Standalone feed-readers have for the most part been superseded by the much nicer overall UX of integrated read/post UIs as exemplified by Facebook and Twitter, where you can read, publish, comment, repost, like, RSVP and so on in one place - more and more users have switched to using these silos as their 'aggregator' instead of aggregators that actually pull in content from around the web. In fact Mozilla Thunderbird has feed subscription capabilities built in.Įmail servers receive and collect your email for you regardless of whether you open your email program or not, whereas legacy desktop feed readers on the other hand typically DO NOT collect/accumulate posts from feeds you're subscribed to while you're not using them - this is not the case for hosted services, or native apps which sync with them. Google Reader) often resemble an email program. 2012 Apple Safari and Mail apps dropped RSS reader features: Apple quietly removed RSS support from OSX Mountain Lion's Safari and Mail per Apple joins the war on RSSįeed readers (e.g.2018-2019 Hosted version of FeedHQ no longer allows renewals or new sign ups.(Tools -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds -> New -> November 20, 2022 Microsoft Outlook has a feed reading feature to read feeds similar to email lists: other feed reader examples that community members have used (or are using) RSS client that works with web readers and local RSS feed files Open Source with a web frontend and an API for external clients Self-contained, open source, OS native feed reader.Īpp & web-based feed reader site (Substack & RSS) WordPress plugin allowing an integrated feed reader on one's site

Open Source Owncloud application with a web frontend and an API

social reader for interactive readers that let you can respond to posts, e.g.

reader for current work on integrated indieweb readers.

To further the goal of empowering individuals to post (and read) on the indieweb, it makes sense to develop indieweb-design-centric feed readers which address the limitations with legacy feed readers. Feed readers are useful for keeping up with people's posts wherever they post, especially their own site.

Feed reader app