention
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Unlicense	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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