privacyguides.org/docs/news-aggregators.en.md

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A news aggregator is a way to keep up with your favourite blogs and news sites.

Aggregator clients

Akregator

!!! recommendation

![Akregator logo](assets/img/news-aggregators/akregator.svg){ align=right }

**Akregator** is a news feed reader that is a part of the [KDE](https://kde.org) project. It comes with a fast search, advanced archiving functionality and an internal browser for easy news reading.

[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://apps.kde.org/akregator){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16:](https://kde.org/privacypolicy-apps){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16:](https://docs.kde.org/?application=akregator){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16:](https://invent.kde.org/pim/akregator){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
[:octicons-heart-16:](https://kde.org/community/donations/){ .card-link title=Contribute }

??? downloads

    - [:pg-flathub: Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.kde.akregator)

Feeder

!!! recommendation

![Feeder logo](assets/img/news-aggregators/feeder.png){ align=right }

**Feeder** is a modern RSS client for Android that has many [features](https://gitlab.com/spacecowboy/Feeder#features) and works well with folders of RSS feeds. It supports it supports [RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS), [Atom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(Web_standard)) and [RDF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDF%2FXML) and [JSON Feed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Feed).

[:octicons-repo-16: Repository](https://gitlab.com/spacecowboy/Feeder){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-code-16:](https://gitlab.com/spacecowboy/Feeder){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
[:octicons-heart-16:](https://ko-fi.com/spacecowboy){ .card-link title=Contribute }

??? downloads

    - [:fontawesome-brands-google-play: Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nononsenseapps.feeder.play)
    - [:pg-f-droid: F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder/)

Fluent Reader

!!! recommendation

![Fluent Reader logo](assets/img/news-aggregators/fluent-reader.svg){ align=right }

**Fluent Reader** is a secure cross-platform news aggregator that has useful privacy features such as deletion of cookies on exit, strict [content security policies (CSP)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Security_Policy) and proxy support, meaning you can use it over [Tor](self-contained-networks.md#tor).

[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://hyliu.me/fluent-reader){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16:](https://github.com/yang991178/fluent-reader/wiki/Privacy){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16:](https://github.com/yang991178/fluent-reader/wiki/){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16:](https://github.com/yang991178/fluent-reader){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
[:octicons-heart-16:](https://github.com/sponsors/yang991178){ .card-link title=Contribute }

??? downloads

    - [:fontawesome-brands-windows: Windows](https://hyliu.me/fluent-reader)
    - [:fontawesome-brands-app-store: Mac App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1520907427)

GNOME Feeds

!!! recommendation

![GNOME Feeds logo](assets/img/news-aggregators/gfeeds.svg){ align=right }

**GNOME Feeds** is an [RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) and [Atom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(Web_standard)) news reader for [GNOME](https://www.gnome.org). It has a simple interface and is quite fast.

[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://gfeeds.gabmus.org){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-code-16:](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gfeeds){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
[:octicons-heart-16:](https://liberapay.com/gabmus/){ .card-link title=Contribute }

??? downloads

    - [:fontawesome-brands-linux: Linux](https://gfeeds.gabmus.org/#install)
    - [:pg-flathub: Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gabmus.gfeeds)

Miniflux

!!! recommendation

![Miniflux logo](assets/img/news-aggregators/miniflux.svg#only-light){ align=right }
![Miniflux logo](assets/img/news-aggregators/miniflux-dark.svg#only-dark){ align=right }

**Miniflux** is a web-based news aggregator that you can self-host. It supports [RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS), [Atom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(Web_standard)), [RDF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDF%2FXML) and [JSON Feed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Feed).

[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://miniflux.app){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-info-16:](https://miniflux.app/docs/index.html){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16:](https://github.com/miniflux/v2){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
[:octicons-heart-16:](https://miniflux.app/#donations){ .card-link title=Contribute }

NetNewsWire

!!! recommendation

![NetNewsWire logo](assets/img/news-aggregators/netnewswire.png){ align=right }

**NetNewsWire** a free and open-source feed reader for macOS and iOS with a focus on a native design and feature set. It supports the typical feed formats alongside built-in support for Twitter and Reddit feeds.

[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://netnewswire.com/){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16:](https://netnewswire.com/privacypolicy){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16:](https://netnewswire.com/help/){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16:](https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire){ .card-link title="Source Code" }

??? downloads

    - [:fontawesome-brands-apple: macOS](https://netnewswire.com)
    - [:fontawesome-brands-app-store-ios: App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/netnewswire-rss-reader/id1480640210)

Newsboat

!!! recommendation

![Newsboat logo](assets/img/news-aggregators/newsboat.svg){ align=right }

**Newsboat** is an RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console. It's an actively maintained fork of [Newsbeuter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsbeuter). It is very lightweight, and ideal for use over [Secure Shell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell).

[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://newsboat.org){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-info-16:](https://newsboat.org/releases/2.27/docs/newsboat.html){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16:](https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat){ .card-link title="Source Code" }

Social Media RSS Support

Some social media services also support RSS although it's not often advertised.

Reddit

Reddit allows you to subscribe to subreddits via RSS.

!!! example Replace subreddit_name with the subreddit you wish to subscribe to.

```text
https://www.reddit.com/r/{{ subreddit_name }}/new/.rss
```

Twitter

Using any of the Nitter instances you can easily subscribe using RSS.

!!! example 1. Pick an instance and set nitter_instance. 2. Replace twitter_account with the account name.

   ```text
   https://{{ nitter_instance }}/{{ twitter_account }}/rss
   ```

YouTube

You can subscribe YouTube channels without logging in and associating usage information with your Google Account.

!!! example

To subscribe to a YouTube channel with an RSS client, first look for your [channel code](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6180214), replace `channel_id` below:
```text
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id={{ channel id }}
```