Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to reader-project

RSS/Atom feed reader for your desktop.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1IV
   I've Implemented a RSS Reader▲73

   2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2OA
   OpenOrb, a curated search engine for Atom and RSS feeds▲259

   Alternative search engines are neat, as are RSS feeds. OpenOrb is a self-hosted app which allows visitors to search over a list of blogs you love. If you put your 10 favourite blogs in there, it'll search just those blogs and not show you any sponsored content or machine-generated garbage (unless... you follow blogs written by machines?) Personal RSS feed readers can usually do this sort of thing, but RSS readers aren’t meant to be shared, so you can think of the search engine as a 'curated feed list as a public service'. I wrote a longer blog post about OpenOrb here:…

   2024 · openorb.idiot.sh · its alternatives →

3. 3RU
   Rssnix – Unix-style filesystem-based RSS/Atom/JSON Feed fetcher/reader▲101

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4IA
   I Added Translation to My RSS Reader Project▲29

   2025 · rahuldshetty.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5CR
   Collaborative RSS Reader▲122

   2021 · linklonk.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Feedibus▲91

   A modern RSS newsreader, powered by machine learning

   2021 · its alternatives →

7. 7RA
   RSS/Atom Feed Reader in Go▲30

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8AF
   A fast RSS reader I built with a friend▲50

   2020 · weloverss.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Nooshub▲75

   RSS Reader with AI to cluster similar content

   2019 · its alternatives →

10. 10FA
    Freader, an open source RSS Reader built with Node.js and Angular▲45

    2013 · geekuillaume.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Inkwell – An RSS reader for e-ink devices▲77

    A small self-hosted RSS/Atom reader for Kindles and other e-ink devices.

    Jul 2026 · kendal.codeberg.page · its alternatives →

12. 12AS
    A simple and powerful RSS reader for the web▲68

    Hello HN! I've been working on this new open-source project called [name-redacted]. It is a simple and powerful RSS reader for the web with a modern UI, PWA support, and a built-in article reader. Visit it at [link-redacted] View our GitHub repo at [link-redacted]

    2024 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Elytra▲102

    Simple RSS Reader for iOS

    2018 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    FeedRiv▲97

    A simple open source feed reader to tag and rate items

    2024 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Winds 1.0▲278

    Open source & beautiful RSS reader

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    RSS Feed Reader▲6

    Parse RSS, Atom, RDF, and JSON feeds into datasets

    Jul 2026 · apify.com · its alternatives →

17. 17CS
    Cleed – Simple feed reader for the command line▲82

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Sismics Reader▲64

    Free and open source feeds reader ☕

    2018 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Feedbin▲89

    A simple RSS reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20AA
    An alternative RSS reader and search engine for news and content▲86

    2020 · newsandrumors.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Fluent Reader▲89

    Modern, open-source desktop RSS reader

    2020 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Atomic Reader▲2

    RSS/Atom news aggregator and reader

    2023 · its alternatives →

23. 23DA
    Dfeed – a feed reader you can use without an account▲51

    2021 · dfeed.net · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Raven Reader▲8

    Simple open source rss reader for desktop.

    2018 · its alternatives →

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