# Elfeed

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Elfeed and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, versatile RSS reader inside Emacs that keeps old posts and can run hooks on feeds, but some find its standard design unsuited to their needs.

## Why people recommend it

- Versatile and extensible inside Emacs (2 comments): "Try doing that with Elfeed2." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946050)) "elfeed is unbelievably versatile as are most things in Emacs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162384))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [NetNewsWire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netnewswire.md): 79 recommend
- [Miniflux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/miniflux.md): 27 recommend
- [FreshRSS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/freshrss.md): 26 recommend
- [Inoreader](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inoreader.md): 20 recommend
- [Newsboat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/newsboat.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Elfeed", https://hackerapproved.com/p/elfeed/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).