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24 alternatives to Winds 2.0: It’s Time to Revive RSS

A Beautiful Open Source RSS & Podcast App

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Winds 2.0: It’s Time to Revive RSS launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Winds 2.0▲355

    Open source podcast & RSS desktop app

    2018 · its alternatives →

  2. 2
    Winds 1.0▲278

    Open source & beautiful RSS reader

    2016 · getstream.io · its alternatives →

  3. 3
    Winds▲9

    An open source RSS reader

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    A Beautiful Open Source RSS & Podcast App Powered by Getstream.io - GetStream/Winds

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    RSS reader

    2014 · reederapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Maidio▲146

    Turn your RSS into a podcast like Notebooklm does

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  7. 7

    Create a shareable podcast playlist with an RSS feed 🎧

    2016 · podcast.app · its alternatives →

  8. 8
    Feedbin▲89

    A simple RSS reader

    2014 · feedbin.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9
    Leaf▲111

    RSS News reader for your Mac

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    Open source reader for beyond RSS

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Hi all! Excited to share rss2newsletter after completing dev work for the initial release. The idea for this project came out of necessity, as I wanted to share my articles via email newsletter. I was looking for a super minimal, lightweight, and open source solution, and when none existed, I decided to create one. For any sizable number of email recipients, a popular platform like Mailchimp will easily cost you hundreds or even thousands per month in per-contact fees. rss2newsletter, on the other hand, allows you to use Amazon SES, so you can reach your audience at pennies on the dollar.…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12
    RSSence▲167

    Your modern RSS feed, reimagined.

    2025 · try.rssence.com · its alternatives →

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    Howdy! RSSfeedASAP scratches my own itch. I run a regional podcasting directory which gets dozens of messy submission for podcasts. Often they don't even include an xml file and me being a good samaritan I sometimes do the manual work and find it myself. I got tired of that manual work and decided to build a microapp. RSSfeedASAP is this app and I decided to release it in case someone else finds any use in it.

    2023 · rssfeedasap.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    podcast

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    Simplistic RSS client for focussed news-reading

    2016 · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    The best RSS Search experience you can find. Contribute to davidesantangelo/dato.rss development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18

    Free RSS feed reader for Mac with live updates

    2017 · cappuccinoapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Reeder▲37

    RSS is not dead yet

    2014 · reederapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Rufus - fetches the paper for you! Contribute to jtanza/rufus development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

  21. 21

    A useful app for GitHub Notifications

    2017 · harksys.com · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    RSS/Atom feed reader for your desktop.

    2025 · rahuldshetty.github.io · its alternatives →

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  24. 24

    Simple open source rss reader for desktop.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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