Folo

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

An RSS reader for web, desktop and mobile that follows feeds, RSSHub routes and social sources, with AI summaries and translation.

Adopt it when

You want a modern feed reader that also pulls in sites without native RSS and offers AI summaries.

Watch out

Tied to the Folo cloud service for sync and AI features, and AGPL licensed.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Cloud service, desktop app and mobile app

Built with

TypeScript, React, Swift and Vite

How established

Established: started 2 years ago, latest release desktop/v1.17.0.

What the license allows

Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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