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NetNewsWire
A free, open-source RSS reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad, around since 2002 and now led by its original author, Brent Simmons.
Mac 7.2.1 released 2026-10-20 (gh api); iOS 7.2 on 2026-10-16 (App Store); last push 2026-10-25. (checked 2026-10-25)
In RSS readers
Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (21% of 19 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? community, foundation, or research (11% of 19 others)
- How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? it signs in to another reader service (FreshRSS, Feedbin, Inoreader, etc.) (11% of 19 others)
- Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? import and export (13% of 15 others)
- Where do you mainly use it? native app (Mac, iPhone, iPad) (21% of 19 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (95% of 19 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (79% of 19 others)
- What does a regular reader pay? nothing, and no ads (50% of 18 others)
- Is reading private, or shared with other readers? private (63% of 19 others)
- Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? no, it says it collects none (50% of 18 others)
- Where do you mainly read the article itself? in its own clean reader view (63% of 19 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Gotcha RSS Feed 71% of 17 shared answers match
- Ferry 65% of 17 shared answers match
- FreshRSS 65% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) MIT. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart community, foundation, or research Free, led by Brent Simmons with volunteer contributors; no paid tier. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes 'On My Mac/iPhone' accounts fetch feeds directly. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed RSS reader; also syncs with Feedbin, FreshRSS and other services. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a reader put into it? | feeds or sites to follow | source 2026-10-26 |
| What decides which items you see first? | newest first (chronological) | source 2026-10-26 |
| What's the most AI does to what you read? (pick the first that applies) | no AI No AI features listed. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? | stands apart it signs in to another reader service (FreshRSS, Feedbin, Inoreader, etc.) Syncs via iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader and FreshRSS. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? | stands apart import and export | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly use it? | stands apart native app (Mac, iPhone, iPad) | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a regular reader pay? | nothing, and no ads | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is reading private, or shared with other readers? | private | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? | no, it says it collects none Only opt-in crash logs and website traffic logs. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly read the article itself? | in its own clean reader view Feed content plus a reader view. | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · netnewswire.com/ · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · netnewswire.com/privacypolicy.html · collected 2026-10-26
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