NetNewsWire: For Mac and iOS. More news, less junk
Official website netnewswire.com
Our take
NetNewsWire is the RSS reader to pick on Apple devices when you want your feeds private and free: it is open source, has no ads or tracking, and reads feeds directly without routing your reading habits through a company’s servers. The limitation is right there in the appeal, it is Mac and iOS only, so cross-platform households should look elsewhere. For anyone in the Apple ecosystem who wants a clean, no-junk reader that respects them, it is the obvious choice.
GitHub at a glance
Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire
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NetNewsWire license, in plain English
MIT Permissive
Do almost anything: use, change, and ship it, even inside closed-source products. The only condition is keeping the copyright notice.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Private use
Requires
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: Permissive licensing lets anyone reuse this, including inside closed products. That is freedom to build on, but no guarantee that downstream copies stay open.
Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.