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267Compare</div> 268 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid"> 269 <a href="/compare/feedly" class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item-compare-feedly">vs Feedly</a> 270 <a href="/compare/inoreader" class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item-compare-inoreader">vs Inoreader</a> 271 <a href="/compare/readwise-reader" class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item-compare-readwise">vs Readwise</a> 272 <a href="/compare/the-old-reader" class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item-compare-old-reader">vs Old Reader</a> 273 <a href="/compare/feedbin" class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item-compare-feedbin">vs Feedbin</a> 274 </div> 275 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-divider"></div> 276 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-heading">Alternatives</div> 277 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid"> 278 <a href="/alternative/feedly" class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item-alt-feedly">Feedly Alternative</a> 279 <a href="/alternative/google-reader" class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item-alt-google-reader">Google Reader Alt</a> 280 <a href="/alternative/open-source-rss-reader" class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item-alt-open-source">Open Source</a> 281 <a href="/alternative/inoreader" class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item-alt-inoreader">Inoreader Alternative</a> 282 <a href="/alternative/self-hosted-rss-reader" class="NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item NB-splash-dropdown-grid-item-alt-self-hosted">Self-Hosted</a> 283 </div> 284 </div> 285 </div> 286 </div> 287 </li> 288 <li class="NB-splash-top-link NB-splash-top-link-pricing NB-splash-nav-has-dropdown"> 289 <a href="/pricing">Pricing</a> 290 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown NB-splash-dropdown-pricing"> 291 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-inner"> 292 <a href="/pricing" class="NB-splash-dropdown-item NB-splash-dropdown-item-allplans"> 293 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-item-name">All Plans</div> 294 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-item-desc">Compare every tier side by side</div> 295 </a> 296 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-divider"></div> 297 <a href="/pricing/premium" class="NB-splash-dropdown-item NB-splash-dropdown-tier NB-splash-dropdown-tier-premium"> 298 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-item-name">Premium <span class="NB-splash-dropdown-price">$36/yr</span></div> 299 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-item-desc">1,024 sites, search, text view, river of news</div> 300 </a> 301 <a href="/pricing/archive" class="NB-splash-dropdown-item NB-splash-dropdown-tier NB-splash-dropdown-tier-archive"> 302 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-item-name">Premium Archive <span class="NB-splash-dropdown-price">$99/yr</span></div> 303 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-item-desc">Full archive, Ask AI, daily briefing, 4,096 sites</div> 304 </a> 305 <a href="/pricing/pro" class="NB-splash-dropdown-item NB-splash-dropdown-tier NB-splash-dropdown-tier-pro"> 306 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-item-name">Premium Pro <span class="NB-splash-dropdown-price">$29/mo</span></div> 307 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-item-desc">5-min fetching, regex training, 10,000 sites</div> 308 </a> 309 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-divider"></div> 310 <a href="/faq" class="NB-splash-dropdown-item NB-splash-dropdown-item-faq"> 311 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-item-name">FAQ</div> 312 <div class="NB-splash-dropdown-item-desc">Common questions about plans and billing</div> 313 </a> 314 </div> 315 </div> 316 </li> 317 <li class="NB-splash-top-link NB-splash-top-link-faq"><a href="/faq">FAQ</a></li> 318 <li class="NB-splash-top-link NB-splash-top-link-about"><a href="/about">About</a></li> 319 </ul> 320 <div class="NB-splash-top-logo"> 321 <div class="NB-theme-toggle" title="Toggle theme"> 322 <svg class="NB-theme-toggle-sun" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="14" height="14" fill="none"> 323 <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="4" fill="currentColor"/> 324 <path d="M12 2v3M12 19v3M4.22 4.22l2.12 2.12M17.66 17.66l2.12 2.12M2 12h3M19 12h3M4.22 19.78l2.12-2.12M17.66 6.34l2.12-2.12" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round"/> 325 </svg> 326 <button class="NB-theme-toggle-track" aria-label="Toggle dark mode" type="button">
327 <span class="NB-theme-toggle-thumb"></span> 328 </button> 329 <svg class="NB-theme-toggle-moon" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="14" height="14" fill="none"> 330 <path d="M21 12.79A9 9 0 1111.21 3 7 7 0 0021 12.79z" fill="currentColor"/> 331 </svg> 332 </div> 333 <a href="/"> 334 <div class="NB-splash-blurred-logo"></div> 335 </a> 336 </div> 337 </div> 338 <a href="/" class="NB-splash-top-logo-fallback"> 339 <div class="NB-splash-title NB-splash-blurred-logo"></div> 340 </a> 341 </div> 342 <a href="/" class="NB-mobile-logo-link"> 343 <div class="NB-mobile-logo"></div> 344 </a> 345 346 347<div class="NB-about-container"> 348 349 <div class="NB-about-hero"> 350 <h1 class="NB-about-hero-title">A personal news reader that brings people together to talk about the world.</h1> 351 </div> 352 353 <div class="NB-about-section"> 354 <h2 class="NB-about-section-title">What makes NewsBlur different</h2> 355 <div class="NB-about-cards"> 356 <div class="NB-about-card"> 357 <div class="NB-about-card-header"> 358 <img src="/media/embed/icons/nouns/train.svg" class="NB-about-card-icon" alt=""> 359 <h3 class="NB-about-card-title">Intelligence Training</h3> 360 </div> 361 <p class="NB-about-card-text">Train stories by author, tag, title, and keyword. Thumbs up what you want to see, thumbs down what you don't. NewsBlur learns what matters to you.</p> 362 </div> 363 <div class="NB-about-card"> 364 <div class="NB-about-card-header"> 365 <svg class="NB-about-card-icon NB-about-card-icon-inline" viewBox="0 0 256 256" fill="currentColor"><path d="M176,16H80A24,24,0,0,0,56,40V216a24,24,0,0,0,24,24h96a24,24,0,0,0,24-24V40A24,24,0,0,0,176,16ZM80,32h96a8,8,0,0,1,8,8v8H72V40A8,8,0,0,1,80,32Zm96,192H80a8,8,0,0,1-8-8v-8H184v8A8,8,0,0,1,176,224Z"/></svg> 366 <h3 class="NB-about-card-title">iOS & Android Apps</h3> 367 </div> 368 <p class="NB-about-card-text">First-class native apps built specifically for each platform. Full training, sharing, and offline reading on your phone and tablet.</p> 369 </div> 370 <div class="NB-about-card"> 371 <div class="NB-about-card-header"> 372 <img src="/media/embed/icons/nouns/web-feed.svg" class="NB-about-card-icon" alt=""> 373 <h3 class="NB-about-card-title">Web Feeds</h3> 374 </div> 375 <p class="NB-about-card-text">Follow any website, even without RSS. NewsBlur generates a feed from any page, monitors it for changes, and delivers new content to you.</p> 376 </div> 377 <div class="NB-about-card"> 378 <div class="NB-about-card-header"> 379 <img src="/media/embed/icons/nouns/ai-brain.svg" class="NB-about-card-icon" alt=""> 380 <h3 class="NB-about-card-title">Ask AI</h3> 381 </div> 382 <p class="NB-about-card-text">Ask questions about any story using Claude, GPT, Gemini, or Grok. Summarize, translate, analyze, or dig deeper into what you're reading.</p> 383 </div> 384 <div class="NB-about-card"> 385 <div class="NB-about-card-header"> 386 <img src="/media/embed/icons/nouns/search.svg" class="NB-about-card-icon" alt=""> 387 <h3 class="NB-about-card-title">Full-Text Search</h3> 388 </div> 389 <p class="NB-about-card-text">Search across all your subscriptions and saved stories. Find anything you've ever read with Elasticsearch-powered full-text search.</p> 390 </div> 391 <div class="NB-about-card"> 392 <div class="NB-about-card-header"> 393 <img src="/media/embed/icons/nouns/lightning-bolt.svg" class="NB-about-card-icon" alt=""> 394 <h3 class="NB-about-card-title">Real-Time Updates</h3> 395 </div> 396 <p class="NB-about-card-text">Stories pushed as they publish with real-time notifications. Pro users get all feeds fetched every 5-15 minutes for breaking news.</p> 397 </div> 398 <div class="NB-about-card"> 399 <div class="NB-about-card-header"> 400 <img src="/media/embed/icons/nouns/archive.svg" class="NB-about-card-icon" alt=""> 401 <h3 class="NB-about-card-title">Story Archive</h3> 402 </div> 403 <p class="NB-about-card-text">Every story archived and searchable forever. Feeds are back-filled for a complete history. Your reading archive grows with you.</p> 404 </div> 405 <div class="NB-about-card"> 406 <div class="NB-about-card-header"> 407 <img src="/media/embed/icons/nouns/briefing.svg" class="NB-about-card-icon" alt=""> 408 <h3 class="NB-about-card-title">Daily Briefing</h3> 409 </div> 410 <p class="NB-about-card-text">An AI-generated summary of your top stories, delivered daily. Cluster
410s related stories and highlights what you'd find most interesting.</p> 411 </div> 412 </div> 413 </div> 414 415 <div class="NB-about-section"> 416 <h2 class="NB-about-section-title">The team</h2> 417 <div class="NB-about-team"> 418 <div class="NB-about-person"> 419 <img src="/media/img/static/Samuel Clay.jpg" class="NB-about-person-photo" alt="Samuel Clay"> 420 <div class="NB-about-person-name">Samuel Clay</div> 421 <div class="NB-about-person-role">Founder</div> 422 <div class="NB-about-person-links"> 423 <a href="https://x.com/samuelclay">@samuelclay</a> 424 <a href="https://www.samuelclay.com">samuelclay.com</a> 425 <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> 426 </div> 427 </div> 428 <div class="NB-about-person"> 429 <img src="/media/img/static/Lyric.jpg" class="NB-about-person-photo" alt="Lyric"> 430 <div class="NB-about-person-name">Lyric</div> 431 <div class="NB-about-person-role">Chief Morale Officer</div> 432 <div class="NB-about-person-links"> 433 <a href="https://x.com/newsblur">@newsblur</a> 434 <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> 435 </div> 436 </div> 437 </div> 438 </div> 439 440 <div class="NB-about-section"> 441 <h2 class="NB-about-section-title">The story</h2> 442 <div class="NB-about-timeline"> 443 <div class="NB-about-timeline-item"> 444 <div class="NB-about-timeline-year">2009</div> 445 <div class="NB-about-timeline-content"> 446 <p>Samuel wanted a better way to read the news. So he built the first version of NewsBlur almost entirely underground on the A train in New York City.</p> 447 </div> 448 </div> 449 <div class="NB-about-timeline-item"> 450 <div class="NB-about-timeline-year">2010</div> 451 <div class="NB-about-timeline-content"> 452 <p>NewsBlur launched to the public and to favorable reviews. Premium accounts launched in October, paying for NewsBlur's increasing server costs.</p> 453 </div> 454 </div> 455 <div class="NB-about-timeline-item"> 456 <div class="NB-about-timeline-year">2012</div> 457 <div class="NB-about-timeline-content"> 458 <p>After entering Y Combinator, Samuel launched Blurblogs, the iPad and Android apps, and better intelligence training. Samuel and his dog Shiloh celebrated
458with champagne and biscuits.</p> 459 </div> 460 </div> 461 <div class="NB-about-timeline-item"> 462 <div class="NB-about-timeline-year">2013</div> 463 <div class="NB-about-timeline-content"> 464 <p>Google sunsets Reader and thousands of users flee the dying giant. NewsBlur becomes one of the top contenders for the successor to the RSS throne, offering sustainability and longevity by charging cash American dollar for premium accounts.</p> 465 </div> 466 </div> 467 <div class="NB-about-timeline-item"> 468 <div class="NB-about-timeline-year">2026</div> 469 <div class="NB-about-timeline-content"> 470 <p>NewsBlur continues to evolve with AI-powered features, daily briefings, and intelligence training that gets smarter over time. Still independent, still open source, still built for readers who care about the news.</p> 471 </div> 472 </div> 473 </div> 474 </div> 475 476 <div class="NB-about-section"> 477 <h2 class="NB-about-section-title">Built with</h2> 478 <div class="NB-about-tech"> 479 <div class="NB-about-tech-group"> 480 <h3 class="NB-about-tech-group-title">Server</h3> 481 <div class="NB-about-tech-pills"> 482 <a href="https://www.djangoproject.com" class="NB-about-tech-pill">Django</a> 483 <a href="https://docs.celeryq.dev/" class="NB-about-tech-pill">Celery</a> 484 <a href="https://www.elastic.co" class="NB-about-tech-pill">Elasticsearch</a> 485 <a href="https://www.mongodb.com" class="NB-about-tech-pill">MongoDB</a> 486 <a href="https://www.postgresql.org" class="NB-about-tech-pill">PostgreSQL</a> 487 <a href="https://redis.io" class="NB-about-tech-pill">Redis</a> 488 <a href="https://nodejs.org" class="NB-about-tech-pill">Node.js</a> 489 </div> 490 </div> 491 <div class="NB-about-tech-group"> 492 <h3 class="NB-about-tech-group-title">Client</h3> 493 <div class="NB-about-tech-pills"> 494 <a href="https://jquery.com" class="NB-about-tech-pill">jQuery</a> 495 <a href="https://backbonejs.org" class="NB-about-tech-pill">Backbone.js</a> 496 <a href="https://underscorejs.org" class="NB-about-tech-pill">Underscore.js</a> 497 </div> 498 </div> 499 <div class="NB-about-tech-group"> 500 <h3 class="NB-about-tech-group-title">Open Source</h3> 501 <div class="NB-about-tech-pills"> 502 <a href="https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur" class="NB-about-tech-pill NB-about-tech-pill-github"> 503 <img src="/media/img/reader/github-mark.svg" class="NB-about-github-icon" alt=""> 504 View on GitHub 505 </a> 506 </div> 507 </div> 508 </div> 509 </div> 510 511 <div class="NB-about-section NB-about-section-legal"> 512 <a href="/contact" class="NB-about-legal-link">Contact us</a> 513 <span class="NB-about-legal-sep">·</span> 514 <a href="/privacy" class="NB-about-legal-link">Privacy Policy</a> 515 <span class="NB-about-legal-sep">·</span> 516 <a href="/tos" class="NB-about-legal-link">Terms of Service</a> 517 </div> 518 519 <div class="NB-about-tagline"> 520 <p class="NB-about-tagline-text">A new sound of an old instrument.</p> 521 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lks51ELeUB4"> 522 <img src="/media/img/static/Moondog.jpg" class="NB-about-tagline-img" alt="Moondog"> 523 </a> 524 </div> 525 526</div> 527 528 529 530 <div class="NB-splash-info NB-splash-bottom"> 531 <ul class="NB-splash-links NB-inner"> 532 <li class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-features "><a href="/features">Features</a></li> 533 <li class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-pricing "><a href="/pricing">Pricing</a></li> 534 <li class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-about NB-active"><a href="/about">About</a></li> 535 <li class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-faq "><a href="/faq">FAQ</a></li> 536 <li class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-api "><a href="/api">API</a></li> 537 <li class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-ios "><a href="/ios">iOS</a></li> 538 <li class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-android "><a href="/android">Android</a></li> 539 <li class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-github"><a href="https://github.com/samuelclay">GitHub</a></li> 540 <li class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-discourse"><a href="https://forum.newsblur.com">Support</a></li> 541 <li class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-blog"><a href="https://blog.newsblur.com">The Blog</a></li> 542 </ul> 543 544 <div class="NB-splash-link NB-splash-link-logo"> 545 <a href="/"><div class="NB-splash-blurred-logo"></div></a> 546 </div> 547 548</div> 549 550 551 </div> 552 553
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