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Brief by Adam Kowalczyk, Denis Lisov

Brief makes reading RSS feeds as easy and intuitive as it gets. Designed to have exactly the right set of features, it is powerful and simple at the same time. Feeds are presented on a seamless, interactive page which let's you bookmark and tag items with a single click.

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Brief displays on a seamless page. Unread items are highlighted and there are buttons on each item to mark it as read, bookmark it, or delete it.Headlines view gives you a more compact display. You can also choose to view only the unread items, or the bookmarked ones.Brief checks feeds for updates in the background and notifies you about new items.
About this extension
Easily bookmark and tag interesting items. Browse your feeds in a couple of useful ways - view only unread or bookmarked entries, display a single feed or a whole folder, show full items or only headlines. Quickly find a piece of news using the search bar. Let yourself be notified when new items are available and track their number using the status bar. Customize the look of feeds. Use keyboard shortcuts to browse the pile of news faster. Above all, do everything simply and intuitively.
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Required permissions:

  • Read and modify bookmarks
  • Download files and read and modify the browser’s download history
  • Display notifications to you
  • Access browser tabs
  • Access your data for all websites
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Version
2.7.4
Size
393.51 KB
Last updated
2 days ago (Jun 20, 2025)
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Mozilla Public License 2.0
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Release notes for 2.7.4
Brief 2.7.4 is a minor release with a few user-facing features / fixes:
- fix loading legacy feeds with HTML entities and outdated DTD URLs;
- in Private Browsing open feed preview page instead of subscribing;
- consider same-site links ending in .rss to be likely feeds;
- allow opening feeds in new tabs with middle click from the multiple feeds subscribe popup;
- add year to really old dates in Brief's feed view;
- fix some cases of Brief UI not updating when it should.
This release also includes some internal improvements to pay off accumulated technical debt and make further development more feasible.
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