FeedReader is a modern desktop application designed to complement existing web-based RSS accounts.
It combines all the advantages of web based services like synchronization across all your devices with everything you expect from a modern desktop application.
The software is released under an open source license.
Key Features
- Supports the following services: FeedHQ, Feedbin, freshRSS, Local RSS, The Old Reader, Nextcloud News, InoReader, BazQux, feedly, and Tiny Tiny RSS.
- Consistent article formatting.
- Highly customizable.
- Sidebar themes.
- Desktop notifications
- Print articles.
- Quick search functionality.
- Share articles with Twitter, Telegram, and by email.
- Add tags to keep tracks of articles. Create tags to categorize and sort articles.
- Listen to podcasts right from within FeedReader.
- Keyboard shortcuts.
- Uses Gumbo to parse HTML. Gumbo is an HTML5 parsing library in pure C99.
- Feedbin plugin.
- Image viewer.
- Save images.
- Offline mode.
- HiDPI support.
- Full-screen mode.
- Import OPML files.
- Internationalization support.
- Available as a Flatpak.
Website: github.com/jangernert/FeedReader/
Support:
Developer: Jan Lukas Gernert and many contributors
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

FeedReader is written in Vala. Learn Vala with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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FeedReader github repository was archived on Jan 11, 2023.