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Sputnik – Simple and practical RSS reader

43 points by hepha1979 13y ago

daveid 13y ago
This looks nice, but will there be a Linux version?
- hepha1979 13y ago
  At the moment it only available for MacOS and Windows, hopefully in the future develop a compatible version with Linux (Debian, Suse, etc.)
eksith 13y ago
I like this! I'm right now reading Ars on it and it works pretty well. A tiny request: Would it be possible to allow changing the background graphic? Maybe a wallpaper of my choosing? Also, a method to "archive" in addition to saving tagged articles would be awesome. Having to tag if I want to keep an article permanently each time may be a bit cumbersome. Edit: Oops, nevermind about the background image. Found bg.jpg in Sputnik\app\visual\images ;)
eknkc 13y ago
Mac app is not signed, makes the os nag about unidentified developer. I'm fine with running it but a lot of people might not bother with security settings.
- davidcollantes 13y ago
  It is not about no bothering with security settings. I would rather pay something, and have it signed. I will not run it --even if free-- if not.
  - aroch 13y ago
    That's a pretty silly tact to take. Especially since being signed doesn't mean "not malicious'
- jeena 13y ago
  None of my OS X apps are signed either and honestly it is because you have to pay Apple $100 every year to be able to sign them. As a student I have quite a lot of free time to work on Open Source applications but $100 every 12 months is still quite a lot of money for a hobby where I give away the fruits of my work for free. (Or at least I can't find out how to sign it without paying)
knodi 13y ago
After google reader was killed out sadly my RSS feed reading has come to a halt.
- davidcollantes 13y ago
  I was a Google Reader user too. When it was shutdown, Feedly[1] came to the rescue in a very nice, and free, way. [1] http://cloud.feedly.com/#welcome http://cloud.feedly.com/#welcome
  - lmm 13y ago
    I'm using feedly but their android app is horribly unreliable. Anyone have a better alternative?
    - marcocampos 13y ago
      Newsblur [1] [1] http://newsblur.com http://newsblur.com
    - nuclear_eclipse 13y ago
      I use the Press app on Android attached to my Feedly account, and I couldn't be happier. http://twentyfivesquares.com/press/ http://twentyfivesquares.com/press/
      - jsherer 13y ago
        Press is a decent Android app with a lot of sync options. I use it with my reader via Fever API. The only complaint is that it has a few memory leaks which causes it to crash every now and then on memory constrained devices.
    - jeena 13y ago
      If you have a server where you can install something yourself, I recommend TinyTinyRSS[1], or if you already run a ownCloud instance then ownCloud News[2]. For both of them there are desktop and mobile clients, TTRSS even has a fever plugin[3] which mimics the fever API so you can use it with all clients which only support the fever API too. [1] http://tt-rss.org/ http://tt-rss.org/ [2] http://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php?content=158434 http://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php?content=158434 [3] https://github.com/dasmurphy/tinytinyrss-fever-plugin https://github.com/dasmurphy/tinytinyrss-fever-plugin
tommoor 13y ago
Nice to see more apps based on node-webkit, best of luck.
p6rny 13y ago
how do you run it behind proxy. I am not able to understand much from https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/130 https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/130
- spinodal 13y ago
  hi, i added this line in sputnik\app\helpers\net.js after line 10... and it worked... options.proxy = 'http://username:password@proxy.domain.com:8080/'; http://username:password@proxy.domain.com:8080/';
V-2 13y ago
Why does it use less than half of my monitor width? I'm on a 1920 x 1080, and the feed pane is only 770 pixels wide - and not resizable. What's the purpose of this? Most of the screen estate is wasted for a wallpaper of author's choice, instead of displaying the content I'm actually interested in. I find this design choice really hard to understand.
pary 13y ago
I miss one very important setting. Hide/don't show "marked as read"
skimmas 13y ago
This looks really, really good. the UX is pretty sleak. I'm switching from Leaf to Sputick for a few days and see how it goes. Only needs some work on those media queries.
ams6110 13y ago
Hard to find names that haven't been used before, but Sputnik is the name of a Wiki/CMS for Lua. https://github.com/yuri/sputnik https://github.com/yuri/sputnik
hsmyers 13y ago
Need to import from feedly, any suggestions?
- V-2 13y ago
  yes, export your subscriptions as an OPML file (Feedly -> Organize), Sputnik can import it.
yapcguy 13y ago
If you want simple and practical RSS reading in a terminal window, use Newsbeuter. http://newsbeuter.org/ http://newsbeuter.org/
jeena 13y ago
It seems not to be able to synchronize my read/starred articles with any server (TinyTinyRSS, feedly, ownCloud News, feever, etc.). For me this functionality is essential because I use 4 different devices to read my feeds, but I understand that there are people out there who only read them on one devise.

43 points by hepha1979 13y ago

daveid 13y ago

This looks nice, but will there be a Linux version?

hepha1979 13y ago
At the moment it only available for MacOS and Windows, hopefully in the future develop a compatible version with Linux (Debian, Suse, etc.)

eksith 13y ago

I like this! I'm right now reading Ars on it and it works pretty well. A tiny request: Would it be possible to allow changing the background graphic? Maybe a wallpaper of my choosing? Also, a method to "archive" in addition to saving tagged articles would be awesome. Having to tag if I want to keep an article permanently each time may be a bit cumbersome. Edit: Oops, nevermind about the background image. Found bg.jpg in Sputnik\app\visual\images ;)

eknkc 13y ago

Mac app is not signed, makes the os nag about unidentified developer. I'm fine with running it but a lot of people might not bother with security settings.

davidcollantes 13y ago
It is not about no bothering with security settings. I would rather pay something, and have it signed. I will not run it --even if free-- if not.
- aroch 13y ago
  That's a pretty silly tact to take. Especially since being signed doesn't mean "not malicious'
jeena 13y ago
None of my OS X apps are signed either and honestly it is because you have to pay Apple $100 every year to be able to sign them. As a student I have quite a lot of free time to work on Open Source applications but $100 every 12 months is still quite a lot of money for a hobby where I give away the fruits of my work for free. (Or at least I can't find out how to sign it without paying)

knodi 13y ago

After google reader was killed out sadly my RSS feed reading has come to a halt.

davidcollantes 13y ago
I was a Google Reader user too. When it was shutdown, Feedly[1] came to the rescue in a very nice, and free, way. [1] http://cloud.feedly.com/#welcome http://cloud.feedly.com/#welcome
- lmm 13y ago
  I'm using feedly but their android app is horribly unreliable. Anyone have a better alternative?
  - marcocampos 13y ago
    Newsblur [1] [1] http://newsblur.com http://newsblur.com
  - nuclear_eclipse 13y ago
    I use the Press app on Android attached to my Feedly account, and I couldn't be happier. http://twentyfivesquares.com/press/ http://twentyfivesquares.com/press/
    - jsherer 13y ago
      Press is a decent Android app with a lot of sync options. I use it with my reader via Fever API. The only complaint is that it has a few memory leaks which causes it to crash every now and then on memory constrained devices.
  - jeena 13y ago
    If you have a server where you can install something yourself, I recommend TinyTinyRSS[1], or if you already run a ownCloud instance then ownCloud News[2]. For both of them there are desktop and mobile clients, TTRSS even has a fever plugin[3] which mimics the fever API so you can use it with all clients which only support the fever API too. [1] http://tt-rss.org/ http://tt-rss.org/ [2] http://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php?content=158434 http://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php?content=158434 [3] https://github.com/dasmurphy/tinytinyrss-fever-plugin https://github.com/dasmurphy/tinytinyrss-fever-plugin

tommoor 13y ago

Nice to see more apps based on node-webkit, best of luck.

p6rny 13y ago

how do you run it behind proxy. I am not able to understand much from https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/130 https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/130

spinodal 13y ago
hi, i added this line in sputnik\app\helpers\net.js after line 10... and it worked... options.proxy = 'http://username:password@proxy.domain.com:8080/'; http://username:password@proxy.domain.com:8080/';

V-2 13y ago

Why does it use less than half of my monitor width? I'm on a 1920 x 1080, and the feed pane is only 770 pixels wide - and not resizable. What's the purpose of this? Most of the screen estate is wasted for a wallpaper of author's choice, instead of displaying the content I'm actually interested in. I find this design choice really hard to understand.

pary 13y ago

I miss one very important setting. Hide/don't show "marked as read"

skimmas 13y ago

This looks really, really good. the UX is pretty sleak. I'm switching from Leaf to Sputick for a few days and see how it goes. Only needs some work on those media queries.

ams6110 13y ago

Hard to find names that haven't been used before, but Sputnik is the name of a Wiki/CMS for Lua. https://github.com/yuri/sputnik https://github.com/yuri/sputnik

hsmyers 13y ago

Need to import from feedly, any suggestions?

V-2 13y ago
yes, export your subscriptions as an OPML file (Feedly -> Organize), Sputnik can import it.

yapcguy 13y ago

If you want simple and practical RSS reading in a terminal window, use Newsbeuter. http://newsbeuter.org/ http://newsbeuter.org/

jeena 13y ago

It seems not to be able to synchronize my read/starred articles with any server (TinyTinyRSS, feedly, ownCloud News, feever, etc.). For me this functionality is essential because I use 4 different devices to read my feeds, but I understand that there are people out there who only read them on one devise.