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Fluent ReaderNewsFlash
Free

Free and open source under a BSD 3-clause licence. The Microsoft Store and Mac App Store…

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Windows, macOS, Linux Linux
  • Works fully locally, or syncs with Inoreader, Feedbin, Fever and Google Reader API services
  • Regular expression rules that hide, mark read or star articles automatically as they arrive
  • Syncs with most self-hosted and hosted reader back ends
  • Scrapes full article text when a feed only publishes excerpts
  • Electron, so it is heavy for a feed reader
  • The Microsoft Store version is recommended for auto-update; GitHub builds update manually
  • Linux only, and built for GNOME conventions
  • Some back ends support fewer features than others
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause License: GPL-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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