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NewsFlash vs Feeds: catalog facts
NewsFlash	Feeds
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL version 3.
Linux	Linux
Syncs with most self-hosted and hosted reader back ends Scrapes full article text when a feed only publishes excerpts	Native GNOME interface Reads both RSS and Atom
Linux only, and built for GNOME conventions Some back ends support fewer features than others	Linux only Minimal feature set compared with sync-based readers
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
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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