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AI RSS readers: what they are and who makes them
hosted readers with ai summaries, one-price paid readers, self-hosted open source servers, native apps for apple and desktop: Inoreader, Feeder, Folo through Fluent Reader.
Types of AI RSS readers
Hosted readers with AI summaries
Inoreader, Feeder, Folo and NewsBlur name AI features and sell hosted plans. Each limits AI by plan, per day or by tier, so the plan you pick decides how much summarizing you get. Prices are printed, from a free tier to a $99 yearly archive plan.
One-price paid readers
Feedbin sells a single plan at $70 a year or $7 a month, and Miniflux hosting costs $15 a year. Neither names AI, so they suit readers who want a quiet inbox or plan to pair them with a separate assistant.
Self-hosted open source servers
FreshRSS, Tiny Tiny RSS and CommaFeed are free software you install, update and back up yourself. They give full control over data, free licenses and a community around each project, and none of them names an AI feature on the pages we read.
Native apps for Apple and desktop
NetNewsWire, Unread, Vienna and Fluent Reader are installed apps that read locally or sync through a feed service. They keep feed history on your device or in a sync service you choose, and they leave summarizing to other tools, so they pair with a separate assistant.
Facts at a glance
| Tool | Publisher | Based in | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inoreader | Innologica Ltd | Bulgaria | Free tier + API |
| Feeder | Really Simple i Stockholm AB | Sweden | Free tier + API |
| Folo | Folo (the homepage footer reads 'Folo. All rights reserved'; source code at RSSNext/Folo under GPL-3.0) | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier |
| NewsBlur | NewsBlur (founder Samuel Clay named on the about page) | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier |
| Feedbin | Feedbin | United States | Trial + API |
| Miniflux | Frédéric Guillot (developer named on the homepage; Miniflux is an open-source project under Apache 2.0) | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier + API |
| FreshRSS | FreshRSS project (free software, AGPL 3) | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier |
| NetNewsWire | Brent Simmons (copyright line on the homepage) | United States | Free tier |
| Unread | Golden Hill Software | Not stated on the vendor pages | Paid |
| CommaFeed | Athou (CommaFeed project on GitHub, Apache-2.0) | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier + API |
| Tiny Tiny RSS | tt-rss project (GNU GPLv3) | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier + API |
| Vienna | ViennaRSS Project | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier |
| Fluent Reader | Fluent Reader project (GitHub repository owner yang991178, BSD-3-Clause license) | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier |
