Folo

Open-source AI RSS reader that summarizes feeds and cuts noise from 1M+ sources.

Freemium· Free; Basic $49.99/yr; Plus $99.99/yr; Pro $999.99/yrAgents

Best for

Pick Folo if you already use RSS heavily and want AI summaries plus social/video feeds in one reader without giving up self-hosting as an option.

Skip if

Skip it if you don't read feeds, or if you need a programmable API rather than an end-user reader.

Folo is an AI-augmented RSS reader (formerly known as Follow, from the RSSNext team) that aggregates feeds across news, research, social media, video and developer sources, then layers AI summarization and curation on top. It supports 24+ official source types including NYT, Reuters, Bloomberg, Nature, arXiv, X, Bluesky, YouTube, GitHub and NASA, and tracks over 300 million entries across roughly 1.3 million feeds. The headline AI features are 'Vibe Read' (per-article summarization) and Timeline Summary, which collapses a feed into a digestible briefing.

It's pitched at information omnivores who already live in RSS but are drowning in entries. Free tier gets 150 subscriptions, 1 list, 1 inbox and 3 AI summaries per day; Basic is $49.99/yr (1K subs), Plus is $99.99/yr with unlimited AI features (2.5K subs), and Pro is $999.99/yr for 25K subs. The codebase is GPL-3.0 on GitHub (RSSNext/Folo), so self-hosting is viable for anyone who wants to skip the SaaS tier entirely.

Web app, desktop downloads and a community ecosystem exist, but a documented public API isn't a headline feature - if you want programmatic access you're probably better off going via the open-source codebase.

Editor's take

Folo is one of the more credible attempts to modernize the RSS reader with AI on top, and the GPL-3.0 codebase means it isn't trapped in SaaS-only purgatory. The free tier is fair, but the daily-AI-summary cap pushes serious users toward Plus pretty quickly.

— The AI Tool Bible editorial team