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NewsBlur
What it is
NewsBlur is a personal reader for RSS and web feeds that synchronizes across web, iOS, Android, API, and self-hosted installations. Users can train feeds to emphasize or hide stories by author, tag, and title; Archive also supports full-text training. Web Feeds monitor websites without RSS and deliver updates as custom feeds. The free plan supports up to 64 sites, with real-time RSS updates, story saving, and mobile apps. New accounts receive a 30-day premium trial without a credit card, then retain feeds and training on the free tier. Premium costs $36 /year, Premium Pro costs $29 /month, and Premium Archive costs $99 /year. Depending on plan, features include search, larger site limits, more frequent fetching, River of News, Web Feeds, story clustering, a permanent searchable archive, Ask AI, and a daily briefing. NewsBlur describes IFTTT and Zapier workflows, a public API, and synchronization with Reeder, ReadKit, and Unread. Its open-source code can run on a personal instance with Docker. Offline reading is noted for iOS.
For and against
For
- Free plan supports up to 64 sites
- 30-day trial without a credit card
- Web Feeds for sites without RSS
- Open-source self-hosting option
- Native iOS and Android apps
Against
- Free tier is limited to 64 sites
- Premium Archive costs $99 /year
- Offline reading is noted for iOS
The verdict
NewsBlur offers a free entry point with feed training, plus paid tiers that add search, broader limits, archives, and AI features. Its self-hosting and integration options add flexibility for readers with specific workflows.
Who it suits
It suits readers who follow many RSS or web sources, want feed training, or need self-hosting and cross-platform synchronization.
Plans and prices
Free
64 sites · real-time RSS · author/tag/title training · public blurblog
Read 15 Oct 2026 · newsblur.com
Premium Pro
10,000 sites · every feed fetched every 5–15 minutes · regular-expression training · priority support
Read 15 Oct 2026 · newsblur.com
Premium
1,024 sites · feeds updated up to 5x more often · River of News · search
Read 15 Oct 2026 · newsblur.com
Premium Archive
4,096 sites · Web Feeds without RSS · duplicate-story clustering · daily briefing
Read 15 Oct 2026 · newsblur.com
DIY
run your own instance · complete data ownership · Docker single-command installation · customization with Claude Code
Read 15 Oct 2026 · newsblur.com
On the record
- AI features
- Archive includes Ask AI for story questions and an AI-generated Daily Briefing.newsblur.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- API terms
- API users must credit NewsBlur, may charge for applications using it, and may not sell advertising against retrieved data.newsblur.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Ask AI
- Premium Archive includes questions about stories through an Ask AI feature.newsblur.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Blurblogs
- Users can share stories and discuss them through NewsBlur blurblogs.newsblur.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cancellation
- After cancellation, an account reverts to free and keeps feeds up to the free-tier limit, training, and saved stories.newsblur.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- CLI and MCP
- Premium Archive includes a command-line tool, and the project documents a self-hosted MCP server on port 8099.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The repository documents startup, logs, shells, tests, linting, migrations, databases, configuration variables and MCP deployment.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Free-tier limit
- The free plan supports up to 64 sites.newsblur.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Full-text reading
- Its Text view extracts the article text for reading inside NewsBlur.newsblur.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The FAQ says NewsBlur connects with IFTTT and Zapier and can automate actions involving Pocket, Instapaper, Evernote, Notion, Slack and email.newsblur.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Intelligence training
- Users train stories by liking or disliking attributes such as author, tag and title so NewsBlur emphasizes preferred content.newsblur.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: app reliability
- Google Play reviews report missing stories after the trial, login failures, inconsistent loading, weak source previews and no in-app account management.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: dated interface
- Zapier lists dated design as a disadvantage and says River of News requires Premium because free users scroll sites individually.zapier.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: iOS and Mac usability
- Apple reviewers report gesture regressions, freezes, awkward layouts, image problems and no synchronized preference backup for native apps.apps.apple.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: mobile and pricing complaints
- Gappsy lists a dated interface, a 64-site free cap, a comparatively expensive $99 Archive tier and less-polished mobile apps.gappsy.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Maker and founding
- Samuel Clay founded NewsBlur; the company history dates the first build to 2009 and public launch to 2010.newsblur.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Maker and history
- The About page names Samuel Clay as founder and says NewsBlur's first version was built in 2009 and launched publicly in 2010.newsblur.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Maker legal address
- Google Play identifies the developer as NewsBlur, Inc. at 835 Cole St Apt 1, San Francisco, California 94117, United States.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
