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79 pointsnkanaev5y ago25 comments

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At least a screenshot is there but maybe provide a bit more details.. I really don't get why people show off projects with zero description. Sure it's an rss reader but what features does it actually offer?

E.g. I see "make build_macos" and wonder if other platforms are supported? I don't want to have to find out myself that it does not support linux.

nkanaevOP5y ago

author here.

Since it's yet another RSS reader, it supports the basic functionality of almost all the other alternatives (managing feeds, reading, importing/exporting, searching etc.).

The plans are to support all 3 platforms (Linux, Windows, MacOS). You can try compiling it via `make build_linux` & `make build_windows` on the corresponding platforms.

maggit5y ago

I, too, would have appreciated slightly more documentation. Here are two questions I had, and what I figured out.

Many RSS readers are stand-alone GUI applications. I would have appreciated an up-front notice that this is a hosted solution. (Which is what I am looking for. I'd like the same view of what's read and unread on my different devices, thank you)

Different RSS readers use different storage backends. I dug through your code, and it seems to use SQLite, which is exactly what I hoped for. It's a huge difference in deployment and system administration headaches whether it uses an embedded or a hosted database.

Looks interesting! I'd also appreciate a prebuilt binary for Linux, but I understand that it's still early days. Paying attention :)

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metastew5y ago

the makefile in the repo shows that there's a "build_linux" command so you could just use "make build_linux" instead.

m_eiman5y ago

Should have waited with launch until Saturday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pira...

scott315y ago

Why?

jtanderson5y ago

Saturday = int’l talk like a pirate day (as linked by GP).

Pirates say, “Yarr!”

stevenicr5y ago

Glad to see people still making new ways to absorb via rss - I still feel it's the best method for getting news and things, and the more options we have to show others how they can be used - maybe the better.

Wonder if anyone has made a self-hosted way to create a 'my.yahoo' or netvibes , pageflakes kind of page with rss feeds?

I started to put together some plugins for wordpress/buddpress to allow people to make something like that for their own, but got bogged down and never tried to mash it all together yet.

Anyone have a browser extension that can find rss feeds for pages?

I long for the days of yesteryears where yahoo news searches had an rss button or link to copy right there - and discovering rss on news portals and elsewhere was easier not hidden.

junkblocker5y ago

> Anyone have a browser extension that can find rss feeds for pages?

I wrote/use this greasemonkey script - https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/6261-rss-atom-feed-subscri... - it still mostly works but strict CSP on sites these days has been causing some trouble. Maybe turning it into a browser extension is the thing to do.

dewey5y ago

> Anyone have a browser extension that can find rss feeds for pages?

I was looking for something like that for a long time after all the browsers kinda removed that functionality. I'm not using the following for Safari and it's great:

https://rss-extension.bitpiston.com

junkblocker5y ago

> Anyone have a browser extension that can find rss feeds for pages?

dewey5y ago

Always great to see more RSS readers. Are you thinking about making it API compatible with others so people can use any of the existing apps?

I'm currently using https://github.com/miniflux/miniflux (Also written in Go) and it supports the Fever API which means I can use any app on most platforms to sync with.

jessaustin5y ago

This is probably a dumb question, but what does the Fever API do that isn't done in RSS itself? Does it keep track of what you've read already?

dewey5y ago

Not a dumb question. It syncs read status across their web interface and every Fever supporting app on all platforms. You can also "star" items which then also gets synced.

nkanaevOP5y ago

author here.

I personally don't use apps, but if there'll be enough interest from the community, I might consider making it fever-compatible in the future.

michaelx5y ago

I also use Miniflux and would appreciate Fever support.

mmcdole5y ago

I really like the minimalist UI! I'm excited to try this out. I'm the author of the gofeed[0] dependency and it is cool to see people using it.

[0] https://github.com/mmcdole/gofeed

dewey5y ago

Thanks for that library, I use it in some of my projects too.

codydh5y ago

This reminds me a lot of an older iteration of Feedbin: https://github.com/feedbin/feedbin

vmsp5y ago

Haven't tried it but it looks nice. Reminds me of https://bazqux.com/

app4soft5y ago

"Yarr" name already used by other project.[0]

[0] https://github.com/Yarr/Yarr

klinskyc5y ago

There are so many projects out there, it's hard to avoid naming collisions. I don't think a project with 10 stars can lay exclusive claim to a four letter name.

comboy5y ago

There are already many RSS readers with this name:

https://github.com/channikhabra/yarr

https://fossdroid.com/a/yarr.html

etc. The name sounded familiar (I think I used one in the past) so I googled and I haven't found it, but I did find many others.

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fileeditview5y ago

E.g. I see "make build_macos" and wonder if other platforms are supported? I don't want to have to find out myself that it does not support linux.

nkanaevOP5y ago

author here.

Since it's yet another RSS reader, it supports the basic functionality of almost all the other alternatives (managing feeds, reading, importing/exporting, searching etc.).

The plans are to support all 3 platforms (Linux, Windows, MacOS). You can try compiling it via `make build_linux` & `make build_windows` on the corresponding platforms.

maggit5y ago

I, too, would have appreciated slightly more documentation. Here are two questions I had, and what I figured out.

Looks interesting! I'd also appreciate a prebuilt binary for Linux, but I understand that it's still early days. Paying attention :)

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metastew5y ago

the makefile in the repo shows that there's a "build_linux" command so you could just use "make build_linux" instead.

m_eiman5y ago

Should have waited with launch until Saturday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pira...

scott315y ago

Why?

jtanderson5y ago

Saturday = int’l talk like a pirate day (as linked by GP).

Pirates say, “Yarr!”

stevenicr5y ago

Wonder if anyone has made a self-hosted way to create a 'my.yahoo' or netvibes , pageflakes kind of page with rss feeds?

I started to put together some plugins for wordpress/buddpress to allow people to make something like that for their own, but got bogged down and never tried to mash it all together yet.

Anyone have a browser extension that can find rss feeds for pages?

I long for the days of yesteryears where yahoo news searches had an rss button or link to copy right there - and discovering rss on news portals and elsewhere was easier not hidden.

junkblocker5y ago

> Anyone have a browser extension that can find rss feeds for pages?

dewey5y ago

> Anyone have a browser extension that can find rss feeds for pages?

I was looking for something like that for a long time after all the browsers kinda removed that functionality. I'm not using the following for Safari and it's great:

https://rss-extension.bitpiston.com

junkblocker5y ago

> Anyone have a browser extension that can find rss feeds for pages?

dewey5y ago

Always great to see more RSS readers. Are you thinking about making it API compatible with others so people can use any of the existing apps?

I'm currently using https://github.com/miniflux/miniflux (Also written in Go) and it supports the Fever API which means I can use any app on most platforms to sync with.

jessaustin5y ago

This is probably a dumb question, but what does the Fever API do that isn't done in RSS itself? Does it keep track of what you've read already?

dewey5y ago

Not a dumb question. It syncs read status across their web interface and every Fever supporting app on all platforms. You can also "star" items which then also gets synced.

nkanaevOP5y ago

author here.

I personally don't use apps, but if there'll be enough interest from the community, I might consider making it fever-compatible in the future.

michaelx5y ago

I also use Miniflux and would appreciate Fever support.

mmcdole5y ago

I really like the minimalist UI! I'm excited to try this out. I'm the author of the gofeed[0] dependency and it is cool to see people using it.

[0] https://github.com/mmcdole/gofeed

dewey5y ago

Thanks for that library, I use it in some of my projects too.

codydh5y ago

This reminds me a lot of an older iteration of Feedbin: https://github.com/feedbin/feedbin

vmsp5y ago

Haven't tried it but it looks nice. Reminds me of https://bazqux.com/

app4soft5y ago

"Yarr" name already used by other project.[0]

[0] https://github.com/Yarr/Yarr

klinskyc5y ago

There are so many projects out there, it's hard to avoid naming collisions. I don't think a project with 10 stars can lay exclusive claim to a four letter name.

comboy5y ago

There are already many RSS readers with this name:

https://github.com/channikhabra/yarr

https://fossdroid.com/a/yarr.html

etc. The name sounded familiar (I think I used one in the past) so I googled and I haven't found it, but I did find many others.

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