3 ms·

Feedr v0.8.0 – a TUI RSS reader, now read the full article from your terminal

59 points by bahdotshxx 5mo ago

trvz 5mo ago
RSS readers are immensely helpful to also interact with image (such as web comics) and video (Youtube channels) feeds. Alas, a terminal interface is a decisively bad choice for that.
- kseistrup 5mo ago
  Some terminal emulators – e.g., kitty – can show images inline. I use `toot` and `tooi` to read the Fediverse in kitty, and the images are there alright.
- rambambram 5mo ago
  I wish more sites added images (in the <enclosure> tag preferably) to their RSS posts. I think images are the perfect middle ground between spicing up pure textbased posts and not being distracting videos on autoplay. With my self-built reader (link in bio) I'm always delighted to see posts with photos or images attached.
- analogpixel 5mo ago
  I tried to use neomutt a few months ago, and found that all email is now just a mime encoded minefield. too bad, I liked the mutt workflow over having to have a browser opening and checking for stuff.
- the_gipsy 5mo ago
  Plug: I made https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui-image https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui-image for ratatui projects (like this one), and terminals that support some image protocol. It falls back to some ASCII-art.
- asdff 5mo ago
  You don't need to stay completely in the terminal interface. I use newsboat. I have configured it such that if I want to open any media links like that, one keystroke opens them in a new firefox window on top of everything. One can also use something like mpv or imagemagick if firefox feels too "heavy."
  - anthk 5mo ago
    I use Dillo for science articles.
- sneak 5mo ago
  What if I don't like beans?
jwr 5mo ago
I used to read USENET news in text terminals on X11 systems, and on 3270 terminals before that. It's amusing how we're coming full circle.
- asciii 5mo ago
  text is king. The rise of LLMs helped reinforce that nicely IMO.
cosmotic 5mo ago
Terminal seems like an odd choice for a platform to read on, considering the fixed-width characters.
- exiguus 5mo ago
  [flagged]
- bluebarbet 5mo ago
  I say fixed-width characters are a feature, not a bug.
oDot 5mo ago
TUIs are so nice. Please consider using Trolley to package this for non-technical users: https://github.com/weedonandscott/trolley https://github.com/weedonandscott/trolley
exiguus 5mo ago
Will it also have client functionality to support reader like miniflux or tiny tiny rss, like in newsboat?
- bahdotshxx 5mo ago
  No plans for that yet. Feedr is currently standalone-only.
infogulch 5mo ago
Does it use ffmpeg to render inline images to ASCII?
steffs 5mo ago
[flagged]
TwoNineFive 5mo ago
There is an old Android app named "Feedr". Many people still use it, even though it's not listed on the Play Store anymore. Not to mention "Feeder". Nobody is going to be able to find this by name when you have such a generic one.

59 points by bahdotshxx 5mo ago

trvz 5mo ago

RSS readers are immensely helpful to also interact with image (such as web comics) and video (Youtube channels) feeds. Alas, a terminal interface is a decisively bad choice for that.

kseistrup 5mo ago
Some terminal emulators – e.g., kitty – can show images inline. I use `toot` and `tooi` to read the Fediverse in kitty, and the images are there alright.
rambambram 5mo ago
I wish more sites added images (in the <enclosure> tag preferably) to their RSS posts. I think images are the perfect middle ground between spicing up pure textbased posts and not being distracting videos on autoplay. With my self-built reader (link in bio) I'm always delighted to see posts with photos or images attached.
analogpixel 5mo ago
I tried to use neomutt a few months ago, and found that all email is now just a mime encoded minefield. too bad, I liked the mutt workflow over having to have a browser opening and checking for stuff.
the_gipsy 5mo ago
Plug: I made https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui-image https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui-image for ratatui projects (like this one), and terminals that support some image protocol. It falls back to some ASCII-art.
asdff 5mo ago
You don't need to stay completely in the terminal interface. I use newsboat. I have configured it such that if I want to open any media links like that, one keystroke opens them in a new firefox window on top of everything. One can also use something like mpv or imagemagick if firefox feels too "heavy."
- anthk 5mo ago
  I use Dillo for science articles.
sneak 5mo ago
What if I don't like beans?

jwr 5mo ago

I used to read USENET news in text terminals on X11 systems, and on 3270 terminals before that. It's amusing how we're coming full circle.

asciii 5mo ago
text is king. The rise of LLMs helped reinforce that nicely IMO.

cosmotic 5mo ago

Terminal seems like an odd choice for a platform to read on, considering the fixed-width characters.

exiguus 5mo ago
[flagged]
bluebarbet 5mo ago
I say fixed-width characters are a feature, not a bug.

oDot 5mo ago

TUIs are so nice. Please consider using Trolley to package this for non-technical users: https://github.com/weedonandscott/trolley https://github.com/weedonandscott/trolley

exiguus 5mo ago

Will it also have client functionality to support reader like miniflux or tiny tiny rss, like in newsboat?

bahdotshxx 5mo ago
No plans for that yet. Feedr is currently standalone-only.

infogulch 5mo ago

Does it use ffmpeg to render inline images to ASCII?

steffs 5mo ago

[flagged]

TwoNineFive 5mo ago

There is an old Android app named "Feedr". Many people still use it, even though it's not listed on the Play Store anymore. Not to mention "Feeder". Nobody is going to be able to find this by name when you have such a generic one.