It’s like podcasts, but for reading.
NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader. It shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read. It’s fast, stable, and accessible.
If you’ve been going from site to site in your browser looking for new articles to read — or counting on the unreliable algorithms of corporate social media — let NetNewsWire bring you the news you want.
It’s easy and fun. And it puts you, not billionaires, in control of your news.
Features:
* Direct feed downloading
* Syncing via iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS
* Multiple accounts
* Custom article themes
* Reader view
* Share sheet
* Starred articles
* All Unread and Today smart feeds
* Folders
* Importing and exporting OPML feed lists
* Background refreshing
* Searching
* Hiding read articles
* Timeline customization
* Keyboard shortcuts
* Context menus
* Home screen widgets for today, unread, and starred articles
* Share extension
Two years ago, I wrote this as my review:“It’s good, but the lack of iCloud sync really holds it back. With all the tracking and personal data going who knows where, I just don’t feel comfortable using any third party sync service other than iCloud. If the added it I’d be all in. For now, I’m back to a different RSS reader that does support iCloud sync.”Today I realised I’d written it as I had completely forgotten I did. I should’ve updated this. They added iCloud sync a while ago and NetNewsWire has been on my Home Screen since then and it’s one of my most used apps. I love it.
An excellent, lightweight alternative to Feedly et al.
OscarRobin
Wonderfully designed specifically for macOS and iOS only, this app is a wonderful, clean, fast, and completely free alternative to Feedly and the other subscription-filled RSS readers out there. It may lack a few features compared to some of those competitors, but it makes up for it with its exceptional execution of its singular focus.The only thing I really miss is image thumbnails for articles. If they add that in the future, NetNewsWire will be the ultimate RSS app for me.
Finally, an clean-looking app that just works
strongpeopleshowlove
It's certainly the modern rage to have an app look exactly as it was planned on paper, but that often ends up bogging down us users with an unusable UI, a huge app download, and other eye-rolling triggers.My goodness, what an absolute pleasure this app is to use. I just... want... to read... news. And that's what it lets you do... for free!Thank you, thank you, THANK you.
Good if you don't use its ad-riddled reader
Speagles2
I like this RSS reader but lately I've found that when clicking through from the summary to a full article the content is so riddled with ads it's unbearable. Seems to be a combination of ads superimposed at the bottom by the reader itself and ads inline in the content. Was going to delete the app but discovered the option to 'open links in reader' can be turned off, making it open in safari instead, which, with adblock, gives an ad-free experience.
Developer Response
NetNewsWire doesn’t add any ads whatsoever. Any ads you see are coming from the websites, not NetNewsWire. (We make $0! This app is truly free and open source!)
New feature: new setting to hide unread counts or replace them with a •, so you don’t have to face the anxiety of treating your RSS reader as yet another app where you have to catch up!
Version 7.2
The developer, Brent Simmons, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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