RSS readers
- Windows
Omea
- one of the most fully featured RSS readers out there; can
get a little slow as its database grows; free in its basic version,
also has a commercial, advanced version with more features
Mozilla
Thunderbird - Mozilla’s e-mail and RSS reader, supports
skins and add-ons
Awasu - RSS reader with
a customizable user interface, the ability to synchronize with
other readers, bookmarking and annotation, and republishing
of your feeds
GreatNews - integrates
with Bloglines, and offers a very fast way to browse through
your feeds
RSS Bandit - RSS reader
that offers organization of your feeds through folders, as well
as synchronization across several installations
IntraVNews - an RSS
reader that integrates with Microsoft’s Outlook.
SharpReader - requires
.NET framework, lets you organize feeds into folders, integrates
with Feedster, can display new items via system tray popups
eCruiser - an RSS reader
in Japanese
Juice
- a pretty basic RSS reader
Opera - Opera web browser
comes with a fully featured RSS reader
FeedDemon
- Newsgator’s feed reader offering a high degree of customization,
newspaper-style feed reading, synchronization with other Newsgator
products, and feed search
Snarfer - a free RSS
reader, with key features being river of news style view, embedded
video display, synchronization with Bloglines, powerful search
and filtering
Active RSS Reader
- simple RSS reader with a very small hard disk and memory footprint
Feed
Amasser - a very lightweight, freeware RSS reader
FeedExpress
- a freeware, open source RSS reader; quite basic, but with
some nice features, for example CSS customization
Crackfeed - a tiny systray
based application that notifies you with RSS news as they come
HappyFish - RSS
reader and podcast client, requires .NET 2.0
Attensa for
Outlook - RSS reader that fully integrates with Outlook,
support OPML import/export, scheduling, republishing, and advanced
feed organization
Briz RSS Reader
- a very simple RSS reader
Particls - desktop RSS
notifier and ticker with lots of options, also has a Firefox
plugin
Anothr - RSS reader/bot for
Skype/Gtalk/MS
RSS
readers - Linux
Liferea
- RSS reader for Gnome users
Akregator - RSS reader
for KDE
Straw - RSS
reader for Gnome, supports RSS and ATOM, as well as exporting/importing
OPML feeds
Snownews
- text based RSS reader for all you 1337 people
AgileRSS - desktop aggregator
that is able to display any RSS, ATOM, and XML news feed; also
offers an RSS news ticker
RSS Readers - cross-platform
RSSOwl
- works on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. Offers, among other
features, a multi-pane, highly customizable interface, OPML
and blogroll import, internal browser, and a search engine.
BottomFeeder
Rich-featured multiplatform RSS reader (works on Linux as well
as Windows and OS X), supports CSS customization, OPML import/export,
and plugins.
BlogBridge - open source
RSS aggregator that allows you to create dynamic feed reading
lists
RSS
readers - web based
Google
Reader – In addition to tracking your feeds, Google’s
popular RSS reader allows you to star items (like in Gmail),
view trends in your feeds and reading habits, and recently added
an option to read feeds offline.
iGoogle – Formerly
known as Google Personalized Home, iGoogle allows you to include
RSS feeds as part of your custom start page.
Netvibes - This personal
homepage provider includes hundreds of “modules” you can
add to your page from Hotmail to your Flickr photos, but also
lets you create your own modules by simply entering an RSS feed
URL.
Pageflakes – Another
personalized homepage provider, Pageflakes functions similar
to Netvibes, letting you select from pre-made modules or create
your own by adding an RSS feed.
My Yahoo! – Still the most
widely used custom homepage on the Web, My Yahoo now allows
you to add RSS feeds alongside your weather, stock quotes, and
news. Similar to Netvibes and Pageflakes, My Yahoo allows you
to re-arrange your feeds with drag and drop features.
My Netscape – Netscape’s
personal homepage service also includes the ability to add RSS
feeds as content modules. An account also lets you participate
in their Digg-like homepage voting.
Daily Rotation –
A no-frills personalized homepage aimed targeted at techies,
Daily Rotation includes recommended feeds from hundreds of tech
sites, and also lets you add in additional feeds of your own
choosing.
Rojo – A part of Six Apart,
Rojo is a web-based reader that combines RSS aggregation with
a community of sorts, showing what people are reading on their
homepage.
Bloglines – One of
the early online RSS readers, Bloglines “split screen” interface
makes it easy to view the full content of any of your feeds.
The service is part of the IAC family of sites.
Newsgator – NewsGator’s
RSS reader allows you to organize your feeds in Windows-style
folders that can be expanded and collapsed.
MySindicaat - an advanced
online RSS reader with a tree-like feed layout, available in
several different flavors, including a mini ticker and a mobile
RSS viewer. It also has RSS mixing capabilities.
Fwicki - web based RSS
reader that lets you create custom river-of-news style feeds.
NewsAlloy - a fast and
full-featured web based RSS reader. Also has a mobile version.
Feeds 2.0 - a personalized
RSS aggregator, that learns from your reading habits and displays
relevant feeds
RSS
to email converters
Feedblitz
- one of the most popular RSS to e-mail converters. Supported
by FeedBurner. Also has a Firefox plugin.
ZapTXT - monitors feeds for
certain terms and sends you notifications via e-mail. Also has
a mobile version.
R|Mail - offers simple
subscription to any RSS feed, as well as an R|mail subscription
widget which you can use on your site
RSS
Feed Validators
Feed
Validator – By entering your feed URL at Feed Validator,
the service will literally translate your RSS to code and identify
any potential problems. It works with versions of RSS up to
2.0.
RSS
1.0 Validator – This validator for RSS 1.0 generates an
HTML page identifying any errors.
Redland RSS 1.0 Validator &
Viewer – This validator offers a variety of display options
for checking your feeds.
RSS-related
plugins - Firefox
Sage
- RSS reader for Firefox, has a decent amount of options, allows
CSS customization
Wizz
- a very advanced RSS reader for Firefox with a huge set of
options
RSS
Ticker - an RSS ticker for Firefox with a large number of
options
Beatnik
- simple RSS reader for Firefox
BlogRovr
- a Firefox plugin that brings you related news based on your
feed choices and the website you’re currently visiting
NewsFox
- fully featured RSS reader for Firefox, with three panes; similar
to Thunderbird
InfoRSS
- another RSS ticker for Firefox with a very comprehensive set
of options
Feedbar -
Feedbar displays new live bookmarks items directly in your Firefox
sidebar
RSS-related
plugins - other
Good
News Trillian RSS plugin - allows you to read RSS feeds
in Trillian
RSSNews
- RSS reader for IM client Miranda
RSS
Feed Scanner - Azureus plugin that allows for automated
downloads by means of advanced feed filter configurability
RSS
Popper - RSS plugin for Outlook and Outlook Express
RSS Reader
for Gaim - enables you to read RSS feeds in Pidgin (formerly
Gaim)
RSS
managers
Feedburner
- the obvious one. Recently acquired by Google, FeedBurner has
become the de facto standard for RSS feed management, offering
a huge set of features, including detailed analytics, chicklets,
feed optimization and ad insertion.
WebPasties - a set
of RSS-related tools, including some feed management features
FeedPass - creates a
nice landing page for your feeds
RSS
mixers
Yahoo!
Pipes - an advanced RSS mixer with a graphical user interface;
supports simple operators, filters, and many advanced functions
Feedbite - a combination
of an online RSS reader and an RSS mixer, with the possibility
to vote for RSS “bundles”
Feedblendr - a very simple
RSS mixer that doesn’t require registration
Blogsieve - full featured
RSS mixer that lets you blend up to 5 feeds and do some advanced
filtering on the results
Feedcombine - RSS
mixer that lets you blend feeds from a list of predefined sources
Feedshake - RSS mixing
and some basic filtering
xFruits - a set of very
neat tools for RSS blending, filtering and conversion, including
an RSS to PDF tool
BlastFeed - an RSS mixer
that lets you combine and filter feeds and get them delivered
via e-mail, IM or RSS
FeedRinse - an advanced
RSS filter that enables you to get rid of the “spam”
in your RSS feeds
FeedDigest - RSS mixer
that lets you mix and sort feeds and then republish them on
a website
Popfly - Microsoft’s
very promising RSS mixer, currently in closed beta
Google Mashup Editor (GME)
- Google’s set of developer tools for creating mashups
RSSMesh
- a PHP script that lets you blend several feeds into one
Afeeda - RSS mixer which lets
you blend all your favorite feeds into one
Feed directories
Syndic8
- one of the biggest RSS feed directories; integrates with several
services on this list
Technorati - indexes
blogs based on tags and authority, as measured by incoming links.
Feedster - organizes
feeds into content channels such as technology and celebrity
gossip.
Blogstreet - places
feeds into different directory categories and also has a Digg-like
homepage powered by user rankings.
Weblogs.com - one of the
original feed directories, Weblogs.com simply shows the most
recent blog updates automatically as they happen.
Icerocket - a blog search
engine that also keeps track of blog statistics with their Blog
Tracker product.
blo.gs - a simple listing of
recently updated blogs in the spirit of Weblogs.com.
blogdigger - blog search
engine, also has a Local feature for finding bloggers in your
area.
2rss.com - a categorized blog
directory and search engine with about 10,000 feeds indexed.
WeBlogALot - a blog
directory that also pulls in breaking news feeds from mainstream
sources.
RSS
tips & hacks
Steve
Rubel’s collection of RSS hacks
Another
set of RSS-related hacks from Steve Rubel
Web
Worker Daily’s tips on RSS reading
5 RSS
tips by LifeDev
Steve
Rubel’s 35 ways to use RSS feeds
RSS
tools for Firefox - a detailed roundup of RSS-related add-ons
for Firefox here on Mashable
Mister Tipster - a
hardware USB mini display aimed specifically at displaying RSS
feeds
Some
RSS tips from Wired
Read
RSS on your AppleTV
Miscellaneous RSS-related tools
SearchFeedr
- RSS feed search, supports Yahoo!, Google, MSN Live and Altavista
FeedCycle - bundles feeds
into “episodes” and delivers them on a scheduled/daily
basis
FeedCrier - brings RSS
feeds to your instant messenger
Clicky’s RSS feed
- Clicky is a web analytics tool which can deliver analytics
results via an RSS feed
RSS Panel
X - a Greasemonkey script that displays RSS, Atom, hAtom
and OPML directly from originating website
FeedForAll - create
and edit RSS feeds and podcasts
Radio UserLand - a
combination of a publishing platform and a news aggregator
Custom Reader - a
white label RSS reader solution, ready to be branded to your
liking
Chaos
Wallpaper - RSS reader and wallpaper changer in one
FireAnt - RSS reader focused
on podcasts, vidcasts, and media
NewsAloud
- converts RSS feeds to voice
RSS2PDF - converts RSS feeds
to PDF format
Dapper - creates an RSS
feed from any website
Feedity - another RSS
generator that can generate an RSS feed from any website
RSSMicro - an RSS search
engine; searches over 65 million feeds