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Its becoming a habit. Any good alternatives?

by rb808 9y ago

empyrical 9y ago
I've been using Feedly since Google Reader died. Curious if there are any other good ones - I miss GReader's ability to have subcategories for example, and am curious if there's a service that supports this
- Phlogistique 9y ago
  I use Newsblur which fits the bill. It has subcategories and stuff. Other people use The old reader which looks and feels like the old Google Reader.
  - empyrical 9y ago
    That looks pretty good! Does anyone know if there are any Android apps that interface with Newsblur like BeyondPod can with Feedly?
    - romdev 9y ago
      I'm assuming you mean podcasting apps. I would also use one if it exists. There's no way I'm switching from Newsblur, but curious: does Feedly store your last listened position, so you can switch from phone to desktop like you can with Audible?
  - greglindahl 9y ago
    I'm a very happy paying customer of Newsblur, it does what I want to do: read 100% of a bunch of feeds, using any device that I own.
y03a 9y ago
I've been using Newsbeuter but my needs are very minimal.
eisa01 9y ago
I’ve been using Inoreader for the past months, switching from NetNewsWire. It’s a web app, so now I have access outside of my Mac as well Best part is that you can create a random email address to sign up to e.g., email notifications from organizations that don’t have RSS. This requires their 50 USD plan, but I’m just glad to support them!
jcbrand 9y ago
I self-host Selfoss (since about 3 years), pretty happy with it. https://www.selfoss.aditu.de/ https://www.selfoss.aditu.de/
stunthamsterio 9y ago
I quite like feedbin.com. Simple, straightforward and reasonably priced.
- archagon 9y ago
  Extremely happy with Feedbin ever since Reader shut down. And it keeps getting better.
dewey 9y ago
https://miniflux.net https://miniflux.net if you like Go and hosting it yourself, there's also a hosted version that's paid though.
nathcd 9y ago
If you're cool with paid[0] or self-hosted[1], I've heard Newsblur is nice. [0] https://newsblur.com/ https://newsblur.com/ [1] https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur
- teilo 9y ago
  Another +1 for Newsblur. I have been a paid user ever since Google Reader shut down. Its design goal was to fill just that gap, so for those who loved the workflow of Reader, Newsblur was the obvious choice. Of course, it has far exceeded Reader's feature set since then. It has had some performance issues in the past, but the developer was quick to respond to them.
- Nrbelex 9y ago
  Newsblur is indeed great. It is under active development, the developer is responsive to bug reports, the mobile apps are good (if not gorgeous), and there are some innovative features, such as the ability to train Newsblur to sort certain posts into a "focus" list. Plus I consider the fact that it operates using a freemium model a great benefit as there are no ads, it is less likely to close shop out of the blue, and it is less likely to be selling user data to support itself.
- WorldMaker 9y ago
  NewsBlur is nice. (I'm a very happy paid user.) It's social features are close to what was lost when Google shutdown their Reader. (The biggest thing lacking is how big the community was in GReader's heyday, but that was a rare lightning in a bottle and not NewsBlur's fault.) As a paid customer I know that I'm a customer of NewsBlur, they expect to keep my business, and Samuel Clay has been very good over the years about listening to customer and community feedback.
- romdev 9y ago
  +1 vote for Newsblur. I was using Google Reader start to finish and also tried several others before settling on Newsblur. It's perfect in almost every way, but has a curious/arbitrary number of stories preserved per feed, sometimes 200, sometimes 500. I haven't figured out if it's an option, or an algorithm.
tschellenbach 9y ago
Winds 2.0 is open source and will be release this April: https://github.com/getstream/winds https://github.com/getstream/winds
aag 9y ago
I'm very happy with Blogtrottr, which turns feeds into email. It has flexible delivery options, e.g. digests, plain text vs. HTML, and sort order. Best of all, receiving posts via email means I don't have to check yet another app.
acemarke 9y ago
BazQux Reader: https://bazqux.com https://bazqux.com It's just like the old Google Reader, but 1) still alive, and 2) $20/yr subscription. Absolutely worth it.
aqtrans 9y ago
After trying a few of the others after Google Reader shut down, I settled on https://tt-rss.org/ https://tt-rss.org/. It has an official Android client and quite a few iOS clients as well.
cpeterso 9y ago
Feedly is nice on desktop web site and mobile app, though it is missing some of the social features of Google Reader and some functionality can be more difficult to find in the UI than it should be.
fernly 9y ago
Since the google debacle I've been using RSS Owl on my Macbook pro. It works. http://www.rssowl.org/ http://www.rssowl.org/

Its becoming a habit. Any good alternatives?

by rb808 9y ago

Its becoming a habit. Any good alternatives?

I've been using Feedly since Google Reader died. Curious if there are any other good ones - I miss GReader's ability to have subcategories for example, and am curious if there's a service that supports this

Phlogistique 9y ago
I use Newsblur which fits the bill. It has subcategories and stuff. Other people use The old reader which looks and feels like the old Google Reader.
- empyrical 9y ago
  That looks pretty good! Does anyone know if there are any Android apps that interface with Newsblur like BeyondPod can with Feedly?
  - romdev 9y ago
    I'm assuming you mean podcasting apps. I would also use one if it exists. There's no way I'm switching from Newsblur, but curious: does Feedly store your last listened position, so you can switch from phone to desktop like you can with Audible?
- greglindahl 9y ago
  I'm a very happy paying customer of Newsblur, it does what I want to do: read 100% of a bunch of feeds, using any device that I own.

y03a 9y ago

I've been using Newsbeuter but my needs are very minimal.

eisa01 9y ago

I’ve been using Inoreader for the past months, switching from NetNewsWire. It’s a web app, so now I have access outside of my Mac as well Best part is that you can create a random email address to sign up to e.g., email notifications from organizations that don’t have RSS. This requires their 50 USD plan, but I’m just glad to support them!

jcbrand 9y ago

I self-host Selfoss (since about 3 years), pretty happy with it. https://www.selfoss.aditu.de/ https://www.selfoss.aditu.de/

stunthamsterio 9y ago

I quite like feedbin.com. Simple, straightforward and reasonably priced.

archagon 9y ago
Extremely happy with Feedbin ever since Reader shut down. And it keeps getting better.

dewey 9y ago

https://miniflux.net https://miniflux.net if you like Go and hosting it yourself, there's also a hosted version that's paid though.

nathcd 9y ago

If you're cool with paid[0] or self-hosted[1], I've heard Newsblur is nice. [0] https://newsblur.com/ https://newsblur.com/ [1] https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur

teilo 9y ago
Another +1 for Newsblur. I have been a paid user ever since Google Reader shut down. Its design goal was to fill just that gap, so for those who loved the workflow of Reader, Newsblur was the obvious choice. Of course, it has far exceeded Reader's feature set since then. It has had some performance issues in the past, but the developer was quick to respond to them.
Nrbelex 9y ago
Newsblur is indeed great. It is under active development, the developer is responsive to bug reports, the mobile apps are good (if not gorgeous), and there are some innovative features, such as the ability to train Newsblur to sort certain posts into a "focus" list. Plus I consider the fact that it operates using a freemium model a great benefit as there are no ads, it is less likely to close shop out of the blue, and it is less likely to be selling user data to support itself.
WorldMaker 9y ago
NewsBlur is nice. (I'm a very happy paid user.) It's social features are close to what was lost when Google shutdown their Reader. (The biggest thing lacking is how big the community was in GReader's heyday, but that was a rare lightning in a bottle and not NewsBlur's fault.) As a paid customer I know that I'm a customer of NewsBlur, they expect to keep my business, and Samuel Clay has been very good over the years about listening to customer and community feedback.
romdev 9y ago
+1 vote for Newsblur. I was using Google Reader start to finish and also tried several others before settling on Newsblur. It's perfect in almost every way, but has a curious/arbitrary number of stories preserved per feed, sometimes 200, sometimes 500. I haven't figured out if it's an option, or an algorithm.

tschellenbach 9y ago

Winds 2.0 is open source and will be release this April: https://github.com/getstream/winds https://github.com/getstream/winds

aag 9y ago

I'm very happy with Blogtrottr, which turns feeds into email. It has flexible delivery options, e.g. digests, plain text vs. HTML, and sort order. Best of all, receiving posts via email means I don't have to check yet another app.

acemarke 9y ago

BazQux Reader: https://bazqux.com https://bazqux.com It's just like the old Google Reader, but 1) still alive, and 2) $20/yr subscription. Absolutely worth it.

aqtrans 9y ago

After trying a few of the others after Google Reader shut down, I settled on https://tt-rss.org/ https://tt-rss.org/. It has an official Android client and quite a few iOS clients as well.

cpeterso 9y ago

Feedly is nice on desktop web site and mobile app, though it is missing some of the social features of Google Reader and some functionality can be more difficult to find in the UI than it should be.

fernly 9y ago

Since the google debacle I've been using RSS Owl on my Macbook pro. It works. http://www.rssowl.org/ http://www.rssowl.org/