FreshRSS vs News Explorer
FreshRSS
freshrss.orgNews Explorer
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| Figure | FreshRSS | News Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $14.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · RSS Reader Software | 8.8 (#6) | 8.6 (#10) |
| Licence | FreshRSS is free software released under the GNU AGPL 3 licence. | MacUpdate categorizes the Mac software as shareware with one-time-purchase monetization rather than open-source software. |
| What it does | FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator. | News Explorer is an Apple-platform RSS and news reader that gathers feeds and synchronizes reading data across devices. |
Plans
News Explorer
- Mac editionPriced on request
- Mobile edition$4.99, paid once
- Mac personal license$9.99, paid once
- Setapp edition$14.99 a month
In their own words
FreshRSS
FreshRSS is a free, self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator for following websites, podcasts, and video channels. Users can read and search articles, save searches, and organize items with custom tags. Feed management includes OPML import and export, creating feeds from filters, and scraping websites to make feeds. WebSub provides real-time updates from compatible feeds. The project says the software can manage 1M+ articles and 50k+ feeds. FreshRSS supports multiple users, anonymous reading, themes, extensions, configurable options, and a command-line interface. APIs support mobile clients, and Google Reader and Fever APIs enable use with mobile and native clients. Self-hosting requires a web server, PHP 8.1 or later, and PostgreSQL 10+, SQLite, MariaDB 10.6+, or MySQL 8.0+. The project advises exposing only the ./p/ folder to the web because ./data/ contains personal data. It offers no warranty and welcomes bug reports and feature requests through GitHub issues.
News Explorer
News Explorer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.