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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
Sure, but I don’t think it has to be a subscription nag. They’re free to monetize as they wish but I don’t have to use it either when non-subscription alternatives exist.
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.
It was not difficult but eventually a new version of TT-RSS equired a newer version of php and my provider did not have it nor were they going to upgrade anytime soon. So I looked for a hosted option.
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.
This is exactly what I did but it’s not pulling them. Might be on Lemmy’s side perhaps?
Edit: it’s not pulling in preview images like in the screenshots. It’s pulling article images from other feeds like Hacker News though when you open the full article.
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.
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.
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TT-RSS (Tiny Tiny RSS). It’s the most complete for selfhosting.
I’m using https://miniflux.app/ and I’m very happy with it.
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I use Miniflux + Reeder. It’s really nice.
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.
If you’re on iOS and/or Mac, my go-to RSS reader is NetNewsWire.
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:
I’ve been so happy with rediscovering rss via FreshRSS and NetNewsWire that I’m chiming in on old threads. That is all. 🤙🏻
No apk for this?
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
There are apps which can connect to FreshRSS, but the mobile UI is better, IMO.
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.
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 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!
Have you looked at Inoreader?
Not yet but I’m going to!
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.
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.
Sure, but I don’t think it has to be a subscription nag. They’re free to monetize as they wish but I don’t have to use it either when non-subscription alternatives exist.
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
What was hard about maintaining ttrss? I spun up a docker a couple years ago and really never touch it.
It was not difficult but eventually a new version of TT-RSS equired a newer version of php and my provider did not have it nor were they going to upgrade anytime soon. So I looked for a hosted option.
I use Liferea, which
Seconding Liferea.
Oh man I haven’t heard of Liferea in years!
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.
This is exactly what I did but it’s not pulling them. Might be on Lemmy’s side perhaps?
Edit: it’s not pulling in preview images like in the screenshots. It’s pulling article images from other feeds like Hacker News though when you open the full article.
Could be. I haven’t tried with Lemmy. Will try later and mention you with my results.
Thanks heaps!
@xaxl@lemmy.world Did some testing and it seems that it doesn’t load images through RSS but if you select load webpage, it will show the image.
Ah, that’s weird and unfortunate. Thanks for checking though.
I like this one
Can be used with nextcloud news too
Give me an example of a rss link and I’ll test it
TT-RSS (Tiny Tiny RSS). It’s the most complete for selfhosting.
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.
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.
Another vote for Miniflux. If you like a Reader-type interface, check out reminiflux (it’s just an alternative frontend).
This with the matrix integration works great for me.