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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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

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

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      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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      This with the matrix integration works great for me.

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      1 year ago

      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!

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

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      Agreed, Nextcloud News is awesome! The app too. And it’s a given that Nextcloud itself is already awesome.

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    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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      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 ;)

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        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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      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.

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        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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          What was hard about maintaining ttrss? I spun up a docker a couple years ago and really never touch it.

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            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.

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        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.

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          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.

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    1 year ago

    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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    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
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    1 year ago

    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