I use Netvibes all the time.. i used Google Reader as well, but would definitely recommend Netvibes.. as its reader give good bird eye view of all the feeds. Once you get used to this type, you will never go back to anything else.

Google Reader.

https://www.change.org/petitions/google-keep-google-reader-r...

Same thought, same time!

Whoops, missed that post. Thanks!

How Come IFTTT can be a full alternative. It should be used with other software (e.g. IFTTT + Pocket).

The following also aren't on the list: http://goodnoows.com/ http://rsslounge.aditu.de/

Not sure, but Yandex is actively going to non-russian users lately (they had launch in Turkey, they're doing http://www.yandex.com/), so I'm sure they'll release it some time soon.

mail.yandex.com has it in English yes

here is a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/nr92ABn.png

I would say that except for the responsiveness of the layout it is as good as google reader. It is a little laggy to load things but otherwise it is all drag and drop, very familiar feeling. It might not be the best but unless there becomes a defacto replacement for GReader, or they decide to keep it, I have a feeling I will just stick with this.

feedly is nice - they promise seamless integration with GReader http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/

The Androind App is a slightly over the top, but the desktop version is great.

feedspot doesn't seem to support tags. Is there a comparison chart showing how these services relate to greader features to help people decide where to migrate based on their needs?

I like what I see there, thanks.

No folders or tags? How do you separate or prioritize? I may have five hundred plus feeds and I may not be watching all of them all the time.

I've imported content from google reader, and there's folders, but manually i can not add any.

Yarssr - Yet Another RSS Reader

http://yarssr.sourceforge.net/

Simple, to the point, nice UI.

For me gReader is the best Android client.

Feedly is doing just that. They are inviting third-parties who are interested in using their cloned version of the Google Reader API, which is currently called Normandy, to contact them in order to "...keep the Google Reader ecosystem alive."

http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/

My wishlist exactly.

For the web UI, I'd actually add 2 features:

1. 1-key shortcut support for a read later service (Instapaper, etc). Most native clients offer this already, so it's just something I'd like on the web view.

2. Keep the same navigation shortcuts as Reader (esp J/K). My fingers are already trained.

You know, I always thought Reeder would make for a good email app.

I'm working on an API (https://feedreader.co/api) and would love to get feedback. Take a look at https://feedreader.co/arpith to see it in action.

Their twitter feed suggests they're on the case: https://twitter.com/reederapp/status/311995748482945025

Apparently that's only the case for the iPhone version, which is the only one I don't use (as I have an Android phone).

I wonder why Reeder isn't on the list. It's mentioned 15 times in the comments so far.

Claws RSSysl

http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=rssyl

Sure, we're getting off topic, but how is a desktop email client a relic of another age? Especially since the first decent webmail application with "modern" post-1998 features such as a decent split view is less than a year old (outlook.com)?

I want to choose which mobile app to use, I don't want to be tied down. Reeder, the RSS client I use, supports several Read Later services, several blogging platforms, tons of social networks, bookmarking sites, and Evernote. That's why it's so invaluable to me, and there is no other RSS client that's nearly as versatile. That's why I just want a new backend to replace GR, and since Reeder already supports Fever on iPhone, that'll probably be it for me.

Also, I still use a desktop mail client (OS X Mail), because it integrates well with my OS and it's scriptable. I like having local copies of my mail and attachments, and it's automatically backed up. The mail is also stored on IMAP servers so I can access it on other devices. I have over 100K emails, going back to 1994. There's no way that I'm going to rely solely on one web based service like GMail for that.

I've been a Google Reader user since 2006 and have rarely seen the website. I used NetNewsWire for years, then Reeder. For me, web apps are good as sych engines between native clients, and emergency back-up ways to access data from other machines.

+1 for Newsbeuter, it rawks

RSSMiner doesn't sync "read" posts, it shows only unread posts.

I don't. I doubt iCloud is reliable and fast enough, it doesn't work with non-Apple devices, and exporting your data would be problematic.

That's irrelevant. Shaun Inman doesn't develop Reeder. He develops Fever, which is fine as it is.

https://twitter.com/reederapp/status/311995748482945025

Silvio posted "Don't worry, Reeder won't die with Google Reader."

Presumably, he's going to add support for some other feed management and syncing platform.

I used to use Opera's excellent RSS reader until I switched to Chrome and went with Google Reader. I am hoping to switch back to Opera at some point and continue using its RSS reader.

Consider contributing your votes and comments to the Slant.co topic:

http://slant.co/topics/what-is-the-best-alternative-to-googl...

For those who missed out, Slant.co was posted on HN about a week ago and is for exactly this sort of thing.

I may be simplistic but I like the RSS Ticker plug-in for Firefox: http://www.chrisfinke.com/addons/rss-ticker/

It just shows you a scrolling marque of clickable headlines and doesn't otherwise get in the way. Its something to glance at when you're waiting for a compile ;)

Hi, Rssminer is a personal weekend project, it's open source [1]

I create it because I want to learn how to do one page webapp with Backbone.js, but at the last, I drop backbone, life become much easier.

When writing it, I need an async HTTP Server and Client, so I write one myself, called http-kit[2], it seems that it's more popular than Rssminer.

Rssminer is not feature complete as other ones, It has:

1. Import subscription list from Google Reader 2. Feed reading 3. Keyboard support 4. Fast (the landing page is not very fast, though) 5. Run it yourself, the readme on github has detailed procedure about how to run it locally.

Bug report or pull request are welcome. Let's build a Rss reader we like.

[1] https://github.com/shenfeng/rssminer [2] http://http-kit.org

missing option: http://skimr.co

Poll title should be "Favorite RSS reader".

A fine self-hosted web-based alternative to Google Reader. There has been no project activity lately but the software works just fine, I have been using it since 2006 - just keep it private for security's sake. It scales well with a lot of feeds.

Well, the irony is that Mozilla said they're putting Thunderbird on hold: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/06/so-thats-it-for-thunderbird... I don't know if they've changed their minds meanwhile.

I don't use Thunderbird, but I do like the idea of getting RSS feeds as email. I'm trying out http://blogtrottr.com

just use liferea

Unfortunately, the best RSS client I've ever found (Lightread on linux) also uses Google Reader as a backend.

Missing: http://skimfeed.com

I'm pretty much obligated to mention KDE's akregator: http://kde.org/applications/internet/akregator/ which is still the only thing I use at home. It's a desktop client though so it doesn't sync to mobile or anything like that.

A lot of Google Reader users were refugees from the (brief) demise of Bloglines. It doesn't surprise me that people think it stayed dead.

Went to check it out and migrate my old account, but their migration page has a JavaScript error.

I was part of the Bloglines team from 2007 to 2009.

The current Bloglines is nothing like the original. It looks like MerchantCircle kept only the name after acquiring it from Ask. The archived feed data is gone, and the current UI appears to be a re-skin/fork of Netvibes. It's a poor imitation of its former self.

use Firefox/Thunderbird addon, Bamboo Feed Reader https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/bamboo-feed-r...

Looks like Newsblur is getting hammered. Which of course bodes well for them in the long run.

http://pic.twitter.com/maS7LWodwx

Leechcraft http://leechcraft.org/

You saw plain XML because Chrome doesn't support RSS without a plugin.

Netvibes was down most of last night, and got a message this morning to bear with them as they've gotten a huge flux of new users. Great to see.

FB-only login? No thanks.

Here's the link for it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/sage/

The nice thing is that it just sits there in your sidebar, and can be configured to open the articles directly, so it largely stays out of your way.

Your mail client and rss2email.

http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email/

https://feedbin.me

Missing option: http://www.vienna-rss.org/

I'm using tt-rss for four years now, often through the Tiny Tiny RSS Reader app on my phone. I blogged about it some time ago: http://tinyurl.com/axlpm7z

Another good option is, I use Opera so it works well on it http://www.zentomi.com/

I guess I'm a bit old school - FeedDemon ( www.feeddemon.com ) - Windows Desktop RSS Reader

I'm surprised Flipboard hasn't been added to the poll.

http://inside.flipboard.com/2013/03/14/weve-got-your-rss-cov...

Clickable links for above poll, because I'm lazy and so are you.

http://www.newsblur.com

http://www.frontpageapp.com

http://intigi.com

http://rssminer.net/demo

http://www.feedafever.com

http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email

http://www.protopage.com

http://netnewswireapp.com

http://bazqux.com

http://memamsa.com/start/gr

http://theoldreader.com

http://selfoss.aditu.de

http://rssowl.org

https://github.com/Fogbeam/Neddick

http://beta.newsmaven.co

http://feedly.com

https://ifttt.com

http://tt-rss.org

http://bookmarkchamp.com

http://1kpl.us

http://blogrollapp.com

http://getprismatic.com

http://lzone.de/liferea

http://www.newsbeuter.org/

http://goodnoows.com

http://rsslounge.aditu.de

http://yarssr.sourceforge.net

http://feedspot.com

http://www.bloglovin.com

http://www.netvibes.com

http://feeds.qsensei.com/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/gregarius

Firefox

Chrome

Opera

http://www.skimr.co

http://www.bloglines.com

http://reederapp.com

In what way isn't strictly one? After spending quite a lot of time looking for nice RSS readers for the iPad I opted for Pulse and never looked back. Apart from anything else it seemed one of the few that (at the time) didn't rely on a Google Reader account.

I've used Pulse for quite a while, but I had to switch to Google Reader since it became too limiting for me. (It limits the amount of feeds per page.) Pulse also doesn't have a list view I prefer, and when using the website, it has to load a preview image for every post.

I think that Feedly is a better alternative to Pulse, since it has better layout customization.

http://delvenews.com

I use Thunderbird and I think it works well. I like to have my feeds and emails in the same app.

http://pheedr.net Discuss it at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5377198

I'd love to see a chart for this.

My needs are multiple computers, native apps for multiple devices, syncs across all, and can deal with multiple google sign-in or use another mechanism entirely.

My way of keeping up: OS X - NetNewsWire and Vienna (you really should be using Vienna), iOS - Feedly, Pulse News, Google Currents. Also Prismatic which I use on iOS more than RSS.

It would be so much better if the voting in HN ordered directly based on number of votes.

I remember when I used Mozilla Thunderbird. It had the perfect interface to deal with all my feeds AND my mails. I went to Google Reader when I also went to Gmail, when I wanted to access all my stuff from the cloud instead of my computer.

I think now it would be the best time to get Thunderbird back on it's feet. Add the ability to sync with a Google-Reader-like API, like the one that Feedly wants to do, and it would be the best reader for Windows, in my humble opinion.

There are also programs and services to send you your RSS feeds by email.

Rss2email is a Python program you run periodically on your own computer. http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email/

Blogtrottr is an online service: HTTP://blogtrottr.com

um. i actually think, though old, https://drupal.org/documentation/build/managing-news is quite nice...

just tried it out 'cos of reader's impending demise..'cos i remember vaguely that feedly and pulse both imported stuff from reader...