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I've settled with Vienna (another open source RSS reader for Mac) for quite sometime after trying out many RSS readers on Mac. I've ignored electron-based RSS readers, but after trying out NetNewsWire, migration from Vienna was just a export and import away and that was it. I couldn't be more happier with using NetNewsWire on my MacBook.

> (We’re also working on an iOS version.)

I am seriously looking forward to this. Syncing from iOS and Mac would make sense here.

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My gripe with vienna is that there is no way to hide the reading pane. You can have a nice list view but that reading pane always inches up from the bottom somehow.

How is netnewswire better than Vienna? I have been extremely pleased using Vienna for years.

Syncing will likely be limited to the third-party sync, I believe.

News Explorer is doing a great job syncing between macOS and iOS without third party service, I hope NNW follow that model

Yeah, News Explorer is breaking new grounds here. News Explorer's price point is somewhat high but it makes up for it avoiding subscription costs.

And technically it does it really well. The FAQs in News Explorer support page try to explain some issues that can arise but I've never found them (my Mac Mini always running News Explorer at home and use it from my iPad, iPhone, and two laptops).