Interface and Notes
Web browsers and Internet suites have for browser plugin a N/A, because they don't need it.
| Client | Pop-up | Tray notification | Browser plugin | "newspaper"-like | Media aggregator | Notes | Downloadable attachments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akregator | Yes | Yes | Yes (integration with konqueror) | Yes | ? | Yes | KDE | ? |
| Amarok | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | KDE | ? |
| AOL Explorer | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Discontinued; Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 | ? | |
| Avant | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 | ? | |
| BlogBridge | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| BottomFeeder | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Canto | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Ncurses/console based reader | ? |
| Claws Mail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | RSSyl plugin needed | ? |
| Cooliris | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Web browser plugin | ? |
| FeedDemon | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Adware | ? |
| Feedreader | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | |
| Flock | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Discontinued | ? | |
| Gnus | Add-on | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Emacs-based mail and news client | ? |
| IBM Lotus Notes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Studio Blog Reader is one RSS reader application for IBM Lotus Notes; Notes version 8.x introduced a native RSS reader | ? |
| Internet Explorer | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 | ? | |
| iTunes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | |
| Juice | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Designed as Podcast aggregator | ? |
| K-Meleon | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Web browser | ? |
| Kazehakase | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Web browser | ? | |
| Liferea | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ||
| Maxthon | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Web browser | ? | |
| MediaMonkey | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Media Player | ? |
| Microsoft Office Outlook | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Feed support is available in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 | ? |
| Miro | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Media Player | ? |
| Mozilla Firefox | Yes | Add-on | ? | ? | ? | Web Browser | ? | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | ? | Add-on | ? | Yes | No | ? | Mail Client | ? |
| NetNewsWire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Netscape Browser | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Discontinued; Web browser | ? | |
| Netscape Navigator 9 | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Discontinued | ? | |
| NewsAccess | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| NewsBlur | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| NewsBreak | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| NewsFire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| OmniWeb | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Part of the OmniWeb browser | ? |
| Opera Mail | Yes | ? | Yes (integration with Opera (web browser)) | Yes | only as preview | ? | Part of the Opera web browser; support for feeds since Opera 8.0 | ? |
| Pegasus Mail | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Pegasus Mail can convert RSS feeds to e-mails via free add-ons | ? |
| Rhythmbox | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Media Player | ? |
| RSS Bandit | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | .NET Framework based | ? |
| RSSOwl | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | no longer support for Google Reader synchronization since version 2.2.0 | Yes |
| Safari | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Web Browser | ? | |
| Sage | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | a Firefox extension | ? |
| SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Part of the SeaMonkey Internet suite | ? | |
| Songbird | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Media Player | ? |
| Shiira | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Web browser | ? | |
| Sleipnir | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Feed support is available in Internet Explorer 7 | ? | |
| Snarfer | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Discontinued | Yes |
| No | ? | No | No | No | Yes | Media Player | ? | |
| The Bat! | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | Mail client; rss2mail or rss2pop3 plugin needed | ? |
| Winamp | No | ? | No | No | No | Yes | Media Player | ? |
| Windows Live Mail | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | |
| Zimbra | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Groupware suite | ? |
| Zune | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Media player | ? |
| vRSS Reader | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | No signup required | ? |
| Client | Pop-up | Tray notification | Browser plugin | "newspaper"-like | Media aggregator | Notes | Downloadable attachments |
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