Selfhosted @lemmy.world 🦥󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠 @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

Recommend me an RSS feed reader

You might not be aware but Lemmy has RSS built into it. I just noticed myself so I wanted to check out the current state of RSS clients and well, nothing seems to be quite what I'm after.

What RSS clients out there are worth looking at? I notice several have self-hosted server solutions which is interesting. I don't care if it's free, open source, paid or whatever though, I just want a good experience.

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FreshRSS - Not too big on RSS, but for me it does the job. Also, If I understood correctly there is an Open API so you can use another Client with FreshRSS Back End

https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS
- Another vote for FreshRSS. It's a self hosted solution. I'm a bit of a data hoarder so mine is set to never purge articles, and edits are treated as new articles.
  
  Clients I use:
  
  NewsFlash on Linux
  
  NetNewsWire on iOS or Mac
  
  I’ve been so happy with rediscovering rss via FreshRSS and NetNewsWire that I’m chiming in on old threads. That is all. 🤙🏻
- FreshRSS is amazing. Super powerful. I used to use tt-rss but it was unstable, limited in its clients (API emulation) and a very hostile developer.
- This looks interesting, thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a whirl.
- No apk for this?
  
  There are apps which can connect to FreshRSS, but the mobile UI is better, IMO.
  
  I don't think so, but you can find a list of apps compatible with it here : https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS#apis--native-apps
- Sadly I haven't yet got Kbin's RSS to work with FreshRSS. It claims there is no feed. Which is a shame. But yes I use FreshRSS daily 👍
I'm using the opinionated and self-hosted reader Miniflux in combination with a browser plugin for Chrome. This way I see the amount of unread RSS items and I can either click them to open them or just mark them as read. Not sure if it's for everyone, but I like it a lot :) Just figured it should get a mention here.
- Another vote for Miniflux. If you like a Reader-type interface, check out reminiflux (it's just an alternative frontend).
- miniflux is great. If you don't want to self host, the developer offers a hosted version that is very reasonably priced and I like to think it contributes to the development of the software.
- I've replaced ttrss with Miniflux and I'm very happy with it. No need for a mobile app, the web interface is just fine on both desktop and phone.
- This with the matrix integration works great for me.
I selfhost FreshRSS and connect to it with Reeder on iOS.
- Have you tried Unread on iOS? I ask because my setup is FreshRSS -> Unread, so I'm curious if it's worth buying Reeder.
  
  I haven’t. I just installed it to check it out, but I don’t even see a freshRSS sync option.
FreshRSS is ugly and sometimes clunky but seems to be unparalleled for features and support (Reeder + Netnewswire for clients) as far as selfhosted options go
- This is how I ended up on FreshRSS. It's not my favourite looking thing or anything, but it seems to work the best (especially in terms of supporting mobile apps). I wish it was more tag centric, though. It's kind of clunky having to make single categories for everything.
  
  I just try to stay out of the actual webui as much as possible, pretty much only going in to change filters. maybe there’s an extension for better tagging?
I love Reeder for iOS. For service I’ve been using Feedly since the beginning so I’ve stuck with them. But these days there is probably better (and cheaper) options.
- I use Reeder as well, with my feeds coming from Feedbin. Reeder has an option to use iCloud to hold & sync feeds across your devices, but I haven’t had good luck with that.
- +1 for Reeder. I use it with NewsBlur
I've been running tiny tiny rss (aka ttrss) on a vps for well over 10 years. It's been rock solid through many upgrades. It's got a great web interface & android app. There's a decent sized community for it. The only drawback is that primary dev (fox) does not tolerate (what he conciders) dumb questions. The new docker compose deployment is brain-dead simple.
- I decided to not use tt-rss after discovering how that developer treats others. I don't want to be involved or support someone like that.
Nextcloud News, if you already have Nextcloud set up. There's also an Android app for it that connects to the server.
- ^ This. The Android app is quite nice. For iOS readers, you should use netnewswire
- Agreed, Nextcloud News is awesome! The app too. And it's a given that Nextcloud itself is already awesome.
TT-RSS tiny tiny RSS, it also has a good Android app
@xaxl I use Feeder from F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder/
- Thank you! My favorite RSS app got suddenly over run by ads a few years ago. I've been lacking a replacement ever since. Feeder is exactly what I needed!
I use Liferea, which

Discovers web feeds from web page's alternate link

Embeds WebKit to render HTML in full

Supports RSS comments

Has configurable enclosure handler, so I can open YouTube in mpv
- Seconding Liferea.
- Oh man I haven't heard of Liferea in years!
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Have you looked at Inoreader?
- I set this up and like the UI but it does that stuff where it says things like "Hey you have duplicates do you want to remove them? Oops sorry you gotta pay for that" and "Hey we noticed you're using a adblocker". Everything has to be a subscription service these days.
  
  I used to self host TT-RSS (Tiny Tiny RSS) and eventually got tired of maintaining it so I looked for something else. Inoreader is subscription based but I like it the most out of all the ones I've tried.
  
  Look here for a comparison of what you get from the free account vs the Pro subscription. https://www.inoreader.com/pricing
  
  If you want someone else to do work for you and pay for expenses upfront for you, you should expect to pay for thator have your interaction with that service be sold to advertisers at a minimum.
- Not yet but I'm going to!
I use the Miniflux standalone podcast reader with Wallabag and submit selected articles to Wallabag for later reading. I also use the Newsboat CLI client which can sync with Miniflux installations as an alternative to the web interface it's comfortable.
I'm a fan of Inoreader.
TT-RSS (Tiny Tiny RSS). It's the most complete for selfhosting.
Feeder on F-droid
I'm using https://miniflux.app/ and I'm very happy with it.
Fluent Reader
- This looks neat. I can't get it to pull images though, any ideas?
  
  In settings under sources, you can try changing the default target to load the full content if the images are not shown. It depends on the RSS implementation.
TT-RSS (Tiny Tiny RSS). It's the most complete for selfhosting.
If you want one for your phone, Feedly is pretty good. On desktop, I use Liferea.
I've been using Feedbro (Firefox plugin) for a while and it does the job.
- Also my recomendation if you don't need anything fancy. I like the integration into the broser a lot, instead of switching between the reader and some tabs in the browser, i just switch between browser tabs.
  
  The only weird thing with this addon is the company that makes it. They put a lot of work into their browser addons without any obvious way of monetarisation. i can not explain to myself how they make money.
  
  So maybee don't use it if you are on some three letter agency's naughty list ;)
  
  I was using feedbro until I noticed some bots started hitting my freshrss url that is not public. Switched to yarr for desktop and feeder for mobile.
- +1 for Feedbro.
Someone posted this a while ago on r/apple, might as well throw it on the pile

feeeed (iOS)
The ones I like to use are Feeder for Android, Gnome Feed Reader for Linux and FluentReader on Windows. Honorable mention to vore.website for a super minimal web-based RSS reader.
I like this one

Can be used with nextcloud news too
TT-RSS
On Android nothing comes close to gReader Pro with The Old Reader as sync Backend. Sadly the app is discontinued, however the apk can be used just fine.
I use the Vivaldi web browser, which has its own built-in RSS reader. It's basic, but all I need and the fact its in the browser means I'm a lot more likely to check out RSS and not forget about it.
Thunderbird's Blogs and News Feeds feature. Allows me to backup RSS feed data alongside my emails in MBOX format via the ImportExportTools NG add-on.
Have you looked at Inoreader?
Give me an example of a rss link and I'll test it
I use Miniflux + Reeder. It’s really nice.
Also interested in a good client for MacOS or iOS. I've been using freshrss for the serverside of things, and it works amazingly well!
I use miniflux which is minimalist, yet has a lot of features.

As miniflux serves the Fever API, I can use nice RSS clients that sync across all my devices (like Reeder for iOS and macOS).
I use mozilla thunderbird for rss feeds but it depends on your OS. Desktop? Phone? Windows? Linux?
- Thunderbird is basically an email client so the RSS feed reader mimics that, which is not what I'm after (kinda reminds me of being at work). Thanks for the suggestion though!
If you’re on iOS and/or Mac, my go-to RSS reader is NetNewsWire.
TT-RSS tiny tiny RSS, it also has a good Android app

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