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so whats a good rss reader in 2017?

by 0x006A 9y ago

anabisengrin 9y ago
koffnewsbeuterkoff
subroutine 9y ago
digg reader works fine for me. screencap: http://i.imgur.com/3GbYB61.png http://i.imgur.com/3GbYB61.png link: http://digg.com/reader http://digg.com/reader
- petepete 9y ago
  I wasn't aware Digg Reader existed, thanks. Now, will my 12 year old Digg account work?
  - subroutine 9y ago
    Hah. Similar experience last year when I tried to sign up for digg reader and it said my email address was already in use O.o
renchap 9y ago
As a heavy RSS user, I really like Newsblur
- VLM 9y ago
  This discussion would be improved with pricing data. Newsblur is free, although I'm one of the 6034 premium paid users. Newsblur never fails me, kinda impressive how well it works.
fnl 9y ago
the (good) old reader and newsblur are my favorites https://theoldreader.com/ https://theoldreader.com/ http://newsblur.com/ http://newsblur.com/
hnawesome42 9y ago
I use https://feedreader.com https://feedreader.com which looks nice on desktop and mobile.
detaro 9y ago
Inoreader
- msutherl 9y ago
  Miles better than everything else: https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/
- _Mark 9y ago
  I still cannot see how https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/ doesn't get more love. I easily moved to it from Google Reader, and spend my day in the web browser version, and night with the App on my phone.
p4bl0 9y ago
As a heavy RSS user, I also recommend newsblur.
deleted 9y ago
[deleted]
jwilk 9y ago
rss2email: https://github.com/wking/rss2email https://github.com/wking/rss2email
- jraph 9y ago
  I use rss2email with cron to send posts of my family's blog by email to people for whom straight RSS is not convenient. This is especially nice for my grandmother, who has an iPad. I found no RSS reader there that is easy to use enough, free and ad-free. I just wanted something I can just give a RSS link to and it fetches this link and shows content. And nothing else. This does not seem to exist. My grandmother knows how to read and write emails. Blog posts are rendered properly using rss2email in her mailbox. And she knows how to click in the email to go to the blog and comments at times. This is actually even simpler and more optimal than a dedicated RSS App. One unique easy way to get news from the family using the tablet. And the blog is easier than Facebook (I guess - never used it). There is just our content in the pages and that’s it. No irrelevant stuff around and no notifications. If you are looking for ways to keep in touch with a group of people in which somebody is not really into computers, this may be one nice solution. So, thanks to the authors of rss2email.
icebraining 9y ago
If you don't mind self-hosting, I really like TinyTinyRSS. It has a decent Android client too.
robin_reala 9y ago
Feedly is good; I use it in conjunction with Reeder on my desktop and phone for syncing.
AlphaGeekZulu 9y ago
"Feedbro" PlugIn in Firefox. For me, the browser is the natural environment for RSS reading. "Sage" did a perfect job for me in the past, but since it is not available for FF 57 yet, I switched to "Feedbro" and never regretted.
- StavrosK 9y ago
  Thanks for that, it might just get me back to reading my RSS feed. Using RSSOwl isn't so great if you never open it, so the content just languishes. The browser is pretty much the natural place for RSS readers (thanks, Opera!). Now if I could only get Feedbro to sync my read items...
Numberwang 9y ago
https://bazqux.com https://bazqux.com is my favorite.
- InternetUser 9y ago
  $19 a year? Must be a joke.
  - vshabanov 9y ago
    Yes, perhaps it's too low.
cJ0th 9y ago
It probably depends on the client you use. Personally, I still prefer Thunderbird as I already use its email function (duh) and calendar. RSS in Thunderbird is by no means spectacular but they offer a couple of useful functions like automatically applied filters to delete, move or mark messages. The downside, when compared to an online service, is that you obviously can only access your feed on your laptop. On the other hand, it's freeing that you don't always have to check your feeds. Also, you don't depend on a service provider to keep its product alive.
minichiello 9y ago
https://feedly.com https://feedly.com
robgough 9y ago
Feedbin.com has been wonderful for me since the demise of google reader, and frankly it's far better. It's not free, but it's very cheap and as far as I'm concerned that's a feature -- means it's less likely to just disappear or shut down one day, and AFAIK all the source code is open source.
InternetUser 9y ago
https://feedly.com/ https://feedly.com/
pmoriarty 9y ago
newsbeuter is an excellent, feature rich, RSS/Atom reader for the terminal. This is how I've read HN for ages. http://www.newsbeuter.org/index.html http://www.newsbeuter.org/index.html

so whats a good rss reader in 2017?

by 0x006A 9y ago

so whats a good rss reader in 2017?

anabisengrin 9y ago

koffnewsbeuterkoff

subroutine 9y ago

digg reader works fine for me. screencap: http://i.imgur.com/3GbYB61.png http://i.imgur.com/3GbYB61.png link: http://digg.com/reader http://digg.com/reader

petepete 9y ago
I wasn't aware Digg Reader existed, thanks. Now, will my 12 year old Digg account work?
- subroutine 9y ago
  Hah. Similar experience last year when I tried to sign up for digg reader and it said my email address was already in use O.o

renchap 9y ago

As a heavy RSS user, I really like Newsblur

VLM 9y ago
This discussion would be improved with pricing data. Newsblur is free, although I'm one of the 6034 premium paid users. Newsblur never fails me, kinda impressive how well it works.

fnl 9y ago

the (good) old reader and newsblur are my favorites https://theoldreader.com/ https://theoldreader.com/ http://newsblur.com/ http://newsblur.com/

hnawesome42 9y ago

I use https://feedreader.com https://feedreader.com which looks nice on desktop and mobile.

detaro 9y ago

Inoreader

msutherl 9y ago
Miles better than everything else: https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/
_Mark 9y ago
I still cannot see how https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/ doesn't get more love. I easily moved to it from Google Reader, and spend my day in the web browser version, and night with the App on my phone.

p4bl0 9y ago

As a heavy RSS user, I also recommend newsblur.

deleted 9y ago

[deleted]

jwilk 9y ago

rss2email: https://github.com/wking/rss2email https://github.com/wking/rss2email

jraph 9y ago
I use rss2email with cron to send posts of my family's blog by email to people for whom straight RSS is not convenient. This is especially nice for my grandmother, who has an iPad. I found no RSS reader there that is easy to use enough, free and ad-free. I just wanted something I can just give a RSS link to and it fetches this link and shows content. And nothing else. This does not seem to exist. My grandmother knows how to read and write emails. Blog posts are rendered properly using rss2email in her mailbox. And she knows how to click in the email to go to the blog and comments at times. This is actually even simpler and more optimal than a dedicated RSS App. One unique easy way to get news from the family using the tablet. And the blog is easier than Facebook (I guess - never used it). There is just our content in the pages and that’s it. No irrelevant stuff around and no notifications. If you are looking for ways to keep in touch with a group of people in which somebody is not really into computers, this may be one nice solution. So, thanks to the authors of rss2email.

icebraining 9y ago

If you don't mind self-hosting, I really like TinyTinyRSS. It has a decent Android client too.

robin_reala 9y ago

Feedly is good; I use it in conjunction with Reeder on my desktop and phone for syncing.

AlphaGeekZulu 9y ago

"Feedbro" PlugIn in Firefox. For me, the browser is the natural environment for RSS reading. "Sage" did a perfect job for me in the past, but since it is not available for FF 57 yet, I switched to "Feedbro" and never regretted.

StavrosK 9y ago
Thanks for that, it might just get me back to reading my RSS feed. Using RSSOwl isn't so great if you never open it, so the content just languishes. The browser is pretty much the natural place for RSS readers (thanks, Opera!). Now if I could only get Feedbro to sync my read items...

Numberwang 9y ago

https://bazqux.com https://bazqux.com is my favorite.

InternetUser 9y ago
$19 a year? Must be a joke.
- vshabanov 9y ago
  Yes, perhaps it's too low.

cJ0th 9y ago

It probably depends on the client you use. Personally, I still prefer Thunderbird as I already use its email function (duh) and calendar. RSS in Thunderbird is by no means spectacular but they offer a couple of useful functions like automatically applied filters to delete, move or mark messages. The downside, when compared to an online service, is that you obviously can only access your feed on your laptop. On the other hand, it's freeing that you don't always have to check your feeds. Also, you don't depend on a service provider to keep its product alive.

minichiello 9y ago

https://feedly.com https://feedly.com

robgough 9y ago

Feedbin.com has been wonderful for me since the demise of google reader, and frankly it's far better. It's not free, but it's very cheap and as far as I'm concerned that's a feature -- means it's less likely to just disappear or shut down one day, and AFAIK all the source code is open source.

InternetUser 9y ago

https://feedly.com/ https://feedly.com/

pmoriarty 9y ago

newsbeuter is an excellent, feature rich, RSS/Atom reader for the terminal. This is how I've read HN for ages. http://www.newsbeuter.org/index.html http://www.newsbeuter.org/index.html