RSS Reader Alternatives

Users discuss and recommend RSS feed readers like Feedly, NewsBlur, Inoreader, and self-hosted options as replacements for the discontinued Google Reader.

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emorning2 Oct 20, 2017 View on HN

NewsBlur is closest replacement I could find, been using it since Reader died. I like it.

janvdberg Oct 2, 2020 View on HN

FreshRSS. It's pretty good and much like Google Reader, if you liked that.

MistahKoala May 14, 2016 View on HN

Feedly is about the closest I've got to Reader, after trying Digg and a few others.

epimetheus Jan 12, 2017 View on HN

Feedly does this, it's what I have used after Reader was shut down.

mkarnicki Oct 9, 2018 View on HN

Have a look at Feedly. I, too, loved Reader. Feedly filled the void for me :).

tholman Dec 23, 2022 View on HN

Have been on the feedly train ever since google axed reader, was able to transfer all feeds via import ++ will help you get some kinda feed (can break with big site redesigns but has been pretty solid) from sites without RSS. Haven't needed to shop around at all since 2013.

woleium Apr 28, 2025 View on HN

I highly recommend an rss reader. I used to use google reader, decamped to feedly when it died and more recently i moved to innoreader after feedly did weird stuff with pricing. I have heard theoldreader is good too.

AndrewDucker Oct 30, 2009 View on HN

Is there a better online RSS reader than Google Reader?

smsm42 Mar 22, 2018 View on HN

If you want to read RSS, use feedly. I've moved to it when Google killed Reader, and haven't regretted it since.

dankohn1 Sep 9, 2017 View on HN

I highly recommend Inoreader. It works almost exactly like Google Reader, but with extra enhancements like filtering feeds and following Twitter accounts as feeds.