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{{Short description|News aggregator software}}
{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
| name = Liferea
| name = Liferea
| screenshot = Liferea-linux-060.png
| screenshot = Liferea-linux-060.png
| screenshot size = 310px
| caption = Liferea browsing Linux related news
| caption = Liferea browsing Linux related news
| author = Lars Windolf
| author = Lars Windolf
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q953757|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| frequently updated = yes<!-- Release version update? Don't edit this page, just click on the version number! -->
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q953757|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q953757|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q953757|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| operating_system = [[Linux]], [[BSD]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]
| operating_system = [[Linux]], [[BSD]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]
| genre = [[news aggregator]]
| genre = [[News aggregator]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]
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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| website = {{URL|http://lzone.de/liferea/}}
}}
}}


'''Liferea''' is an abbreviation for '''Li'''nux '''Fe'''ed '''Rea'''der, a [[news aggregator]] for online news feeds. It supports the major feed formats including [[RSS (file format)|RSS]]/[[Resource Description Framework|RDF]] and [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] and can import and export subscription lists in [[OPML]] format.<ref>{{cite web |last=M. Germain |first=Jack |date=13 June 2012 |url=http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/75360.html |title=Liferea: A Feed Reader That Prefers a Simple Life |website=LinuxInsider |accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref> Liferea is intended to be a fast, easy to use, and easy to install news aggregator for [[GTK+]] that can be used with the [[GNOME]] desktop.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 January 2013 |url=http://www.ubuntugeek.com/liferea-the-free-news-aggregator-on-your-linux-desktop.html |title=Liferea – The Free News Aggregator on your Linux desktop |website=Ubuntu Geek |accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref> Liferea features a script manager, in which users can add custom scripts that run whenever a certain action occurs.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stieben |first=Danny |date=16 June 2011 |url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/liferea-perfect-rss-aggregator-linux-desktop/ |title=Liferea – The Perfect RSS Aggregator For Your Linux Desktop |website=MakeUseOf |accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref>
'''Liferea''' (short for '''Linux Feed Reader''') is a [[news aggregator]] for online news feeds and [[podcasts]]. It supports the major feed formats including [[RSS (file format)|RSS]]/[[Resource Description Framework|RDF]] and [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] and can import and export subscription lists in [[OPML]] format.<ref>{{cite web |last=M. Germain |first=Jack |date=13 June 2012 |url=http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/75360.html |title=Liferea: A Feed Reader That Prefers a Simple Life |website=LinuxInsider |access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref> Liferea is intended to be a fast, easy to use, and easy to install news aggregator for [[GTK+]] that can be used with the [[GNOME]] desktop.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 January 2013 |url=http://www.ubuntugeek.com/liferea-the-free-news-aggregator-on-your-linux-desktop.html |title=Liferea – The Free News Aggregator on your Linux desktop |website=Ubuntu Geek |access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref> Liferea features a script manager, in which users can add custom scripts that run whenever a certain action occurs.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stieben |first=Danny |date=16 June 2011 |url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/liferea-perfect-rss-aggregator-linux-desktop/ |title=Liferea – The Perfect RSS Aggregator For Your Linux Desktop |website=MakeUseOf |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618014732/http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/liferea-perfect-rss-aggregator-linux-desktop/ |archive-date=18 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Liferea also supports [[Podcasting]].


==Pronunciation==
==Pronunciation==
The lead programmer of Liferea, Lars Windolf, who is [[Germany|German]], pronounces the name of the software {{IPA-de|lifəreja|}}.<ref>http://liferea.blogspot.com/2007/06/64bit-test.html</ref>
The lead programmer of Liferea, Lars Windolf, who is [[Germany|German]], pronounces the name of the software {{IPA-de|lifəreja|}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://liferea.blogspot.com/2007/06/64bit-test.html |title=Liferea Blog: 64bit Test |website=Liferea.blogspot.com |date=2007-06-05 |access-date=2016-05-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195820/http://liferea.blogspot.com/2007/06/64bit-test.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>


==Distinguishing features==
==Distinguishing features==
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It is written in [[C (programming language)|C]] and uses no [[interpreted language]].


To easily read linked articles or [[weblog]] comments, Liferea allows reading websites using an embedded browser, which can be either [[Mozilla]]/[[Firefox]]/[[XulRunner]], [[GtkHTML]] or, in newer versions, [[Webkit]]. Additionally, the user can configure many predefined [[web browser|external browsers]] (e.g. Mozilla, Firefox, [[Netscape]], Opera, [[Web (web browser)|Epiphany]], [[Konqueror]]) with which to open links.
To easily read linked articles or [[weblog]] comments, Liferea allows reading websites using an embedded [[WebKit]]-based browser. Additionally, the user can configure an [[web browser|external browser]] (e.g. [[Firefox]], [[Web (web browser)|Web]], [[Konqueror]]) with which to open links.


It supports a number of different feed formats including RSS/RDF, [[NetCDF|CDF]], Atom, [[Open Collaboration Services|OCS]], and OPML, many of which its contemporaries cannot.
It supports a number of different feed formats including RSS/RDF, [[NetCDF|CDF]], Atom, [[Open Collaboration Services|OCS]], and OPML, many of which its contemporaries cannot.
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By sorting subscriptions into folders, the user can read all headlines of a folder at once. By enabling a filtering preference, all previously read headlines of the folder can be hidden.
By sorting subscriptions into folders, the user can read all headlines of a folder at once. By enabling a filtering preference, all previously read headlines of the folder can be hidden.


Similar to the mail client [[Evolution (software)|Evolution]], Liferea supports search folders, which allow the user to save searches. Each search folder contains all headlines that match its user-defined search rules.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lzone.de/liferea/help180/searching_en.html |title=Searching and Search Folders |website=Lzone |accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref>
Similar to the mail client [[Evolution (software)|Evolution]], Liferea supports search folders, which allow the user to save searches. Each search folder contains all headlines that match its user-defined search rules.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lzone.de/liferea/help180/searching_en.html |title=Searching and Search Folders |website=Lzone |access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>


Liferea does allow synchronizing against 3rd party services as TinyTinyRSS and TheOldReader.<ref>{{cite web |last=Windolf |first=Lars |date=4 July 2013 |url=http://www.lzone.de/Liferea%20Now%20Has%20TheOldReader%20Sync%20Implemented |title=TheOldReader Sync Implemented |website=Lzone |accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref>
Liferea can synchronize with online services such as [[Tiny Tiny RSS]] and [[The Old Reader]] to allow reading news feeds from multiple devices.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lzone.de/liferea/help110/onlineservices_en.html |title=Subscribing to Online Services |website=Lzone |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>


==Browser integration==
==Browser integration==
In [[Web (web browser)|Web]] there is a news feed subscription extension, which allows adding news feeds when viewing websites.
In [[GNOME Web]], there is a news feed subscription extension which allows adding news feeds when viewing websites.


For [[Firefox]] 1.5+ there is an extension ([http://liferea.sf.net/feedbag FeedBag]) that allows adding subscriptions by simple clicking the LiveBookmarks icons in the Firefox address bar.
For [[Firefox]] 1.5+ there is an extension (FeedBag) that allows adding subscriptions by simple clicking the LiveBookmarks icons in the Firefox address bar.


Since [[Firefox]] 2.0+, Liferea can be used without a special extension. To subscribe to new feeds from within Firefox, the Liferea helper script "liferea-add-feed" has to be configured in the Firefox feed subscription preferences.
Since Firefox 2.0+, Liferea can be used without a special extension. To subscribe to new feeds from within Firefox, the Liferea helper script "liferea-add-feed" has to be configured in the Firefox feed subscription preferences.


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Free software}}
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[List of feed aggregators]]
* [[Comparison of feed aggregators]]
* [[Comparison of feed aggregators]]


==References==
==References==
{{bareurl}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://lzone.de/liferea/}}
*{{Official website}}
*{{github|lwindolf/liferea}}
*[http://www.thegeeksclub.com/liferea-rss-feed-reader-linux/ A review of Liferea]


{{Aggregators}}
{{Aggregators}}


[[Category:Atom (standard)]]
[[Category:Atom (web standard)]]
[[Category:GNOME Applications]]
[[Category:GNOME Applications]]
[[Category:News aggregators that use GTK+]]
[[Category:News aggregators that use GTK]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]
[[Category:News aggregators]]
[[Category:News aggregator software]]
[[Category:Applications using D-Bus]]
[[Category:Applications using D-Bus]]

Latest revision as of 20:57, 6 June 2024

Liferea
Original author(s)Lars Windolf
Stable release
1.14.6[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 2 August 2023
Repository
Written inC, Python
Operating systemLinux, BSD, Solaris
TypeNews aggregator
LicenseGNU GPL
Websitelzone.de/liferea Edit this on Wikidata

Liferea (short for Linux Feed Reader) is a news aggregator for online news feeds and podcasts. It supports the major feed formats including RSS/RDF and Atom and can import and export subscription lists in OPML format.[2] Liferea is intended to be a fast, easy to use, and easy to install news aggregator for GTK+ that can be used with the GNOME desktop.[3] Liferea features a script manager, in which users can add custom scripts that run whenever a certain action occurs.[4]

Pronunciation[edit]

The lead programmer of Liferea, Lars Windolf, who is German, pronounces the name of the software [lifəreja].[5]

Distinguishing features[edit]

To easily read linked articles or weblog comments, Liferea allows reading websites using an embedded WebKit-based browser. Additionally, the user can configure an external browser (e.g. Firefox, Web, Konqueror) with which to open links.

It supports a number of different feed formats including RSS/RDF, CDF, Atom, OCS, and OPML, many of which its contemporaries cannot.

By sorting subscriptions into folders, the user can read all headlines of a folder at once. By enabling a filtering preference, all previously read headlines of the folder can be hidden.

Similar to the mail client Evolution, Liferea supports search folders, which allow the user to save searches. Each search folder contains all headlines that match its user-defined search rules.[6]

Liferea can synchronize with online services such as Tiny Tiny RSS and The Old Reader to allow reading news feeds from multiple devices.[7]

Browser integration[edit]

In GNOME Web, there is a news feed subscription extension which allows adding news feeds when viewing websites.

For Firefox 1.5+ there is an extension (FeedBag) that allows adding subscriptions by simple clicking the LiveBookmarks icons in the Firefox address bar.

Since Firefox 2.0+, Liferea can be used without a special extension. To subscribe to new feeds from within Firefox, the Liferea helper script "liferea-add-feed" has to be configured in the Firefox feed subscription preferences.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Release 1.14.6 Stable".
  2. ^ M. Germain, Jack (13 June 2012). "Liferea: A Feed Reader That Prefers a Simple Life". LinuxInsider. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Liferea – The Free News Aggregator on your Linux desktop". Ubuntu Geek. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  4. ^ Stieben, Danny (16 June 2011). "Liferea – The Perfect RSS Aggregator For Your Linux Desktop". MakeUseOf. Archived from the original on 18 June 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Liferea Blog: 64bit Test". Liferea.blogspot.com. 2007-06-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  6. ^ "Searching and Search Folders". Lzone. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Subscribing to Online Services". Lzone. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

External links[edit]

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