Comparison of feed aggregators


The following is a comparison of RSS feed aggregators. Often e-mail programs and web browsers have the ability to display RSS feeds. They are listed here, too.
Many BitTorrent clients support RSS feeds for broadcatching.
With the rise of cloud computing, some cloud based services offer feed aggregation. They are listed here as well.

Release history

Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
Netscape Messenger 9 is a fork of Mozilla Thunderbird and has the same features.

Operating system support

Web feed and protocol support

Interface and notes

s and Internet suites have for browser plugin a N/A, because they don't need it.
ClientPop-upTray notificationBrowser pluginE-mail"newspaper"-likeMedia aggregatorNotesDownloadable attachments
Akregator KDE
AmarokKDE
AOL ExplorerDiscontinued; Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7
AvantFeed support is available in Internet Explorer 7
AwasuSupports user-written plugins.
BlogBridge
CantoNcurses/console based reader
Claws MailRSSyl plugin needed
CommaFeedWeb browser
CoolirisWeb browser plugin
Feed Viewer
FeedDemonDiscontinued
Feedreader
FlockDiscontinued
GnusEmacs-based mail and news client
IBM Lotus Notes is one RSS reader application for IBM Lotus Notes; Notes version 8.x introduced a native RSS reader
Internet ExplorerFeed support is available in Internet Explorer 7
iTunes
JuiceDesigned as Podcast aggregator
K-MeleonWeb browser
KazehakaseWeb browser
Liferea
Mail
MaxthonWeb browser
MediaMonkeyMedia Player
Microsoft Office OutlookFeed support is available in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
MiroMedia Player
Mozilla FirefoxWeb Browser
Mozilla ThunderbirdMail Client
NetNewsWire
Netscape BrowserDiscontinued; Web browser
Netscape Navigator 9Discontinued
NewsAccess
NewsBlur
NewsFire
OmniWebPart of the OmniWeb browser
Opera Mail
Pegasus MailPegasus Mail can convert RSS feeds to e-mails via free add-ons
RhythmboxMedia Player
RSS Bandit.NET Framework based
RSSOwlno longer support for Google Reader synchronization since version 2.2.0
SafariWeb Browser
Sagea Firefox extension
SeaMonkey Mail & NewsgroupsPart of the SeaMonkey Internet suite
SongbirdMedia Player
ShiiraWeb browser
SleipnirFeed support is available in Internet Explorer 7
The Bat!Mail client; rss2mail or rss2pop3 plugin needed for versions prior to 6.4; newer versions support RSS natively
The Old Reader
WinampMedia Player
Windows Live Mail
ZimbraGroupware suite
ZuneMedia player
ClientPop-upTray notificationBrowser pluginE-mail"newspaper"-likeMedia aggregatorNotesDownloadable attachments

Capabilities