RSSOwl Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to RSSOwl for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is QuiteRSS, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to RSSOwl and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to RSSOwl are RSS Guard, Liferea, Folo and Akregator.

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  1. QuiteRSS icon
     199 likes

    QuiteRSS is a open-source cross-platform RSS/Atom news feeds reader written on Qt/C++

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  2. Liferea icon
     159 likes

    Liferea is a web feed reader/news aggregator that brings together all of the content from your favorite subscriptions into a simple interface that makes it easy to organize and browse feeds.

    252 Liferea alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. Folo icon
     13 likes

    As they say, your thoughts are what you read—and we’ve been consuming noisy feeds for too long! Follow organizes content into one timeline, keeping you updated on what matters, noise-free. Share lists, explore collections, and enjoy distraction-free browsing.

    57 Folo alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Homebrew
     
  4. Akregator icon
     29 likes

    Akregator is a news feed reader. It enables you to follow news sites, blogs and other RSS/Atom-enabled websites without the need to manually check for updates using a web browser. Akregator is designed to be both easy to use and to be powerful enough to read hundreds of news...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  5. RSSOwlnix icon
     13 likes

    RSSOwlnix is a fork of RSSOwl a powerful application to organize, search and read your RSS, RDF & Atom news feeds in a comfortable way. Highlights are saved searches, google reader sync, notifications, filters, fast fulltext search and...

    77 RSSOwlnix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Raven Reader icon
     14 likes

    Offline ready desktop RSS Reader without any distractions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Sismics Reader icon
     31 likes

    Looking for a simple and open feed reader?

    Free, open source, easy to use, Sismics Reader is what you need to keep your feeds under control.

    Central

    Access all your RSS and Atom feeds in one central easy readable place.

    Easy

    Sismics Reader can be installed in few steps on al.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Feeds icon
     3 likes

    Feeds is a desktop RSS reader for Linux. It doesn’t integrate or sync with a cloud-based service, but you can import a list of feeds via an .opml file.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  9. NewsFox icon
     18 likes

    NewsFox is an efficient 3-pane(email) style Atom/RSS feed reader. NewsFox allows you to group your feeds as you wish, read feed content offline, update feeds when you want, 1-click subscribe with the Firefox URL bar icon, and read other feeds while updating.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • K-Meleon
    • SeaMonkey
    • Firefox
     
  10. The RSS for Google Chrome with similar look to Opera's RSS in Opera Mail on Presto engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
     
  11. BlogBridge icon
     3 likes

    BlogBridge is an open source Java-based feed aggregator.

    BlogBridge is aimed for those people who are subscribed to many feeds, including journalists, PR professionals and OPML enthusiasts.

    BlogBridge also gives users the option to create an account with the free "BlogBr.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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