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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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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] xaxl 3 points 1 year ago

This looks interesting, thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a whirl.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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 👍

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Another vote for Miniflux. If you like a Reader-type interface, check out reminiflux (it's just an alternative frontend).

[–] rmunzio 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I selfhost FreshRSS and connect to it with Reeder on iOS.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nextcloud News, if you already have Nextcloud set up. There's also an Android app for it that connects to the server.

[–] homegrowntechie 2 points 1 year ago

^ This. The Android app is quite nice. For iOS readers, you should use netnewswire

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[–] slug 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Chobbes 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] slug 1 points 1 year ago

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?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] TheWoozy 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] writ 4 points 1 year ago

TT-RSS tiny tiny RSS, it also has a good Android app

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been using Feedbro (Firefox plugin) for a while and it does the job.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 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 ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

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[–] Aldursil 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Have you looked at Inoreader?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Aldursil 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

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[–] huojtkeg 4 points 1 year ago

TT-RSS (Tiny Tiny RSS). It's the most complete for selfhosting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm a fan of Inoreader.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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
[–] xaxl 2 points 1 year ago

Oh man I haven't heard of Liferea in years!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Seconding Liferea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Feeder on F-droid

[–] fireshell 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you want one for your phone, Feedly is pretty good. On desktop, I use Liferea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm using https://miniflux.app/ and I'm very happy with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Give me an example of a rss link and I'll test it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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).

[–] spkg 1 points 1 year ago

Someone posted this a while ago on r/apple, might as well throw it on the pile

feeeed (iOS)

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