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Omnivore vs Matter: catalog facts
Omnivore	Matter
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Freemium Freemium, with paid tiers unlocking AI summaries and narration.
Web, Self-hosted, Browser extension	macOS, iOS, Web
Highlights, notes and labels on saved articles Newsletters by email, PDFs and RSS feeds in one place	Combines newsletters, RSS feeds, and read-later saves in one inbox AI summaries and audio narration help process a backlog of reading
Hosted service closed, so you must run your own server Maintained by the community after the company stepped back	Full feature set requires a paid subscription Reading experience is centered on its own apps rather than open RSS standards alone
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
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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