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Fluent Reader

Modern desktop RSS reader with a fluent design

RSS & News Readers ★ 9.7k stars Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

Fluent Reader is a cross-platform desktop RSS reader with a modern, clean interface. It supports local feeds and synchronization with Fever, Google Reader API, and Nextcloud News services.

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Key features

  • Modern fluent design
  • Syncs with several backends
  • Built-in article views

Strengths

  • Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Mature project with 9.7k GitHub stars
  • Written in TypeScript

Is Fluent Reader secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Fluent Reader's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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