Show HN: Complete list of Google Reader alternatives

[jcurbo]

After trying Fever, Tiny Tiny RSS (both self hosted), and Feedbin (very slow), I've switched to Newsblur and I like it quite a bit. I formerly used Reeder on iOS and my Mac with Google Reader to sync, but I'm using the Newsblur app now and not missing Reeder at all. I like the web interface, it is fast and has less bloat than Google Reader's interface did (a plus for me - I was a big fan of Bloglines way back when and it was very streamlined) and supports everything I want to do (read/organize by folder, save stories). I was confused by the sharing in the app at first - I don't really care about a 'blurblog' and just wanted to share a story on Facebook - so I've switched to just copy/pasting the URL instead of using built in functionality, but I could be missing something. I'd also like to just have a two pane display in the web version - tree view of feeds w/folders, and story content - like Google Reader and Bloglines do, basically - the pane in the middle (the list of stories) doesn't do anything for me and I haven't figured out if it's possible to shut it off.

edit: turns out the story pane can be shut off, a recent addition. Thanks Newsblur :)

[jeena]

I couldn't find TinyTinyRSS in it which is a open source alternative with a JSON API.

http://tt-rss.org/redmine/projects/tt-rss/wiki

[olegp]

Looks good, but I decided not to list open source alternatives that you need to self host, since most non technical users wouldn't be able to do that.

[amerigopagan]

Just reviewed the list and found a new thing for me: Feedreader Online. Tried it with my ipad and was surprised with quite a smooth performance, just a basic interface though. No native mobile iOS app? Cannot find it on their site but as a web app it works well for me so far.

[cheeaun]

If anyone is interested, I've posted my comparison notes for some of the feed readers I've tried, here https://gist.github.com/cheeaun/5882100

[srik]

I am hooked on Reeder and am thus limited to whatever servies are supported, thus narrowing my choices quite a bit.

FEEDBIN (2/month or 20/year)

+ best of the bunch

+ api on github

+ moved to new servers, better speed ahead

+ export available

+ aesthetic & functional

+ some app support on most platforms

+ feels like designed for heavy RSS user consumption

+ excellent reviews around the web

- 3 day only trial

- single developer and seemingly developed as a side project (not sure if + or -)

- unsubstantiated rumors about speed sync w reeder.app. (worried - where there's smoke theres fire)

FEEDLY (free)

+ integration w/ ifttt (can be amazing, for non-hosted experiments)

+ bigger team behind, slightly reassuring

+ aggresive about recruiting google reader users, made changes to accommodate.

- web client - more magazine-ish than reader-ish, even after their new update

- NO EXPORT, even after the new update. Looks like this may be strategic.

- mostly feedly's own apps only

FEED WRANGLER (paid 20/year)

+ smart streams

+ some decent app support

+ api on github, twitter

+ native phone apps

- AWFUL looking web ui thats hard to get past

- single developer (EDIT: tx for the reply)

4. FEED_A_FEVER (30/forever)

+ innovative

+ well designed

+ long time, so pretty cleaned up regards to bugs etc.

+ excellent reviews

+ trustworthy dev behind this

+ native app

+ good third party apps

+ api

+ self-hosted

- dev claims he is overwhelmed w/ life and other game related projects atm and will not be able to focus on this.

- have to worry about hosting etc.

[brockhand]

I jumped over to Feedbin when Reeder announced support for it (I am another Reeder die-hard). My experience has been somewhat mixed. I am excited about the server change but I am a bit annoyed that there wasn't a notification about it (I had to go to the blog/twitter to find out why I couldn't get feeds to refresh).

The update to load starred articles from Google Reader excited me quite a bit. It sounds like the business is sustainable and I'm hopeful for its future.

[smackfu]

Feed Wrangler also has that single developer problem. And while the paid aspect is supposed to be make it self-sustaining, the number of users is critical to whether it is a side-project or something that is a full time job.

I really wish we could see a year into the future, to see which of these services really lasted and were well maintained with new feature updates.

[bumi]

nice, thanks for sharing. still looking for a good alternative ;)

[revorad]

I also crowdsourced a list - http://getgini.com/google-reader-alternatives

[joshbaptiste]

I prefer this list as it summarizes all in one page

[weavie]

I love it. Google should ditch its services more often!

[sp332]

I wouldn't mind so much if it was just the reader app that was going away. But Google kept a cache of every article in the Reader indefinitely. Right now, the only existing copy of a lot of old blogs is stuck in that cache, and it's going to be deleted. That bugs me.

You can help save this data actually: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5958119

[olegp]

Yeah, most of these appeared in the last couple of months, which is pretty impressive.

[davidjohnstone]

Here's one more to add to the list: http://www.altfeedreader.com/

I made it, but it provides a simpler and prettier interface to a NewsBlur account (and it's open source: https://github.com/davidjohnstone/alt).

[olegp]

Nice! Added: https://starthq.com/apps/alt

[gnosis]

This list is far from complete, because it only mentions web apps.

There are plenty of RSS readers that aren't web-based.

My personal favorite of those is Newsbeuter.[1]

[1] - http://www.newsbeuter.org/index.html

[olegp]

Fair point, although Google Reader is a web app so I think its safe to assume that a viable alternative to it should also be accessible via the browser on any platform.

[mauriciogardini]

Here is one more to be added: http://bealector.com/

It was made by me and juliogreff, by the way. Still there are a lot of things yet to be implemented and improved, but we are up to it.

[wellecks]

Here's another to add: http://www.feedlier.com It's a simple, clean way to aggregate feed stories.

I'd appreciate any feedback on the site as well, it is a work in progress!

[sp332]

Help ArchiveTeam save old blogs that are still cached in Google Reader: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5958119

[mmahemoff]

If you'll accept an app focused purely on podcasts (since a lot of people used Reader for podcasts too): http://player.fm

I submitted it to StartHQ.

[olegp]

StartHQ is primarily a business web app directory, so unfortunately we couldn't include Player. Does look good though.

[danielandrews]

Good list, it appears Bulletin (http://bulletin.io) is not on the list. Would love to hear feedback regarding it.

[olegp]

It has now been added: https://starthq.com/apps/bulletin

[ajanuary]

Nice to see Google Reader is an alternative to Google Reader :P

[olegp]

For the next few days only!

[nakedrobot2]

I am liking Digg reader the best. It is the only one to have properly imported all my tags and starred items (which go back to 2008)

[stevetursi]

Nice - I just signed up for an invite. This will be great if the invitation comes before Google shuts down reader - otherwise I doubt I'll be able to import my old stuff.

With Newsblur, which has otherwise been OK, I was only able to import 20 or so starred items.

[marbletiles]

How is the popularity being determined? I can't believe some of these oddities are more popular than Feedly or Feedbin

[martinml]

FTA: "Based on number of tweets & likes of the app page on StartHQ and Alexa reach"

[boundlessdreamz]

Which of these support full screen? I tried digg reader and yoleoreader but neither supports it.

[gtt]

Dear HN, what are selfhosted alternatives for google reader outside of tiny-tiny-rss?