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Ask HN: What's your favorite RSS reader?

12 points by tnorthcutt 9y ago

I'm open to paid or free. I know of Feedly and haven't been crazy about it; wondering if there's something better to check out.

sjs382 9y ago
When Google Reader got shipped off to the farm upstate, I switched to Feedly briefly, but wasn't very happy with the web client. Once I found Feedbin though, It's integrated seamlessly into my daily routine, becoming something that I use all day but almost never think about. I consider that the greatest praise I can bestow upon software. It's been worth every penny to me. (FWIW, I use "Press" reader on Android, which syncs with Feedly, Feedbin and other services, too).
acemarke 9y ago
BazQux Reader: https://bazqux.com https://bazqux.com . $20/year, and absolutely worth it. It just works.
- tnorthcutt 9y ago
  That looks appealing; my only hesitation is the sign up methods are Google/FB/Twitter (or OpenID, which I honestly don't know how to use. Is it a pain?)
guilhas 9y ago
https://quiterss.org/ https://quiterss.org/
clircle 9y ago
I like to use Thunderbird for reading RSS. It makes sense to me to have RSS in my usual email program.
- ducatdusk 9y ago
  Thunderbird works really well as an RSS reader. It's only because I read my feeds on multiple devices that I use a hosted service.
tedmiston 9y ago
ReadKit [1] for macOS is still pretty nice. You can pull in feeds from Feedly, Feedbin, etc and also send articles to a read later app like Instapaper or Pocket. I prefer the native app approach over a web app for this use case. It's also a one-time purchase. Reeder [2] is pretty similar as well. [1]: https://readkitapp.com https://readkitapp.com [2]: http://reederapp.com/mac/ http://reederapp.com/mac/
ducatdusk 9y ago
I like NewsBlur. The site training system is very effective at filtering out stuff that I don’t want to see and it has reasonable mobile apps for both android and iOS. It’s probably one of the more expensive of the hosted options though.
Kevin_S 9y ago
I like Feedly, been using for like a year. Only thing I really want at this point is to be able to filter out for certain keywords, but it's a pro feature. Does a different app offer this for free?
StapleHorse 9y ago
I use https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/ The UI is kind of similar to google reader.
andymurd 9y ago
I like theoldreader.com. It's very similar to Google Reader and worth every cent of its annual fee for premium access ($25 IIRC).
guybedo 9y ago
I've been a happy Feedly user since GoogleReader shutdown, and i've recently built Aktu: http://aktu.io http://aktu.io It already has some nice features, and many more to come :-) - Rss feeds - news aggregation from thousands of feeds (like Google news) - content categorization - entity extraction - personal dashboard / master feed for all your rss feeds etc...

12 points by tnorthcutt 9y ago

I'm open to paid or free. I know of Feedly and haven't been crazy about it; wondering if there's something better to check out.

sjs382 9y ago

When Google Reader got shipped off to the farm upstate, I switched to Feedly briefly, but wasn't very happy with the web client. Once I found Feedbin though, It's integrated seamlessly into my daily routine, becoming something that I use all day but almost never think about. I consider that the greatest praise I can bestow upon software. It's been worth every penny to me. (FWIW, I use "Press" reader on Android, which syncs with Feedly, Feedbin and other services, too).

acemarke 9y ago

BazQux Reader: https://bazqux.com https://bazqux.com . $20/year, and absolutely worth it. It just works.

tnorthcutt 9y ago
That looks appealing; my only hesitation is the sign up methods are Google/FB/Twitter (or OpenID, which I honestly don't know how to use. Is it a pain?)

guilhas 9y ago

https://quiterss.org/ https://quiterss.org/

clircle 9y ago

I like to use Thunderbird for reading RSS. It makes sense to me to have RSS in my usual email program.

ducatdusk 9y ago
Thunderbird works really well as an RSS reader. It's only because I read my feeds on multiple devices that I use a hosted service.

tedmiston 9y ago

ReadKit [1] for macOS is still pretty nice. You can pull in feeds from Feedly, Feedbin, etc and also send articles to a read later app like Instapaper or Pocket. I prefer the native app approach over a web app for this use case. It's also a one-time purchase. Reeder [2] is pretty similar as well. [1]: https://readkitapp.com https://readkitapp.com [2]: http://reederapp.com/mac/ http://reederapp.com/mac/

ducatdusk 9y ago

I like NewsBlur. The site training system is very effective at filtering out stuff that I don’t want to see and it has reasonable mobile apps for both android and iOS. It’s probably one of the more expensive of the hosted options though.

Kevin_S 9y ago

I like Feedly, been using for like a year. Only thing I really want at this point is to be able to filter out for certain keywords, but it's a pro feature. Does a different app offer this for free?

StapleHorse 9y ago

I use https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/ The UI is kind of similar to google reader.

andymurd 9y ago

I like theoldreader.com. It's very similar to Google Reader and worth every cent of its annual fee for premium access ($25 IIRC).

guybedo 9y ago

I've been a happy Feedly user since GoogleReader shutdown, and i've recently built Aktu: http://aktu.io http://aktu.io It already has some nice features, and many more to come :-) - Rss feeds - news aggregation from thousands of feeds (like Google news) - content categorization - entity extraction - personal dashboard / master feed for all your rss feeds etc...