Brief AlternativesRSS Readers and other similar apps like Brief

Brief is described as 'Light-weight feed reading extension for Mozilla Firefox . Designed to be easy to use and streamlined, with exactly the right set of features' and is a popular RSS Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Brief for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Mac and iPad apps. The best Brief alternative is Feedly, which is free. Other great apps like Brief are Inoreader, FreshRSS, Feeder RSS feed reader and RSS Guard.

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  1. Feedly icon

    Feedly

     1873 likes

    Experience a magazine-like RSS feed with seamless integration across devices, quick-loading cards, and effortless sharing across social platforms and other apps.

    311 Feedly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Kindle Fire
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • Feedly is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Brief.

    • Feedly is the most popular free alternative to Brief.

    • Feedly is Freemium and ProprietaryBrief is Free and Open Source
    • Feedly is CustomizableBrief is not according to our users
  2. Inoreader icon

    Inoreader

     1457 likes

    Aggregate feeds from RSS, social media, and newsletters with advanced filtering, OPML management, website monitoring, IFTTT automation, cloud syncing, text-to-speech, dark mode, and collaboration tools for flexible and efficient content consumption across devices.

    287 Inoreader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Kindle Fire
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Inoreader screenshot 1
     
  4. FreshRSS icon

    FreshRSS

     178 likes

    FreshRSS is a free, self-hosted RSS aggregator. It is quite lightweight, fast (it can manage +100k articles without complaining) and powerful (e.g. shortcuts, filters, responsive design, multi-views, multi-themes, multi-users, statistics, provides a Google Reader API, etc.)

    125 FreshRSS alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    • FreshRSS is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Brief.

    • FreshRSS is the most popular Open Source alternative to Brief.

    • FreshRSS is Free and Open SourceBrief is also Free and Open Source
    • FreshRSS is Privacy focusedBrief is not according to our users
  5. Feeder RSS feed reader icon

    Feeder RSS feed reader

     79 likes

    Feeder is a fully free/libre feed reader. It supports all common feed formats, including JSONFeed. It doesn't track you. It doesn't require any setup. It doesn't even need you to create an account!

    269 Feeder RSS feed reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  6. RSS Guard icon

    RSS Guard

     66 likes

    RSS Guard is simple, light and easy-to-use RSS/ATOM feed aggregator developed using Qt framework which supports online feed synchronization.

    227 RSS Guard alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • RSS Guard is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Brief.

    • RSS Guard is Free and Open SourceBrief is also Free and Open Source
    • RSS Guard is Privacy focusedBrief is not according to our users
  7. Feedbro icon

    Feedbro

     101 likes

    Fast & free RSS feed reader as a browser extension for Chrome, Vivaldi, Edge, Brave and Firefox for reading blogs, news or any RSS, Atom or RDF based feed.

    243 Feedbro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    Feedbro has built-in integrations to various social media sites - even the ones that don't provide RSS natively like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
     
  10. NewsBlur icon

    NewsBlur

     681 likes

    NewsBlur is a personal news reader that brings people together to talk about the world. It shows you the original site and allows you to read stories directly off the site while keeping track of what you read. It also filters and highlights stories you like and dislike.

    262 NewsBlur alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • NewsBlur is the most popular SaaS alternative to Brief.

    • NewsBlur is Freemium and Open SourceBrief is Free and Open Source
    • NewsBlur is CustomizableBrief is not according to our users
  11. QuiteRSS icon

    QuiteRSS

     199 likes

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

    236 QuiteRSS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
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  12. Flipboard icon

    Flipboard

     378 likes

    Flipboard is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook and Twitter.

    258 Flipboard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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  13. Reeder icon

    Reeder

     322 likes

    Reeder is your all-in-one inbox for reading, watching and listening to content from various sources.

    285 Reeder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Reeder screenshot 1
     

    • Reeder is the most popular commercial alternative to Brief.

    • Reeder is Paid and ProprietaryBrief is Free and Open Source
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