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.

Contents 1 General 2 Release history 3 Operating system support 4 Web feed and protocol support 5 Interface and notes 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] General

Client	Creator	Software license	FOSS
Akregator	Akregator developers	GPL	Yes
Amarok	The Amarok Team	GPL	Yes
AOL Explorer	America Online Inc.	Proprietary	No
Avant	Avant Force	Proprietary	No
BlogBridge	Pito Salas	GPL	Yes
BottomFeeder	Xpac jtx f5	?	Yes
Canto	Jack Miller	GPL	Yes
Claws Mail	the Claws Mail team	GPL	Yes
Cooliris	Cooliris	Proprietary	No
FeedDemon	NewsGator Technologies	Proprietary	No
Feedreader	i-Systems Inc.	Proprietary	No
Flock	Flock Inc.	MPL	Yes
FreeRange WebReader	?	Proprietary	No
Gnus	Gnus	GPL	Yes
Hubdog	Société Radio Numérique Inc.	Proprietary	No
IBM Lotus Notes	Lotus Software / IBM	Proprietary	No
Internet Explorer	Microsoft	Proprietary (bundled with Microsoft Windows)	No
iTunes	Apple Inc.	Proprietary	No
Juice	Active8 & other	GPL	Yes
K-Meleon	Dorian, KKO, et al.	GPL	Yes
Kazehakase	?	GPL	Yes
Liferea	Lars Lindner	GPL	Yes
Mail	Apple Inc.	Proprietary (bundled with Mac OS X)	No
Maxthon	Maxthon International Limited	Proprietary	No
Mediafly	?	?	?
MediaMonkey	?	?	?
Microsoft Office Outlook	Microsoft	Proprietary (bundled with Microsoft Office)	No
Mindity	?	?	?
Mozilla Firefox	Mozilla Foundation	MPL, MPL/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL tri-license (bundled with many Linux distributions)	Yes
Mozilla Thunderbird	Mozilla Foundation	MPL, MPL/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL tri-license	Yes
NetNewsWire	NewsGator Technologies	Proprietary	?
Netscape Browser	Mercurial Communications for AOL	MPL, MPL/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL tri-license	Yes
Netscape Navigator 9	Netscape Communications Corporation (division of AOL)	MPL, MPL/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL tri-license	Yes
NewsAccess	?	?	?
NewsBreak	?	?	?
NewsFire	David Watanabe	?	No
OmniWeb	The Omni Group	Proprietary	No
Opera Mail	Opera Software	Proprietary	No
Pegasus Mail	David Harris	Proprietary	?
Rhythmbox	GNOME Team	GPL	Yes
RSS Bandit	Dare Obasanjo	BSD	Yes
RSSOwl	Benjamin Pasero	Eclipse Public License	Yes
Safari	Apple Inc.	Proprietary	No
Sage	?	?	?
SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups	SeaMonkey Council	MPL, MPL/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL tri-license	Yes
SE-RssTools	SE-SOFT.COM	Proprietary	No
Shiira	Happy Macintosh Developing Team	BSD	Yes
Sleipnir	Fenrir Inc.	Proprietary	No
Snarfer	Snarfware, LLC	Proprietary	No
Songbird	Pioneers of the Inevitable	GPL	Yes
The Bat!	RitLabs	Proprietary	No
Winamp	Nullsoft	Proprietary	No
Windows Live Mail	Microsoft	Proprietary (bundled with Microsoft Windows)	No
Zimbra	Zimbra	MPL on server ZPL (attribution clause) on client	Yes
Zune	Microsoft	Proprietary	No
Client	Creator	Software license	FOSS

[edit] Release history

Client	First public release		First stable release		Latest stable release
	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
Mail	?	?	?	?	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
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
Mail	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	other format	IPv6	Auto updates
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	Web Slice	Yes	Yes
iTunes	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes
Juice	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
K-Meleon	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	?
Kazehakase	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	LIRS, HINA-DI	Yes	?
Liferea	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes
Mail	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
Maxthon	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	?
Mediafly	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
MediaMonkey	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Microsoft Office Outlook	?	Yes	Yes	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	Yes	Yes
Pegasus Mail	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rhythmbox	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes
RSS Bandit	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
RSSOwl	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
Safari	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
Sage	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	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	?	?	?	Yes	Notification only
Windows Live Mail	?	Yes	Yes	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	other standard	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	E-mail	"newspaper"-like	Media aggregator	Notes
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	?	?	?	?
Mail	?	?	?	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	E-mail	"newspaper"-like	Media aggregator	Notes

[edit] See also

• Web syndication
• Comparison of e-mail clients
• Comparison of web browsers

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Feed Readers at the Open Directory Project
• Which Feed Reader is Best?

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