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 RSS Guard.

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  1. Feeds icon
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    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
     
  2. FeedReader icon
     14 likes

    FeedReader is a modern desktop application designed to complement existing web-based RSS accounts. Currently supported are Tiny Tiny RSS, Feedly, ownCloud News. InoReader will soon be added.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • elementary OS
    • GNOME
     
  3. Feeder icon
     41 likes

    Feeder.co is a simple way to follow your favorite feeds and sites. Feeder supports most RSS and Atom feeds on the web. Browsing your feeds has never been easier.

    221 Feeder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Firefox
     
  4. Apple News icon
     6 likes

    News is a mobile app and news aggregator developed by Apple Inc., for its operating system iOS, and launched with the release of iOS 9. It is the successor to the Newsstand app included in previous versions of iOS.

    245 Apple News alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
     
  5. Fraidycat icon
     2 likes

    Fraidycat is a browser extension for following folks on a variety of platforms. But rather than showing you a traditional 'inbox' or 'feed' view of all the incoming posts - Fraidycat braces itself against this unbridled firehose!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Firefox
     
  6. Velox Reader icon
     1 like

    Velox Reader - An open source RSS reader with no account needed. Feeds are saved locally and it works offline! It's also a PWA, so you can install it on your phone by tapping the share button and then "add to home...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Lire icon
     2 likes

    RSS feeds are an effective way to follow updates on your preferred website. However, some websites only show a portion of each entry in their feeds, prompting you to visit their actual website. Unlike other RSS feed readers that either direct you to a browser or require you to...

    196 Lire alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  8. Yoleo Reader icon
     11 likes

    Yoleo is an RSS feed reader. Free for all, but allows a donation to ensure that development continues.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. FeedReader Online is a FREE RSS news aggregation solution that provides robust, state-of-the-art features in an intuitive, user-friendly environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. FeedRiv icon
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    FeedRiv is a simple RSS feed reader that specializes in rating, tagging, and auto organizing feed items. If you are using an RSS feed to pull out important information, FeedRiv has the tools to make sorting by priority easy.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Smart RSS icon
     6 likes

    Smart RSS is an extension that clones (in a bit mutated way) RSS reader from Opera 12.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Opera
     
  12. FeedDemon icon
     82 likes

    FeedDemon is a popular RSS reader for Windows, with an easy-to-use interface that makes it a snap to stay informed with the latest news and information.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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