Reviews of Brief

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Total ratings

4.18 (Rating count: 194)

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Review summary

Brief is praised for being handy and highly customizable, with many users calling it flexible and a long-time favorite. However, multiple reviews report stability issues after Firefox updates, including broken extensions and disappearing UI elements. The search feature is often non-functional, and basic feed management (reordering, foldering, bookmarks) is weak or broken. Some users report items auto-deleting after viewing, and difficulties subscribing to new feeds or loading content. Overall, strong concept with great customization, but stability and core features need fixes.

Pros

Handy and easy to use
Highly customizable and free (free as in freedom)
Flexible, powerful and a long-time favorite
Regarded by some as the best and most flexible feed reader

Cons

Reliability problems after Firefox updates; extension breaks
Search box is non-functional in many reports
Feed management issues: cannot reorder feeds, drag to folders, or organize bookmarks
Items auto-delete or vanish after viewing/marking as read
Cannot subscribe to new feeds or feeds not loading

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.80

All time rating average: 4.18

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9% (13)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-06-23	ku*****

2026-03-02	Su*****	good and handy
good and handy
2025-10-08	An*****	Very good, but at some point my most recent additions to the feed automatically delete themselves after a few days. Please fix that!
Very good, but at some point my most recent additions to the feed automatically delete themselves after a few days. Please fix that!
2025-06-10	Fi*****	Depuis la version Firefox 139.0.4, l'extension est cassée. Les màj des flux ne fonctionnent plus et le menu "archivé" a disparu. Merci de faire le nécessaire pour revenir aux 5 étoiles. Automatic traduction From the Firefox version 139.0.4, the extension is broken. The flows of the flows no longer work and the "archived" menu has disappeared. Please do the necessary to return to the 5 stars.
Depuis la version Firefox 139.0.4, l'extension est cassée. Les màj des flux ne fonctionnent plus et le menu "archivé" a disparu. Merci de faire le nécessaire pour revenir aux 5 étoiles. Automatic traduction From the Firefox version 139.0.4, the extension is broken. The flows of the flows no longer work and the "archived" menu has disappeared. Please do the necessary to return to the 5 stars.
2025-01-08	Kw*****

2024-11-02	An*****	When processing <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:10:00 +0300</pubDate> in the RSS feed, a column Friday is added, in addition to Yesterday. I have GMT +0200.
When processing <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:10:00 +0300</pubDate> in the RSS feed, a column Friday is added, in addition to Yesterday. I have GMT +0200.
2024-10-26	Fi*****	前の端末では快適に使っていました。ノートパソコンを買い替えてfirefoxをインストールしたら、最近登録したRSSではなく、過去のリストになってしまった。消したはずのRSSが復活して、今更新を待っているものがリストから消えた。とても困っています。対処方法はありますか？
前の端末では快適に使っていました。ノートパソコンを買い替えてfirefoxをインストールしたら、最近登録したRSSではなく、過去のリストになってしまった。消したはずのRSSが復活して、今更新を待っているものがリストから消えた。とても困っています。対処方法はありますか？
2024-10-23	Ge*****	Just perfect: I can customise it to my liking and it's free as in freedom!
Just perfect: I can customise it to my liking and it's free as in freedom!
2024-09-09	An*****	How i can make folder for rss feeds?
How i can make folder for rss feeds?
2024-08-26	Fi*****	This was good once but since one of the FFs in the late 110s it just doesn't run. It's possible to tell it's there - options menus exist, some websites show the subscribe icon, but there's no obvious way to open the reader itself and it may have lost the feed list. Update: see the response below, this is due to FF UX jank. Click on the "puzzle piece" extensions button, sight the list of extensions, right click on Brief, pick "Pin to toolbar" from the dropdown.
This was good once but since one of the FFs in the late 110s it just doesn't run. It's possible to tell it's there - options menus exist, some websites show the subscribe icon, but there's no obvious way to open the reader itself and it may have lost the feed list. Update: see the response below, this is due to FF UX jank. Click on the "puzzle piece" extensions button, sight the list of extensions, right click on Brief, pick "Pin to toolbar" from the dropdown.