Feedly vs NetNewsWire
Feedly and NetNewsWire are both RSS reader software. Feedly is a commercial product from Feedly. NetNewsWire is open source under MIT, with 10k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Feedly when
- You follow many sources and want a polished reader, or a team needs topic monitoring with AI filtering.
- Pick NetNewsWire when
- You use Apple devices and want a fast, free, privacy-respecting feed reader.
Side by side
An RSS and news reader that gathers sites, blogs and newsletters into feeds, with AI filtering sold to market and threat intelligence teams.
A native RSS reader for Mac and iPhone that syncs through iCloud, Feedbin, FreshRSS and other services.
The company now focuses on paid threat and market intelligence, and the free tier is limited.
Apple platforms only, and features are deliberately kept simple.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service and mobile app
Desktop app and mobile app
Not published
Swift
Closed source, sold by Feedly
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
478 Wikipedia readers a month on phones
10k GitHub stars
Not known
Established: started 9 years ago, latest release mac-7.2.1.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.