Comparison of feed aggregators
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The following is a comparison of notable feed aggregators. Often e-mail programs and web browsers have the ability to display feeds. They are listed here, too.
Many BitTorrent clients support for Broadcatching (RSS) see Comparison of BitTorrent Clients.
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[edit] General
[edit] Release history
Client | First public release | First stable release | Latest stable release | |||
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Date | Version | Date | Version | Date | Version | |
Akregator | ? | ? | ? | ? | September 03, 2008 | 1.3.1 |
Amarok | ? | June 23, 2003 | ? | ? | August 13, 2008 | 1.4.10 |
AOL Explorer | June 2005 | 1.0 | June 2005 | 1.0 | May 10, 2006 | 1.5 |
Avant | August 2004 | ? | August 2004 | ? | September 27, 2008 | 11.7 Build 15 |
BlogBridge | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
BottomFeeder | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Canto | June 3rd, 2008 | 0.4.0 | January 14th, 2009 | 0.6.0 | August 17th, 2009 | 0.7.4 |
Claws Mail | May 2001 | 0.4.67 | January 2005 | 1.0.0 | December 19, 2008 | 3.7.0 |
Cooliris | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
FeedDemon | ? | ? | ? | ? | January 23, 2010 | 3.1 |
Feedreader | April 24, 2001[1] | 1.54 | ? | ? | April 20, 2009[2] | 3.14 |
Flock | October 24, 2005 | 0.4.9 | November 02, 2007 | 1.0 | October 14, 2008 | 2.0 |
FreeRange WebReader | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Gnus | 1987[3] | ? | February 1, 1988[3] | 2.0 | March 21, 2008 | 5.10.10 |
Hubdog | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
IBM Lotus Notes | 1989 | 1.0 | 1989 | 1.0 | August 2008 | 8.0.2 |
Internet Explorer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
iTunes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Juice | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
K-Meleon | November 26, 2000 | 0.2 | November 26, 2000 | 0.2 | October 16, 2008 | 1.5.1 |
Kazehakase | January 29, 2003 | ? | January 29, 2003 | ? | July 29, 2008 | 0.5.5 |
Liferea | ? | ? | ? | ? | April 12, 2009 | 1.4.28 |
? | ? | ? | ? | September 15, 2008 | 3.5 (929.4/929.2) | |
Maxthon | July 11, 2002 | 0.1 (as MyIE2) | September 8, 2005 | 1.0.0250 | December 28, 2007 | 2.0.7.1245 |
Mediafly | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MediaMonkey | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft Office Outlook | 1997 | 97 | 1997 | 97 | January 30, 2007 | 12.0.4518.1014 |
Mindity | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mozilla Firefox | September 23, 2002 | 0.1 | September 23, 2002 | 0.1 | September 26, 2008 | 3.0.3 |
Mozilla Thunderbird | July 28, 2003 | 0.1 | December 7, 2004 | 1.0 | June 22, 2009 | 2.0.0.22 |
NetNewsWire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Netscape Browser | November 30, 2004 | 0.5.6+ | May 19, 2005 | 8.0 | April 2, 2007 | 8.1.3 |
Netscape Navigator 9 | June 5, 2007 | 9.0 Beta 1 | October 15, 2007 | 9.0 | February 20, 2008 | 9.0.0.6 |
NewsAccess | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
NewsBreak | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
NewsFire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
OmniWeb | 1994 | 0.5 | March 17, 1995 | 1.0 | September 26, 2008 | 5.8 |
Opera Mail | September 1996 | 2.1b1 | December 1996 | 2.1 | October 8, 2008 | 9.60 |
Pegasus Mail | 1990 | ? | 1990 | ? | July 16, 2006 | 4.41 |
Rhythmbox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
RSS Bandit | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
RSSOwl | ? | ? | ? | ? | October 24, 2009 | 2.0 |
Safari | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Sage | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SE-RssTools | December 15, 2008 | 1.1.1 | December 15, 2008 | 1.1.1 | December 18, 2009 | 1.3.1.31 |
Shiira | ? | ? | ? | ? | July 16, 2007 | 2.2 |
Sleipnir | June, 2005 | 2.00 alpha | Oct, 2005 | 2.00 | 18 Sep 2008 | 2.8.2 |
Snarfer | ? | ? | ? | ? | 15 June 2008 | 1.0.2 |
Songbird | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
The Bat! | March 1997 | 1.0 Beta | March 1998 | 1.00 Build 1310 | April 23, 2008 | 4.0.28 |
Winamp | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Windows Live Mail | ? | ? | ? | ? | November 6, 2007 | 2008 (Build 12.0.1606) |
Zimbra | November, 2005 | Beta | March, 2006 | 3.5 | February 2008 | 5.0.2 |
Zune | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Client | Date | Version | Date | Version | Date | Version |
First public release | First stable release | Latest stable release |
Netscape Messenger 9 is a fork of Mozilla Thunderbird and has the same features.
[edit] Operating system support
Client | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | Unix | BSD | Solaris | Windows Mobile | other |
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Akregator | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Amarok | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
AOL Explorer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Avant | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
BlogBridge | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
BottomFeeder | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Canto | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Claws Mail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Maemo |
Cooliris | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
FeedDemon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Feedreader | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Flock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
FreeRange WebReader | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | BlackBerry, Symbian, Palm OS |
Gnus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | DOS |
Hubdog | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
IBM Lotus Notes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Internet Explorer | included | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
iTunes | Yes | included | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Juice | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
K-Meleon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Kazehakase | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Liferea | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
No | included | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Maxthon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mediafly | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
MediaMonkey | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Microsoft Office Outlook | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mindity | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mozilla Firefox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Mozilla Thunderbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
NetNewsWire | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | iPhone OS |
Netscape Browser | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Netscape Navigator 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
NewsAccess | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
NewsBreak | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
NewsFire | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
OmniWeb | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Opera Mail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | BeOS(obsolete), QNX(obsolete), OS/2(obsolete) |
Pegasus Mail | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Rhythmbox | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
RSS Bandit | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
RSSOwl | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Safari | Yes | included | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Sage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
SE-RssTools | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Shiira | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Sleipnir | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Snarfer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Songbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
The Bat! | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Winamp | Yes | No | obsolete | No | No | No | No | No |
Windows Live Mail | included | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Zimbra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Zune | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Client | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | Unix | BSD | Solaris | Windows Mobile | other |
[edit] Web Feed and Protocol support
Client | feed URI scheme | RSS 0.91 | RSS 1.0 | RSS 2.0 | RSS enclosure | MRSS | ATOM | LIRS | HINA-DI | IPv6 | Auto updates |
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Akregator | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Amarok | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
AOL Explorer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Avant | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
BlogBridge | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
BottomFeeder | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Canto | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Claws Mail | ? | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Cooliris | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
FeedDemon | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Feedreader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Flock | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
FreeRange WebReader | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Gnus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Hubdog | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
IBM Lotus Notes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Internet Explorer | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
iTunes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Juice | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
K-Meleon | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Kazehakase | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Liferea | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
Maxthon | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Mediafly | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MediaMonkey | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft Office Outlook | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mindity | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Miro | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mozilla Firefox | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Mozilla Thunderbird | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
NetNewsWire | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Netscape Browser | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Netscape Navigator 9 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
NewsAccess | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
NewsBreak | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
NewsFire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
OmniWeb | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Opera Mail | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | Notification only |
Pegasus Mail | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Rhythmbox | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
RSS Bandit | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
RSSOwl | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Safari | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Sage | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Songbird | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Shiira | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Sleipnir | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Snarfer | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
The Bat! | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Winamp | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Windows Live Mail | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Zimbra | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Zune | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Client | feed URI scheme | RSS 0.91 | RSS 1.0 | RSS 2.0 | RSS enclosure | MRSS | ATOM | LIRS | HINA-DI | IPv6 | Auto updates |
[edit] Interface and Notes
Web browsers and Internet Suites have for browser plugin a n/a, because they don't need it.
Client | Pop-up | Tray notification | browser plugin | "newspaper"-like | Media aggregator | Notes | |
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Akregator | Yes | Yes | Yes (integration with konqueror) | Yes | ? | Yes | KDE |
Amarok | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | KDE |
AOL Explorer | ? | ? | N/A | ? | ? | ? | Support of feeds is available in Internet Explorer 7 |
Avant | ? | ? | N/A | ? | ? | ? | Support of feeds is available in Internet Explorer 7 |
BlogBridge | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
BottomFeeder | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Canto | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Ncurses/console based reader |
Claws Mail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | RSSyl plugin is required |
Cooliris | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | |
FeedDemon | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | |
Feedreader | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Flock | ? | ? | N/A | ? | ? | Yes | |
FreeRange WebReader | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Gnus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Hubdog | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
IBM Lotus Notes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Studio Blog Reader is one RSS reader application for IBM Lotus Notes. IBM Lotus Notes version 8.x introduced a native RSS reader. |
Internet Explorer | ? | ? | N/A | ? | Yes | ? | Support of feeds is available in Internet Explorer 7 |
iTunes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
Juice | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
K-Meleon | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Kazehakase | ? | ? | N/A | ? | ? | ? | |
Liferea | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ||
Maxthon | ? | ? | N/A | ? | ? | ? | |
Mediafly | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
MediaMonkey | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
Microsoft Office Outlook | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Support of feeds is available in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. |
Mindity | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Miro | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
Mozilla Firefox | Yes | Add-on | N/A | ? | ? | ? | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | ? | Add-on | ? | Yes | No | ? | |
NetNewsWire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Netscape Browser | ? | ? | N/A | ? | ? | ? | |
Netscape Navigator 9 | Yes | ? | N/A | ? | ? | ? | |
NewsAccess | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
NewsBreak | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
NewsFire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
OmniWeb | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Opera Mail | Yes | ? | Yes (integration with Opera (web browser)) | Yes | only as preview | ? | Part of the Opera web browser; support for feeds since Opera 8.0 |
Pegasus Mail | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Pegasus Mail can convert RSS feeds to e-mails through the use of free add-ons. |
Rhythmbox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
RSS Bandit | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | .Net - based |
RSSOwl | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Safari | ? | ? | N/A | ? | Yes | ? | |
Sage | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | a Firefox extension |
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups | ? | ? | N/A | Yes | ? | ? | |
Songbird | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
Shiira | ? | ? | N/A | ? | ? | ? | |
Sleipnir | ? | ? | N/A | ? | ? | ? | Support of feeds is available in Internet Explorer 7 |
Snarfer | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | |
The Bat! | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | requires rss2mail or rss2pop3 plugin installed |
Winamp | No | ? | No | No | No | Yes | |
Windows Live Mail | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | |
Zimbra | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Zune | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
Client | Pop-up | Tray notification | browser plugin | "newspaper"-like | Media aggregator | Notes |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "What is Feedreader?". Web Archive. 2001-04-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20010424065916/http://www.feedreader.com/. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Feedreader 3.14 released". Feedreader. 2009-04-20. http://www.feedreader.com/feedreader/releases/3.14. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ a b "GNUS: a NNTP based news reader for GNU Emacs (1 of 2)". http://gnus.org/2.0/gnus.1. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
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