Brief
Brief adds RSS and Atom feed reading to Firefox, with news feeds as the intended content in its project description.
About Brief
Brief is an RSS reader extension for Firefox that attempts to make reading news feeds easy and intuitive. The project description lists RSS and Atom as the current feed formats. It is published on addons.mozilla.org, and the project is free software licensed under MPL 2.0.
Pricing is not clearly stated.
Key features
- Reads RSS and Atom news feeds in Firefox
- Checks subscribed feeds for new items
- Stores items from your feeds
- Shows notifications about new items
- Stars items and links them to bookmarks
- Exports feed list
Best for: People who want to read news feeds in Firefox.
Watch out for
- Described only as a Firefox extension
- Requires access to all websites to check subscribed feeds
- Database backup is listed as not implemented yet
Brief at a glance
- Website
- github.com/brief-rss/brief
- Category
- Productivity › RSS Readers
- Type
- App
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Browser extension
- Details verified
- Oct 21, 2026 · Official source
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Brief FAQ
Where can I get support for Brief?
Official support and feedback go through a Brief channel on Gitter, the Brief topic on discourse.mozilla.org, and issues on the main GitHub repository.
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