RSS reader privacy ratings
RSS and news readers.
11 news readers are rated against 4 public criteria, and 11 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 2 with a known jurisdiction, 1 is based in a Five Eyes country, and 1 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source news readers only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open source RSS, Atom and JSON Feed reader for Android that runs locally without an account, with optional sync between devices. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Open source desktop feed reader for Windows, macOS and Linux built with Electron, which reads feeds locally or syncs with Fever and Google Reader API services, Inoreader and Feedbin. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Self-hosted feed reader and aggregator written in PHP, with multi-user support, extensions, WebSub and APIs compatible with Google Reader and Fever mobile clients. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Minimalist self-hosted feed reader for RSS, Atom and JSON Feed, written in Go with PostgreSQL. Removes tracking pixels and parameters. Also offered as a paid hosted service. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Free, open source RSS and Atom feed reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad, with sync through iCloud or services such as Feedbin, Feedly and FreshRSS. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Hosted feed reader with web, Android and iOS apps that learns which stories a reader likes, with shared stories and paid premium tiers. The server code is open source and can be self-hosted. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Terminal-based RSS and Atom feed reader for Linux, macOS and BSD, a maintained fork of Newsbeuter, with support for podcasts and sync services such as Miniflux and FreshRSS. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Open source Material You feed reader for Android that works locally or syncs with FreshRSS and services using the Fever or Google Reader API. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Self-hosted, web-based feed reader and aggregator for RSS and Atom, with plugins, filters and an API for mobile clients. Maintained as a community fork after the original project was retired. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Hosted news reader for following RSS feeds, newsletters and other sources in one place, with web, Android and iOS apps and optional paid features. |
Grade F | 20 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Yes | No |
Hosted news reader for RSS feeds, newsletters and social feeds, with rules, filters and search, available on the web, Android and iOS. |
Grade F | 0 | 100% | Bulgaria Outside Eyes | No | No | No | No |
Questions
What is the most private option among news readers?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are news readers rated?
Each entry answers 4 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.