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Drift

Local-first RSS and Atom reader with optional cross-device sync.

Completely free
Linux and Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by F-Droid
License: AGPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: Linux and AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid, Unspecified source · Linux: Unspecified source
Publisher: Jose T. Monagas
Latest version: 1.1.3 (4 November 2026)
Latest activity: 4 November 2026
Source code: gitlab.com/lfj-softworks/drift

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing and on its official website: offline use, sync across devices, data import and export, self-hosting on your own server.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“A local-first RSS reader for Android and Linux that syncs across devices using a server you run yourself.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“A local-first RSS reader for Android and Linux that syncs across devices using a server you run yourself.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“OPML import and export for moving feeds in and out of other readers” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Optional self-hosted sync: point Drift at your own sync relay to keep subscriptions and read status in step across devices.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Drift is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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