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Elfeed vs sfeed: catalog facts
Elfeed	sfeed
Free Free and released into the public domain under the Unlicense.	Free Free and open source under the ISC licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS, Linux, Command line
Runs inside Emacs with keyboard-driven navigation Supports Atom, RSS and JSON Feed	Plain text output composes with any other Unix tool Extremely small, auditable C codebase
Requires GNU Emacs Little appeal for people who do not use Emacs	You assemble your own reading workflow from parts No synchronisation or graphical interface
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Unlicense	License: ISC
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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