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Yet I still use it on all devices and nothing beats it. Moved to Feedly when Google Reader died. For apple ecosystem best client is https://reederapp.com/class

by piskov 1y ago

Yet I still use it on all devices and nothing beats it. Moved to Feedly when Google Reader died. For apple ecosystem best client is https://reederapp.com/classic/ https://reederapp.com/classic/

frou_dh 1y ago
Arguably the best is NetNewsWire, which has been around in various forms for over 20 years and is still developed today https://netnewswire.com https://netnewswire.com
- michaelcampbell 1y ago
  https://theoldreader.com https://theoldreader.com has been my go-to since google reader was killed. It's pretty good at sussing out the rss feed of random blogs if one exists, too.
- latexr 1y ago
  NetNewsWire doesn’t have an in-app browser, which can be a dealbreaker (it was for me, last I tried it).
- hckalewine 1y ago
  Cannot agree more.
riedel 1y ago
I use RSS inside Telegram using a bot (should work with Matrix, Teams, etc as well) Allows syncing read stuff across devices and gives nice previews.
ericd 1y ago
Sorry for the random question, but I’ve been trying to get more into RSS, and figure it’s worth asking someone who has a lot of experience - is there a reliable way to find an RSS feed for a given site, assuming it has one? Or is it a set of heuristics you try? Are there good tools to RSSify sites that don’t have one?
- Latitude7973 1y ago
  I use Folo which has Rsshub built in. You simply search for a source you want, or add your own with a known URL for everyone to use. Otherwise you can use Rsshub with a reader of your choice.
- NicuCalcea 1y ago
  I use RSSHub Radar which finds both native feeds and some RSS-ified feeds for websites that don't support it. https://github.com/DIYgod/RSSHub-Radar https://github.com/DIYgod/RSSHub-Radar
  - ericd 1y ago
    Ah this is great, thanks!
- frou_dh 1y ago
  With decent RSS apps, you can generally just paste in the URL of any page (or the site's homepage) and they will take care of examining the HTML to find the URL of the actual feed.
- AndrewDucker 1y ago
  Check the source code. Looks for "rss". If that returns too many hits then search for "application/rss+xml".
  - rpdillon 1y ago
    Exactly the approach that I've been using for years. Manual, but works!
  - ericd 1y ago
    That's actually what I've been doing, but sites that very clearly should have an RSS feed (specifically, our local governments' event calendar pages), don't, so I thought there might be some other route/heuristic/whatever that I've been missing :-(.
- okasaki 1y ago

by piskov 1y ago

Yet I still use it on all devices and nothing beats it. Moved to Feedly when Google Reader died. For apple ecosystem best client is https://reederapp.com/classic/ https://reederapp.com/classic/

frou_dh 1y ago

Arguably the best is NetNewsWire, which has been around in various forms for over 20 years and is still developed today https://netnewswire.com https://netnewswire.com

michaelcampbell 1y ago
https://theoldreader.com https://theoldreader.com has been my go-to since google reader was killed. It's pretty good at sussing out the rss feed of random blogs if one exists, too.
latexr 1y ago
NetNewsWire doesn’t have an in-app browser, which can be a dealbreaker (it was for me, last I tried it).
hckalewine 1y ago
Cannot agree more.

riedel 1y ago

I use RSS inside Telegram using a bot (should work with Matrix, Teams, etc as well) Allows syncing read stuff across devices and gives nice previews.

ericd 1y ago

Sorry for the random question, but I’ve been trying to get more into RSS, and figure it’s worth asking someone who has a lot of experience - is there a reliable way to find an RSS feed for a given site, assuming it has one? Or is it a set of heuristics you try? Are there good tools to RSSify sites that don’t have one?

Latitude7973 1y ago
I use Folo which has Rsshub built in. You simply search for a source you want, or add your own with a known URL for everyone to use. Otherwise you can use Rsshub with a reader of your choice.
NicuCalcea 1y ago
I use RSSHub Radar which finds both native feeds and some RSS-ified feeds for websites that don't support it. https://github.com/DIYgod/RSSHub-Radar https://github.com/DIYgod/RSSHub-Radar
- ericd 1y ago
  Ah this is great, thanks!
frou_dh 1y ago
With decent RSS apps, you can generally just paste in the URL of any page (or the site's homepage) and they will take care of examining the HTML to find the URL of the actual feed.
AndrewDucker 1y ago
Check the source code. Looks for "rss". If that returns too many hits then search for "application/rss+xml".
- rpdillon 1y ago
  Exactly the approach that I've been using for years. Manual, but works!
- ericd 1y ago
  That's actually what I've been doing, but sites that very clearly should have an RSS feed (specifically, our local governments' event calendar pages), don't, so I thought there might be some other route/heuristic/whatever that I've been missing :-(.
okasaki 1y ago