# RSS Sage-Like

> A fast and lightweight sidebar-based feed reader. Supports Atom, RSS, JSON, and RDF feeds with customizable UI and seamless integration with your browser’s bookmarks and sync capabilities.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/sage-like](https://chrome-stats.com/d/sage-like)

## Overview

- **ID:** `sage-like`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** arielg
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 587
- **Weekly downloads:** 14
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (30 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.14
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-28
- **First published:** 2019-02-12
- **Size:** 239 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sage-like/)
- **Website:** [https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/support-sage-like-sidebar-based-rss-feed-reader/43383](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/support-sage-like-sidebar-based-rss-feed-reader/43383)

## Description

RSS Sage-Like is a powerful and lightweight sidebar-based feed reader supporting multiple feed formats including Atom, RSS, JSON, and RDF. It offers seamless integration with your browser's native bookmarks and supports automatic synchronization of feeds across devices using Firefox Sync. The extension provides a customizable tree view allowing users to add, edit, delete, and organize feeds efficiently with drag-and-drop controls.

Key features include feed discovery from the sidebar and address bar, specialized detection of hidden RSS feeds on platforms like YouTube, Reddit, DeviantArt, Pinterest, and Behance, as well as various filtering options by title, URL, or status. Users can preview feeds directly, customize UI fonts and colors, import and export feed subscriptions via OPML files, and benefit from extensive context menu actions. With support for Manifest V3 and robust permission management, RSS Sage-Like guarantees a secure and user-friendly reading experience for RSS enthusiasts.

## Rankings

- #4,521 — Overall
- #145 — Bookmarks
- #247 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #6 — like
- #30 — usage
- #118 — sale

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `bookmarks`
- `history`
- `tabs`
- `menus`
- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `storage`
- `downloads`
- `scripting`
- `alarms`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Reviews praise RSS Sage-Like for its fast, lightweight performance, compact sidebar UI, strong customization, article previews, and cross-device syncing. The primary drawbacks concern tooltip behavior, including occasional non-display of tooltips and slow hover responses.

### Pros

- Article preview view is beautiful and highly configurable.
- Compact, sidebar-friendly UI with a two-pane view and small resource footprint.
- Granular customization options for themes, colors, fonts, and CSS for previews.
- Syncing across Firefox installations for seamless reading on multiple devices.
- Intuitive, lightweight experience with low bandwidth.

### Cons

- Tooltip display issues: tooltips sometimes do not appear when hovering over help icons.
- Tooltip latency and customization: hover tooltips can be slow to appear; users want faster, customizable tooltips.

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