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Elfeed with Tiny Tiny RSS

87 points by ColinWright 7y ago

drapred7 7y ago
Every cloud service should be replaced with free software like this running on a raspberry pi in your basement.
- jojoo 7y ago
  ACK. I switched from google reader to feedly to newsboat. One cloud service less. While i like the idea to be able to read my feeds from multiple computers, i don't actually need it. In fact, readig them on only one device gives me back (a little bit of) focus.
- djsumdog 7y ago
  Or run them on your own hosted VM. I run a bunch of stuff on Vultr, but I'm slowly migrating to a cheap dedicated I bought on Hetzner.
- sdegutis 7y ago
  I like the freedom of not having to maintain my own services. That said, the easiest thing is to just not need services. Then you don't need to host it and don't have to worry about who is hosting it and everything that could go wrong.
cerberusss 7y ago
TT-RSS is pretty great. For Android, I suggest the open source client of the same name, from the same author. For iOS, I suggest "tiny Reader RSS": https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/tiny-reader-rss/id689519762?l=en https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/tiny-reader-rss/id689519762?l=...
oefrha 7y ago
How does TT-RSS compare to FreshRSS? https://freshrss.org/ https://freshrss.org/ I’m still using a commercial reader/aggregator at the moment but might consider switching to self-hosted at some point.
- severine 7y ago
  FreshRSS looks great too, the main differences might be the mobile client (seems missing in FreshRSS) and the possibility of using SQLite as a database (not advertised for TT-RSS). Thanks for the link!
  - gravitas 7y ago
    FreshRSS has a nice mobile interface, no client (app) needed. On my installation I added one extension to minimize the mobile menu bar size a bit more, and it would be nice if long titles wrapped better but it's very usable.
  - henriks 7y ago
    Apparently[1] FreshRSS implements the Fever API, which is compatible with a few nice iOS clients at least. I'm using Reeder[2] with Miniflux[3], which implements the same API, and am very happy with the combination. 1) https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/1836 https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/1836 2) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reeder-4/id1449412357 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reeder-4/id1449412357 3) https://miniflux.app/ https://miniflux.app/
  - oefrha 7y ago
    Like siblings said, FreshRSS is supported out of box on many mobile clients already (including my favorite -- Reeder, and second favorite -- Unread), so a first-party client is unnecessary. On the contrary, TT-RSS seems to at least need a plugin to be used with my clients.
- mtts 7y ago
  I just switched from TT-RSS to FreshRSS. FreshRSS comes out of the box with a Docker image which is really easy to set up. For TT-RSS you have to create your Docker image yourself as neither of the two images available on Github work without putting in a bit of effort. TT-RSS requires an (old, probably no longer maintained) plugin for the Fever API. FreshRSS has it built in. Interface wise it doesn't really matter that much.
  - 7y ago
superkuh 7y ago
I've never understood the need for synchronization of transient content. It adds to much complexity, attack surface, and bulk to any project. Is it really that bad to just run a secure native, non-web, reader on every device? And to answer my own question: No, it isn't that bad. It's fine.
- SanchoPanda 7y ago
  I use RSS to keep up on a wide variety of disparate blogs, as well as the news. It becomes pretty tedious to re-filter all the news on different devices and in the process I risk missing a great post from a blog that posts less often. So for me personally, not syncing RSS is pretty frustrating.
- amaccuish 7y ago
  I use a programm that downloads new articles and pops them in a folder via IMAP. I sign into my email on most devices, be it IMAP, web or ActiveSync, so I can read articles anywhere and my mail server handles syncing read status etc.
  - bambambazooka 7y ago
    Sounds interesting! What program do you use?
    - stevekemp 7y ago
      Sounds like my toy-project: https://github.com/skx/rss2email https://github.com/skx/rss2email Which is a "port" of the very old/established python project with the same name: https://github.com/wking/rss2email https://github.com/wking/rss2email If you have a server somewhere, you use cron and configure a list of feeds. Each time a new entry appears you get it sent as an email. See also this recent post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22899469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22899469
      - amaccuish 7y ago
AnonC 7y ago
> elfeed-protocol will authenticate with your ttrss server, fetch feeds and displays in elfeed like they were native feeds added to elfeed. This is exactly what I was looking for a couple of months ago. I’d even posted an Ask HN [1] on it. Please reply to this comment if you know of similar setups where one can use an aggregator and get the feeds in a local reader as if the subscription was done in the local reader app (I don’t like web interfaces for feeds since it may not work offline and may not download and cache all the feed data for offline use). [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22404840 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22404840

87 points by ColinWright 7y ago

drapred7 7y ago

Every cloud service should be replaced with free software like this running on a raspberry pi in your basement.

jojoo 7y ago
ACK. I switched from google reader to feedly to newsboat. One cloud service less. While i like the idea to be able to read my feeds from multiple computers, i don't actually need it. In fact, readig them on only one device gives me back (a little bit of) focus.
djsumdog 7y ago
Or run them on your own hosted VM. I run a bunch of stuff on Vultr, but I'm slowly migrating to a cheap dedicated I bought on Hetzner.
sdegutis 7y ago
I like the freedom of not having to maintain my own services. That said, the easiest thing is to just not need services. Then you don't need to host it and don't have to worry about who is hosting it and everything that could go wrong.

cerberusss 7y ago

TT-RSS is pretty great. For Android, I suggest the open source client of the same name, from the same author. For iOS, I suggest "tiny Reader RSS": https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/tiny-reader-rss/id689519762?l=en https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/tiny-reader-rss/id689519762?l=...

oefrha 7y ago

How does TT-RSS compare to FreshRSS? https://freshrss.org/ https://freshrss.org/ I’m still using a commercial reader/aggregator at the moment but might consider switching to self-hosted at some point.

severine 7y ago
FreshRSS looks great too, the main differences might be the mobile client (seems missing in FreshRSS) and the possibility of using SQLite as a database (not advertised for TT-RSS). Thanks for the link!
- gravitas 7y ago
  FreshRSS has a nice mobile interface, no client (app) needed. On my installation I added one extension to minimize the mobile menu bar size a bit more, and it would be nice if long titles wrapped better but it's very usable.
- henriks 7y ago
  Apparently[1] FreshRSS implements the Fever API, which is compatible with a few nice iOS clients at least. I'm using Reeder[2] with Miniflux[3], which implements the same API, and am very happy with the combination. 1) https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/1836 https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/1836 2) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reeder-4/id1449412357 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reeder-4/id1449412357 3) https://miniflux.app/ https://miniflux.app/
- oefrha 7y ago
  Like siblings said, FreshRSS is supported out of box on many mobile clients already (including my favorite -- Reeder, and second favorite -- Unread), so a first-party client is unnecessary. On the contrary, TT-RSS seems to at least need a plugin to be used with my clients.
mtts 7y ago
I just switched from TT-RSS to FreshRSS. FreshRSS comes out of the box with a Docker image which is really easy to set up. For TT-RSS you have to create your Docker image yourself as neither of the two images available on Github work without putting in a bit of effort. TT-RSS requires an (old, probably no longer maintained) plugin for the Fever API. FreshRSS has it built in. Interface wise it doesn't really matter that much.
- 7y ago

superkuh 7y ago

I've never understood the need for synchronization of transient content. It adds to much complexity, attack surface, and bulk to any project. Is it really that bad to just run a secure native, non-web, reader on every device? And to answer my own question: No, it isn't that bad. It's fine.

SanchoPanda 7y ago
I use RSS to keep up on a wide variety of disparate blogs, as well as the news. It becomes pretty tedious to re-filter all the news on different devices and in the process I risk missing a great post from a blog that posts less often. So for me personally, not syncing RSS is pretty frustrating.
amaccuish 7y ago
I use a programm that downloads new articles and pops them in a folder via IMAP. I sign into my email on most devices, be it IMAP, web or ActiveSync, so I can read articles anywhere and my mail server handles syncing read status etc.
- bambambazooka 7y ago
  Sounds interesting! What program do you use?
  - stevekemp 7y ago
    Sounds like my toy-project: https://github.com/skx/rss2email https://github.com/skx/rss2email Which is a "port" of the very old/established python project with the same name: https://github.com/wking/rss2email https://github.com/wking/rss2email If you have a server somewhere, you use cron and configure a list of feeds. Each time a new entry appears you get it sent as an email. See also this recent post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22899469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22899469
    - amaccuish 7y ago

AnonC 7y ago

> elfeed-protocol will authenticate with your ttrss server, fetch feeds and displays in elfeed like they were native feeds added to elfeed. This is exactly what I was looking for a couple of months ago. I’d even posted an Ask HN [1] on it. Please reply to this comment if you know of similar setups where one can use an aggregator and get the feeds in a local reader as if the subscription was done in the local reader app (I don’t like web interfaces for feeds since it may not work offline and may not download and cache all the feed data for offline use). [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22404840 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22404840