Brief Alternatives

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 Fluent Reader.

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  1. Awasu icon
     7 likes

    Awasu is a state-of-the-art feed reader that comes loaded with features for both casual personal use and professional, high-powered information management.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Want My RSS icon
     2 likes

    An extension for Firefox that restores some of RSS functionality which Firefox abandoned. Functionality includes:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Firefox
     
  3. Pluma is an RSS & News reader that supports local feeds and also you can sync your feeds, bookmarks and settings with Pluma account.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  4. Glance icon
     5 likes

    Self-hosted dashboard supporting RSS, subreddit posts, YouTube uploads, Twitch streams, market prices, Docker status, and server stats. Lightweight, quick-loading, highly customizable layouts, with custom widgets, multiple tabs, and open-source cross-platform support.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  5. ReadKit icon
     20 likes

    ReadKit is a full-featured news reader and read later client that supports services from Instapaper, Pocket, Pinboard, Feedly, Fever, NewsBlur, Feedbin and Feed Wrangler and has built-in RSS capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. Blogtrottr icon
     41 likes

    Blogtrottr delivers updates from all of your favourite news, feeds, and blogs directly to your email inbox, giving you the flexibility to stay updated whilst on the go.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Fretsi icon
     51 likes

    Derived from the Icelandic word “Frettir”, which translates directly to the word “News”, Fretsi's main target is to make online reading easier than ever, enabling you to access news and keeping you up-to-date in the easiest and fastest way possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  8. Hewitt.ai icon
     4 likes

    Hewitt offers 30-second news summaries delivered in audio format. You will stay in loop with just 5 min a day with Hewitt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. RSS Sage-Like icon
     4 likes

    Sage-Like is a simple, sidebar based feed reader (Atom, RSS and RDF). Like its add-on predecessors, Sage by Peter Andrews and the Sage++ by Higmmer, it's lightweight and fast.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  10. Newsflurry icon
     1 like

    NewsFlurry the news perusing site has a various scope of specialties running from Entertainment, Blockchain, Technology, Business. NewsFlurry is useful for all your friends and family, relatives, proficient associates, companions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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