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.

  • zonk@kbin.social
    101·
    2 years 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.

    • rmunzio@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years 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.

    • moftasa@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years 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.

    • Sami@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      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.

      • ericjmorey@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        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.

        • Sami@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          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.

    • BaldDude@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 years ago

      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 ;)

      • darcmage@lemm.ee
        English
        2·
        2 years 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.

  • TheWoozy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • fireshell@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years 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.

  • slug@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years 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

    • Chobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      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@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years 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?

  • shellsharks@infosec.pubEnglish
    2·
    2 years 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.

    • Brendan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I use Reeder as well, with my feeds coming from Feedbin. Reeder has an option to use iCloud to hold & sync feeds across your devices, but I haven’t had good luck with that.