About

A personal news reader that brings people together to talk about the world.

What makes NewsBlur different

Intelligence Training

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.

iOS & Android Apps

First-class native apps built specifically for each platform. Full training, sharing, and offline reading on your phone and tablet.

Web Feeds

Follow any website, even without RSS. NewsBlur generates a feed from any page, monitors it for changes, and delivers new content to you.

Ask AI

Ask questions about any story using Claude, GPT, Gemini, or Grok. Summarize, translate, analyze, or dig deeper into what you're reading.

Full-Text Search

Search across all your subscriptions and saved stories. Find anything you've ever read with Elasticsearch-powered full-text search.

Real-Time Updates

Stories pushed as they publish with real-time notifications. Pro users get all feeds fetched every 5-15 minutes for breaking news.

Story Archive

Every story archived and searchable forever. Feeds are back-filled for a complete history. Your reading archive grows with you.

Daily Briefing

An AI-generated summary of your top stories, delivered daily. Clusters related stories and highlights what you'd find most interesting.

The team

Samuel Clay

Founder

@samuelclay samuelclay.com samuel@newsblur.com

Lyric

Chief Morale Officer

@newsblur lyric@newsblur.com

David Sinclair

iOS

@Dejal

Andrei Dan

Android

@sictiru

The story

2009

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.

2010

NewsBlur launched to the public and to favorable reviews. Premium accounts launched in October, paying for NewsBlur's increasing server costs.

2012

After entering Y Combinator, Samuel launched Blurblogs, the iPad and Android apps, and better intelligence training. Samuel and his dog Shiloh celebrated with champagne and biscuits.

2013

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.

2026

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.

Built with

Server

Django Celery Elasticsearch MongoDB PostgreSQL Redis Node.js

Client

jQuery Backbone.js Underscore.js

Open Source

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A new sound of an old instrument.