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

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