Ask HN: Which RSS reader do you use?
145 comments
·January 18, 2025ksec
I have been using RSS since early 2000s and currently I am settled on Feedly.
> Either the built-in web support is poor or it stops fetching the feeds or renders then poorly.
I guess I am good with Feedly, and Google Reader and everything before that, is because I dont use the RSS Reader to read the content. I am only using RSS as News Headline [1]. And then will either Command Click, Right Click Open New Tab, Simply Click on it, depending on which OS and browser I am using to open them in a new Tab inside Browser.
Which is also the reason why I could end up with hundreds of tabs open. And I read them one by one. For these type of heavy browsing usage I recommend Firefox > Chrome > Safari.
So for my usage I actually think RSS should be a function inside a browser. But I know a lot of people use RSS reader differently.
[1] Which is also how I use Twitter as well. I simply have a list of people I follow and read those list only. So for me I dont ever understand why people are so upset with the For You Tab. But I guess I am the minority and I use it differently.
woleium
i used to use feedly, as they were first out the gate after google reader shut down (word on the street was they had a headsup), but they jacked the pricing and introduced a bunch of needless extra features that i couldn’t turn off, so now i use inoreader.
theoldreader is also good
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>but they jacked the pricing and introduced a bunch of needless extra features that i couldn’t turn off,
I dont use anything other than the basic and I use it for free. Just curious What features are you looking for?
Reading this thread it seems everyone uses RSS so differently I wish we could start another HN thread on this topic.
xela79
another vote for inoreader, closest to the no BS approach as with google reader, just headlines, small summaries, nothing more needed;
thallavajhula
NetNewsWire - https://netnewswire.com
I use it with my iCloud and it's synced on my Mac & iPhone. It just works!
ju
rreyes1979
Inoreader FTW!!! Generous free tier and no nonsense UX. Can't say enough good things about it.
ksec
I just checked them up and 150 RSS feeds on free account isn't enough for my usage.
If they have been around for this long and the limit was the same over the years it is likely the reason why I passed them when switching from Google Reader.
nickthegreek
I've been using inoreader since.... (checks email)... 2015! Good service, mobile app is decent and I haven't had to worry about switching or anything and its almost been a decade.
sys_64738
They upped their prices out of the realm of worthwhileness.
nikdoof
Self-hosted Miniflux, and ReadKit on my Apple devices to access it.
https://miniflux.app https://readkit.app
I've used Miniflux for a long time, and its content manipulation features allows you to work around some of the oddities of RSS feeds you come across.
tarasglek
I love that I can pull whole articles. I wrote https://markdown.download for llm use, but mostly ended up using it with miniflux to fetch full articles from problematic sites
BOOSTERHIDROGEN
Could you please share your Miniflux configuration for fetching full articles?
tarasglek
There is an option in feed settings:
[x] Fetch original content
But most power comes from URL rewrite rules. Here is the one I use for problematic sites:
rewrite("^(.+)$"|"https://markdown.download/$1")
BOOSTERHIDROGEN
How do you have your manipulation configured on a particular website?
anotherevan
I have been using Newsblur[1] since Google Reader turned up it's toes. I have been very happy with it. Nice and stable.
I use it lots through both the browser and its Android phone app (has an Iphone app, too) and both have been great.
gpjt
Another very happy Newsblur user here, again since the demise of Google Reader. No complaints at all, it does one job and it does it impeccably.
bayesianbot
Newsboat for reading in terminal / TUI. I've used it for years and it's quite capable for my needs.
terminaltrove
[dead]
hutattedonmyarm
Reeder on iOS / macOS: https://reederapp.com/classic/
With Inoreader as backend: https://www.inoreader.com/
rswerve
Another vote for Reeder. Very nice app and note that you can use iCloud as the backend and don’t need a separate service.
hutattedonmyarm
True, but I want to use RSS on non-Apple devices as well. So I was looking for something with a web interface. That’s also why I’m still using the classic version
saeedesmaili
I've been using Inoreader for a few years now and I'm pretty happy with it. Its reliability and feature set is the right balance for me. I've written about its pros and cons [1], the main pros for me are:
- Very smooth experience between web, android, and iOS apps (I’m mentioning this first, as many other apps I’ve tried are flaky)
- Mark as read while scrolling (Very useful for quickly shortlisting items from the feed. This is probably the main reason I’ve been able to replace Inoreader with social media apps.)
- Rules to auto-delete duplicated items or if the title contains specific words.
[1] https://saeedesmaili.com/posts/my-content-consumption-workfl...
dingdongthe
After Google Reader was shut down, I found TTRSS and use it since then. It works and there are some great extensions like FeedIron available to process RSS feeds before the will integrated into the UI
kieranhunt
I really like Mailbrew. Daily email digests from RSS feeds (and a bunch of other stuff).
DamonHD
Brief in Firefox (on my Mac laptop).
Also Feeder on Android: https://github.com/spacecowboy/Feeder
Its been some time since this question was asked. Every RSS reader I've used so far sucks. Either the built-in web support is poor or it stops fetching the feeds or renders then poorly. Sorry for my frustration, but I would like to know what everyone else is using and if they are satisfied with their RSS reader.