If, like me, you are franticly searching for a replacement for Google Reader, Fabian Scherschel over at the H Open has a great rundown of currently available alternatives, both closed and open source. Google announced that they would be ...
If, like me, you are franticly searching for a replacement for Google Reader, Fabian Scherschel over at the H Open has a great rundown of currently available alternatives, both closed and open source. Google announced that they would be shuttering the popular news aggregation service back in March, and now that the end of June is nearly here, many of us will be finding a new place to get our news fix. The H Open lists 17 options that encompass a just about any direction you want to take with how you read your news. The list is separated into three sections: hosted services, desktop clients, and command line feed readers. Hosted: NewsBlur Feedly Netvibes The Old Reader Tiny Tiny RSS selfoss ownCloud Gregarius Feed on Feeds . Fever Desktop: Liferea Akregator Blam RSSOwl RSS Guard Command Line: Newsbeuter Snownews There are many more, to be sure, but Fabian does a pretty good job summing up the main players. For me, I am still undecided on what to do. If I only read the news on the desktop, I would probably be perfectly happy with Newsbeuter. I live in the command line all day, and I've already put the time into finding a good colorscheme and font for easy readability and minimum eye strain. However, sometimes I want to read on my tablet or phone as well, so then I'd want to get a hosted solution. Obviously the best feature of Google Reader was the API, and the ability for anyone to write a great client. This meant that I never needed to see the Google Reader interface, and judging from the UI in some of the current crop of web based readers, I think I would be perfectly happy not to see them either. On the other hand, the situation with Google Reader shutting down is a good example of why we should be wary of online services. The perfect solution might be a self hosted aggregator, kept on a server I run in my house. Well, a guy can dream, can't he? What direction are you leaning? Drop me a line in the comments, I'd love to hear some where's and why's on your next RSS reader. Related Activities Comments (0) Post a Comment Ask a Question Related Software rss (add alternative, post review) Related Blog Posts Shape Up! Google and Other Tech Firms React to Government Snoops (post comment) Google to Deliver Two Chrome Mobile Events This Month (post comment) Google Tests In-App Payments Functionality for Chrome (post comment)