Snarfer Alternatives

Snarfer is described as 'Light-weight RSS reader application that says about itself to "provide a new approach to RSS feed aggregation focusing on speed, efficiency and ease of use."' and is a RSS Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Snarfer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPad, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Snarfer alternative is Feedly, which is free. Other great apps like Snarfer are NewsBlur, NetNewsWire, Reeder and Liferea.

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  1. Vienna icon
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    Vienna is an RSS and Atom newsreader, packed with powerful features that help you make sense of the flood of information that is distributed via these formats today.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. RSS Captor icon
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    RSS Captor is an easy-to-use RSS client with a three-pane interface. Feeds are listed on the left, a list of stories on the top right, and details on the lower right. Tabs offer quick access to sections where you can set up folders for automatically saved messages and manually...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Awasu icon
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    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.

    193 Awasu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Tickr icon
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    TICKR is GTK-based RSS READER application which displays RSS FEEDS in a TICKER bar on your desktop. With a single click, you get the latest headlines scrolling in a thin window on your desktop, as what can be seen on News TV channels.

    164 Tickr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. moonmoon icon
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    Moonmoon is a web based aggregator similar to Planet . It can be used to blend articles from different blogs with same interests into a single page.

    181 moonmoon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    • moonmoon is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Snarfer.

    • moonmoon is Free and Open SourceSnarfer is Free and Proprietary
  6. RSS Menu icon
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    RSS Menu is a systemwide menu that allows you to read and organize your favourite RSS or Atom feeds.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Readefine Desktop is an AIR app which uses Flex, creating a really nice, clean layout for your RSS / Google Reader feeds, text or HTML content. Read content in a book like multi-column layout and tweak settings like justification, column width...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe AIR
     
  8. RSS Bandit icon
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    RSS Bandit is a standalone reader that has many attractive features, allowing a user to merge news headlines from multiple sources onto a single page, and organize articles based on keyword, read/unread status, and date.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Byline Reader icon
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    Read the latest news from your favorite sites and blogs on your iPhone or iPod Touch, even when you’re offline.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. NewsFox icon
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    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
     
  11. Snackr icon
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    Snackr was built using Adobe Flex 3 and Adobe AIR 1.0. It's an RSS ticker that pulls random items from your feeds and scrolls them across your desktop. When you see a title that looks interesting, you can click on it to pop up the item in a window.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe AIR
     
  12. Canto icon
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    Canto is an Atom/RSS feed reader for the console that is meant to be quick, concise, and colorful. It's meant to allow you to crank through feeds like you've never cranked before by providing a minimal, yet information packed interface. No navigating menus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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