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Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

51 points by thinkingkong 12y ago

If so, which one do you use? If not, how are you actually monitoring updates from all your favorite news sources?

imkevinxu 12y ago
I still swear by NetNewsWire http://netnewswireapp.com/ http://netnewswireapp.com/ My protip is I only subscribe to personal blogs with infrequent update schedules. So no TechCrunch and no Engadget, etc
sp332 12y ago
Yup, I used to use Google Reader, but switched to https://newsblur.com/ https://newsblur.com/ The app is fast and polished, and the dev is very responsive. https://twitter.com/NewsBlur https://twitter.com/NewsBlur (Hi conesus!)
- dochtman 12y ago
  NewsBlur is awesome, it's supported by a number of frontends (including Reeder) and has a very capable web app and a nice Android app. I've also used the iOS app from time to time, and new features on all of these are still rolling in from time to time. The dev is responsive on Twitter (just today we debugged some issues) and the entire thing (including both iOS and Android apps!) is open source, so if they decide to discontinue it you could stand up your own local copy. Hopefully all the premium members make it a little less likely that that'll happen.
- prohor 12y ago
  I also use https://newsblur.com/ https://newsblur.com/ . Other good options was http://theoldreader.com/ http://theoldreader.com/ but after a time I switched to newsblur.
- greenyoda 12y ago
  I'm also a happy NewsBlur premium user, and RSS is the only way I could keep up with all the blogs I follow. In fact, I'm reading HN via its RSS feed right now...
ssivark 12y ago
Feedly
Someone1234 12y ago
Never got into RSS, so no. Reddit and Hacker News. Aggregates everything together and crops out much of the nonsense (although both have a bias, so some points of view are inherently filtered). Only big downside is no offline availability. However in my limited trials with RSS the promise of offline was rarely delivered up to a workable standard (e.g. pages would be so mangled it was painful to read them, key images missing, etc).
jfb 12y ago
I use Reeder [1], backed by Feed Wrangler [2]. I have a few hundred feeds, many of which rarely update. I find it an invaluable way to keep up with interesting and important news; I use RSS the way many people use Twitter, apparently. [1] http://reederapp.com http://reederapp.com [2] https://feedwrangler.net/welcome.html https://feedwrangler.net/welcome.html
- kylec 12y ago
  I use Reeder too, backed by Fever. With what happened to Google Reader, the fact that Fever is self-hosted and can never go away is a big advantage for me.
  - alsetmusic 12y ago
    I have a license for Fever, but it lost its sparkle for me due to slower sync. I could fall back to it if needed, but I use FeedBin right now. The period between when Reeder lost Google Reader and when it gained new sync options temporarily killed RSS for me, as every other app I tested just made me wish for Reeder. It's one of my favorite apps of all time.
    - jfb 12y ago
      I am hoping that the work that was put in to make Reeder backend agnostic would be sufficient to survive another RSS aggregation service extinction event. Of the applications I pay for on my Mac, Reeder is my favorite, with 1Password close second.
nodivbyzero 12y ago
Digg.com/reader
sirkneeland 12y ago
Yes, Feedly.
smacktoward 12y ago
Yep. Feedly.
dangoor 12y ago
I use Feedly + Mr. Reader on the iPad
liquid_x 12y ago
Feedly + ReadKit on osx
schrodingersCat 12y ago
Feedly + Reeder on OSX
pionar 12y ago
For about a year (I think, whenever Google Reader shut down), I just stopped using them. I relied on sites like Hacker News to get updates (along with Twitter). I found recently, though, that it was not giving me all the things I thought were relevant to me (especially in the .NET world, where I work). So, recently, I started using The Old Reader[0]. It's nice and clean, and unobtrusive. It's not slick, but that doesn't matter to me in this area. If there was a nice CLI reader (like Mutt) for RSS, I'd probably use that. I'm thinking that'd be a nice weekend project. [0]https://theoldreader.com/ https://theoldreader.com/
- profsnuggles 12y ago
  I'm not sure if you are joking around or not... but http://www.newsbeuter.org/ http://www.newsbeuter.org/ http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/i_want_the_mutt_of_feed_readers.html http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/i_want_the_mutt_of_feed_reader...
Kronopath 12y ago
Yes, Inoreader[0]. It's the one that was closest in functionality to Google Reader when it shut down. It's simple and cuts out the bullcrap. Though I've found I've been relying on RSS less these days, just because there are fewer sources I've cared to read from. [0] https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/
- mrbonner 12y ago
  I second inoreader. But I think their mobile site is a bit weak comparing to the olg GReader. It doesn't mark items read when I scroll down.
- onestone 12y ago
  Inoreader as well. Hands down the best of the bunch which emerged after Google Reader was closed.
agwa 12y ago
Yes, I've been using Liferea [http://lzone.de/liferea/ http://lzone.de/liferea/] since 2004. Seeing the rise and fall of Google Reader while meanwhile Liferea steadily progressed from 0.4 to 1.11 I think says a lot about the value of both desktop software and open source. I can still read interesting articles that I "flagged" 10 years ago!
pbreit 12y ago
Yes, digg reader (web version even on iPhone and iPad). Pretty happy with it. My google usage was cut in half.
- presty 12y ago
  +1 for digg (even though it has some bugs here and there, but nothing major) it has web, ios and android clients!
AdamGibbins 12y ago
Feedbin + ReadKit (OSX) + Press (Android) + Reeder (iOS)
0x006A 12y ago
Yes, Liferea
joshfraser 12y ago
I tried a bunch of them and Inoreader came the closest to filling the gaping hole in my heart left by Google Reader.
elf_m_sternberg 12y ago
Yes. Liferea. I've been using it pretty much since the Death of Usenet.
vzjrz 12y ago
I've actually really gotten into keeping track of my youtube subscriptions and the only real reliable way I found was to use rss. Because of privacy concerns I've never really used an online rss reader but I have tried a few of the offline clients. I definitely recommend people check out http://quiterss.org/ http://quiterss.org/ if they're looking for a new offline rss reader.
tremendo 12y ago
Yes. Newsblur (after GReader).
- vl 12y ago
  Newsblur FTW
stoical 12y ago
Seamonkey's integrated news reader.
luxbock 12y ago
I didn't use a RSS reader before Google Reader shutdown, and it was actually cries over the event that made me feel like I was missing out on something. Now I'm a happy user of Newsblur and can indeed concur that I was missing out. One man's tragedy is another mans fortune I guess :)
ryanjodonnell 12y ago
Yes. Feedly.
bonaldi 12y ago
I use Bazqux, which is absolutely superb: * Rock-solid, I haven't seen an outage * Impressively fast (Reeder updates from it much faster than it ever did with Google Reader: I can get all my feeds in one Tube stop's worth of wifi) * Has good features like filtering (goodbye "latest podcast" spam) and highlighting (only see certain posts from high-volume feeds * Great keyboard UI on the web. Can't recommend it enough. I understand it also has an interesting tech stack behind it too.
- jdf 12y ago
  I also use Bazqux, and endorse every point bonaldi made. It also works pretty smoothly on iOS with Feeddler. Despite shifting a lot of article tracking to Twitter, I still find RSS to be a better way to track and consume long form content. Also, the signal to noise ratio of the average RSS feed is much better than that of the average Twitter feed for people whose article's I'd like to read.
- delecti 12y ago
  I tried Bazqux (before settling on Digg), but right near the end of my free trial they removed the one feature I give a damn about. I've never cared for reading entries in the reader, I just want it to show me a list of links that I can easily mark as read and click through to the original article.
  - vshabanov 12y ago
    What feature was removed? I'm a developer of BazQux Reader and can't remember that I removed any major feature.
    - delecti 12y ago
      Essentially when looking at the list of feed items there was no longer a direct link to the articles without expanding the entries.
      - vshabanov 12y ago
tobik 12y ago
Yes, Thunderbird through its builtin RSS and newsgroup support (via Gmane).
shanecleveland 12y ago
Feedwrangler
hendersoon 12y ago
Yes, Bazqux. https://bazqux.com https://bazqux.com I've tried all the results of the diaspora of Google Reader and Bazqux is by far the best solution for pure RSS reading. It has a lightning fast super-clean web UI, updates very quickly, has a completely clean interface, and costs $9/year. Well worth it. They offer a free trial if you want to try it out. I think it lasts 14 days. Also it works with all the various RSS reader mobile apps; Press, Greader, Reeder, and Mr. Reader. It does have a terrible name, though. (Note: I don't get anything for this admittedly glowing endorsement. I'm just a satisfied customer.)
talles 12y ago
Yes, digg.com/reader
netbek 12y ago
Yes, Thunderbird. Offline access and having it together with my mail work for me.
tobr 12y ago
Yes, ReadKit on OS X and Reeder on iOS, syncing with Feed Wrangler.
SloopJon 12y ago
I'll be watching these answers with interest. I used Vienna for a long time, then switched to Google Reader by way of Gruml. Hard to believe it's been over a year, but I pretty much stopped using RSS the day Reader died. (My Firefox session still has a HN tab with the "Google Reader is dead" story.) I've mainly been reading Ars Technica and Hacker News ever since, occasionally slumming it on Daring Fireball when I get bored.
fugue88 12y ago
Yes, rss2email (http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email/ http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email/).
nkcmr 12y ago
Feedly + Reeder (iOS) + Reeder (OS X) Gets the job done.
akkartik 12y ago
My own invention, because I wanted to live in my browser tabs and not learn a new UI: http://github.com/akkartik/spew http://github.com/akkartik/spew. Unfortunately I haven't found the fortitude to deal with mozilla's review process.
scolson 12y ago
Yes, feedly since google reader died. I follow almost 100 different feeds with varying degrees of attention (categorized accordingly)
hyperpape 12y ago
Feedly. I find it has some obnoxious bugs, but I'm too lazy to investigate alternatives. I get news from Twitter first, though. Feedly is something I check later in the day, or not even once a day.
- wizawuza 12y ago
  Ditto.. feedly, it's not perfect, but it's good enough. Very similar keyboard shortcuts as google reader.
yabatopia 12y ago
Absolutely. I have a Feedly Pro lifetime subscription and I use it several times a day. RSS is great, too bad major social networks refuse to use it.
- jfb 12y ago
  I'm not sure I would want Twitter/FB/G+/et al updates via my RSS reader, and I certainly wouldn't want to have to sort through all the stuff on the social networks to get good longform content (or pictures of baby animals). Different platforms have different strengths, and I'd hate to see the utility of one diluted to chase another.
ecaron 12y ago
I've bounced between Newsblur & Feedly, but keep sticking with Feedly because of their Android app. My biggest psychological point that I've learned of myself is I find myself skeptical & leery of long-term using Feedly because they won't take my money. My gut is telling me "I want a RSS Reader with a business model so I know its worth my time investment", although my brain knows that a subscription models ensures viability with the same guarantees as ad models.
- knurdle 12y ago
  Not sure what you mean by won't take your money. Feedly offers a pro subscription.
icebraining 12y ago
Yes. Tiny Tiny RSS (self-hosted): http://tt-rss.org http://tt-rss.org It's lightweight, has a GReader-like UI, a decent Android app, an API, keyboard shortcuts, etc.
loumf 12y ago
I use goread.io -- I pay for it, but it's free for you to host yourself on AppEngine. It stays free if you stay under AppEngine free limits. It's similar to Google Reader in UI and features.
humannature 12y ago
Firefox has built-in "Live Bookmarks", and it's just a dropdown of your feed so it doesn't take up the whole page (like feedly does),just goto an rss url and it will ask you to subscribe.
reljac 12y ago
Feedbin[0] for managing and viewing from laptop, Reeder for viewing on iOS[1]. There's 75+ feeds in my Feedbin account - a few need removed but I'm sure I have a few to add as well. [0] http://feedbin.com/ http://feedbin.com/ [1] http://reederapp.com/ios/ http://reederapp.com/ios/
jkmcf 12y ago
I'm really liking Feedly, and their iOS apps are really nice. I wish they had a cheaper paid version. I don't really need their pro features, but a $10-20/year subscription would be enticing instead of just coasting for free.
cel 12y ago
Yes, rss2imap. https://github.com/rcarmo/rss2imap https://github.com/rcarmo/rss2imap
bradfa 12y ago
Yes. I use Reeder (the old one which is no longer available on the App Store) on iOS with local RSS (it fetches ever time I launch it).
projectdelphai 12y ago
Yeah, Tiny Tiny RSS self-hosted on Heroku. Here's the link to how I did it: https://projectdelphai.github.io/blog/2013/03/15/replacing-google-reader-with-tt-rss-on-heroku/ https://projectdelphai.github.io/blog/2013/03/15/replacing-g...
gighi 12y ago
I use feedly and this self-hosted application to read all sections of Hacker News: http://gianlucaborello.github.io/rssify/ http://gianlucaborello.github.io/rssify/
talleyrand 12y ago
Yes. Feedly. Constantly...
rcjordan 12y ago
I ended up writing my own using SimplePie. Here's a multifeed demo: http://simplepie.org/wiki/tutorial/how_to_replicate_popurls http://simplepie.org/wiki/tutorial/how_to_replicate_popurls With the demise of many of the Craigslist national search apps, I ended up taking SimplePie into that realm and produced a 418-CLfeed search engine for personal use as a collector/hobbyist ...OK, hoarder. Works!
chrawprime 12y ago
Feedbin + Press
ajdecon 12y ago
At the moment I use feedly, though I may consider newsblur at some point. I could not live without my rss feeds. :)
lcedp 12y ago
Yes, Tiny Tiny RSS hosted (among other things) on VPS for $15/yr
thallian 12y ago
Yes, the Owncloud News Reader: http://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php/News?content=158434 http://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php/News?content=15843...
devindotcom 12y ago
Yep. I use Digg Reader - it's clean and simple, despite a few minor features missing from greader.
akshayagarwal 12y ago
Yes, feedly.
austinsharp 12y ago
Yes, Feedly. Works great on web and Android, decently customizable. I don't pay for Pro, the free version has been enough.
rakoo 12y ago
A different answer: I don't use an RSS reader per se, but I use the rss-to-nntp gateway that gwene.org [0] is. It's hosted by the same guy behind the well-known gmane.org. I then use the Thunderbird built-in NNTP reader to get all my feeds. I think this is a good way to do it, because it means we could gather all RSS-retrieving capabilities for common sites and share the items much more efficiently than having everyone poll on all servers. When you think of it, a Network News Transfer Protocol seems to be a good solution for propagating sites updates. It also means that I don't get to share my "seen/flagged" status across devices, which is good: I have taken this occasion to follow less and less sites, and live more outside of the feeds than inside them. Note: the web reader of gwene.org (read.gwene.org) seems to be outdated; if you point your news reader at news.gwene.org you will get all the latest entries. [0] http://gwene.org/ http://gwene.org/
- stevekemp 12y ago
  That sounds like an interesting approach. I do something similar, I have a server sat around polling RSS feeds and when new entries are posted they're piped into a chatroom which I look at during the course of the day.
lion0 12y ago
http://krillapps.com/feedy/ http://krillapps.com/feedy/
acheron 12y ago
tt-rss. Works great on my PC but I never found a good solution for reading it on mobile.
leostatic 12y ago
I use a combination of Google's Newsstand and Feedly. My must-read subscriptions go to Feedly. Basically blogs of people who I want to follow, some sources related to my local area etc. Others like The Verge, Techcrunch etc. go to Newsstand.
Koldark 12y ago
Yes, I just came to this post via Feedly.
Zweihander 12y ago
Thunderbird - multi-account Mail and RSS. Following around 40 feeds. Does the job nicely and still upbeat on TB's future.
steanne 12y ago
i learned of hn through the shared posts on newblur, which means there's at least two of us using it.
sh1n0b1 12y ago
Yep, Liferea after I got irritated with some inconveniences with Thunderbird
villek 12y ago
Yes, couldn't read news and follow blogs without RSS. My setup is FeedWrangler as sync backend and ReadKit on Mac, Mr. Reader on iPad, and Reeder on iPhone.
pllbnk 12y ago
Feedly. Didn't look long for an alternative after Google Reader shut down and just took the most popular at the time. Aside from a stupid bug which almost always displays incorrect unread item count, I am satisfied with it.
carno 12y ago
Yes, Feedly. All the other ones I tried are just ugh.
fotcorn 12y ago
I'm using http://protopage.com http://protopage.com, which is an iGoogle clone.
Involute 12y ago
Feedly.
JohnTHaller 12y ago
I used to use Google Reader but switched to Feedly. When it came to light that Feedly was hijacking social sharing buttons on their site and in their app, I switched to Digg. I mostly use the site on my desktop. I use the Android app as a supplement.
luxpir 12y ago
Newsbeuter - 'Mutt for RSS' - fast, most-lightweight, self-hosted on Raspberry Pi. This is after trying TT-RSS and Miniflux (post-Reader). Both decent, but neither as appealing. Miniflux is very attractive, I just prefer the speed of Newsbeuter. Plus using the window/pane arrangement of Tmux with it is always fun. The less is more suckless movement very much appeals.
jack-r-abbit 12y ago
I've been happy with Digg Reader for a long time now. (well, since Google Reader shut. That feels like a long time.)
hadoukenio 12y ago
rss2email is pretty good, written by Aaron Swartz
rwbhn 12y ago
Feedly. Works great on multiple devices.
edavis 12y ago
Yes. RSS is still primarily how I get my news. As for how, I built my own reader: https://github.com/edavis/river https://github.com/edavis/river It generates a roughly reverse chronological "river of news" (http://rsshub.org/feeds/ http://rsshub.org/feeds/) via a config file I host on Dropbox (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19853263/Feeds/feeds.txt https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19853263/Feeds/feeds.txt). If I may brag, I'm pretty damn happy with how it turned out.
malyk 12y ago
Yes, Feedly
MrDom 12y ago
Yes, rss2email.
BruceIV 12y ago
Feedly. You need curation on the Internet, so HN is for the interesting stuff I haven't found yet, and Feedly is for sources with a high signal-to-noise ratio.
jayeola 12y ago
Absoloutely. Too many sites, not enough time. feedly
jeffehobbs 12y ago
Yes, Reeder with Feedly as the backend. It's quite good.
- manicdee 12y ago
  Reeder here too. I use Feed Wrangler for my backend.
- j0k3r 12y ago
  The best combo I found.
rcarmo 12y ago
I use https://github.com/rcarmo/rss2imap https://github.com/rcarmo/rss2imap with a dedicated GMail account. I read my news on any desktop or mobile with a choice of clients (GMail on Android or web works great, although I usually end up reading most of it on iOS or Apple Mail).
lmedinas 12y ago
Well for me it's complicated. I use mainly Twitter, G+ or Facebook for news. I find them to suit my needs almost perfectly. Twitter while at work pause to quick check news, G+/Facebook later at home. The downsides is that i got distracted or sometimes i see posts from friends which i don't have a mood/will to see. Besides this Feedly, but Digg is also cool.
smashu 12y ago
Feedly, daily.
istoselidas 12y ago
I've created my own https://github.com/johndel/freeze https://github.com/johndel/freeze but this one isn't the last version (too lazy to push it as far as I am the only one using it. I have a private repo also). I feel more comfortable to host my own solution and add custom feature that I want.
lblz12366 12y ago
newblur
Zalos 12y ago
Currently I use Digg.com´s reader (http://digg.com/reader http://digg.com/reader) as it´s the closest I´ve found to Google Reader. I am a bit of an RSS addict and spend quite a bit of time daily reading through my RSS feeds. I have over a 100 feeds in my reader.
ElleS 12y ago
I use http://flowreader.com/ http://flowreader.com/ as my main RSS reader (because I'm part of the team). There's also the option to connect your Facebook news feed and Twitter timeline. Other great options: http://theoldreader.com/ http://theoldreader.com/ and http://feedly.com/ http://feedly.com/
8joe 12y ago
I don't. I put all of the blogs and websites I follow in categorized favorites folders, and click through them one by one. I prefer this process to RSS feed readers because 1) it doesn't take much longer 2) you get the full experience that the web designer intended (ie: sidebar content, menus, comments, etc)
quaiks 12y ago
Feedly!
br0ke 12y ago
I'm using TinyTinyRSS (ttrss) right now. After google reader was shut down, I was using both ttrss and theoldreader, but found that theoldreader was missing a significant number of entries. Then theoldreader set a cap of 100 feeds for free accounts and removed 30 of my feeds (taking me from 102 to 72...) so now I'm just using ttrss. Open source, has a decent user interface plus free ios apps.
_Nicola 12y ago
yes i do, of course!
phatak-dev 12y ago
Feedly after GR shutdown.
bjmarte 12y ago
Yep. Found this through the HN feed in my feedbin.com account.
clusterss 12y ago
Been using https://www.clusterss.com https://www.clusterss.com since November -- I created it. Designed for chewing through a large number of feed entries (it groups by topic). It is only beta, but that means you can help shape it into what you want in a reader.

51 points by thinkingkong 12y ago

If so, which one do you use? If not, how are you actually monitoring updates from all your favorite news sources?

I still swear by NetNewsWire http://netnewswireapp.com/ http://netnewswireapp.com/ My protip is I only subscribe to personal blogs with infrequent update schedules. So no TechCrunch and no Engadget, etc

sp332 12y ago

Yup, I used to use Google Reader, but switched to https://newsblur.com/ https://newsblur.com/ The app is fast and polished, and the dev is very responsive. https://twitter.com/NewsBlur https://twitter.com/NewsBlur (Hi conesus!)

dochtman 12y ago
NewsBlur is awesome, it's supported by a number of frontends (including Reeder) and has a very capable web app and a nice Android app. I've also used the iOS app from time to time, and new features on all of these are still rolling in from time to time. The dev is responsive on Twitter (just today we debugged some issues) and the entire thing (including both iOS and Android apps!) is open source, so if they decide to discontinue it you could stand up your own local copy. Hopefully all the premium members make it a little less likely that that'll happen.
prohor 12y ago
I also use https://newsblur.com/ https://newsblur.com/ . Other good options was http://theoldreader.com/ http://theoldreader.com/ but after a time I switched to newsblur.
greenyoda 12y ago
I'm also a happy NewsBlur premium user, and RSS is the only way I could keep up with all the blogs I follow. In fact, I'm reading HN via its RSS feed right now...

ssivark 12y ago

Feedly

Someone1234 12y ago

Never got into RSS, so no. Reddit and Hacker News. Aggregates everything together and crops out much of the nonsense (although both have a bias, so some points of view are inherently filtered). Only big downside is no offline availability. However in my limited trials with RSS the promise of offline was rarely delivered up to a workable standard (e.g. pages would be so mangled it was painful to read them, key images missing, etc).

jfb 12y ago

I use Reeder [1], backed by Feed Wrangler [2]. I have a few hundred feeds, many of which rarely update. I find it an invaluable way to keep up with interesting and important news; I use RSS the way many people use Twitter, apparently. [1] http://reederapp.com http://reederapp.com [2] https://feedwrangler.net/welcome.html https://feedwrangler.net/welcome.html

kylec 12y ago
I use Reeder too, backed by Fever. With what happened to Google Reader, the fact that Fever is self-hosted and can never go away is a big advantage for me.
- alsetmusic 12y ago
  I have a license for Fever, but it lost its sparkle for me due to slower sync. I could fall back to it if needed, but I use FeedBin right now. The period between when Reeder lost Google Reader and when it gained new sync options temporarily killed RSS for me, as every other app I tested just made me wish for Reeder. It's one of my favorite apps of all time.
  - jfb 12y ago
    I am hoping that the work that was put in to make Reeder backend agnostic would be sufficient to survive another RSS aggregation service extinction event. Of the applications I pay for on my Mac, Reeder is my favorite, with 1Password close second.

nodivbyzero 12y ago

Digg.com/reader

sirkneeland 12y ago

Yes, Feedly.

smacktoward 12y ago

Yep. Feedly.

dangoor 12y ago

I use Feedly + Mr. Reader on the iPad

liquid_x 12y ago

Feedly + ReadKit on osx

schrodingersCat 12y ago

Feedly + Reeder on OSX

pionar 12y ago

For about a year (I think, whenever Google Reader shut down), I just stopped using them. I relied on sites like Hacker News to get updates (along with Twitter). I found recently, though, that it was not giving me all the things I thought were relevant to me (especially in the .NET world, where I work). So, recently, I started using The Old Reader[0]. It's nice and clean, and unobtrusive. It's not slick, but that doesn't matter to me in this area. If there was a nice CLI reader (like Mutt) for RSS, I'd probably use that. I'm thinking that'd be a nice weekend project. [0]https://theoldreader.com/ https://theoldreader.com/

profsnuggles 12y ago
I'm not sure if you are joking around or not... but http://www.newsbeuter.org/ http://www.newsbeuter.org/ http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/i_want_the_mutt_of_feed_readers.html http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/i_want_the_mutt_of_feed_reader...

Kronopath 12y ago

Yes, Inoreader[0]. It's the one that was closest in functionality to Google Reader when it shut down. It's simple and cuts out the bullcrap. Though I've found I've been relying on RSS less these days, just because there are fewer sources I've cared to read from. [0] https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/

mrbonner 12y ago
I second inoreader. But I think their mobile site is a bit weak comparing to the olg GReader. It doesn't mark items read when I scroll down.
onestone 12y ago
Inoreader as well. Hands down the best of the bunch which emerged after Google Reader was closed.

agwa 12y ago

Yes, I've been using Liferea [http://lzone.de/liferea/ http://lzone.de/liferea/] since 2004. Seeing the rise and fall of Google Reader while meanwhile Liferea steadily progressed from 0.4 to 1.11 I think says a lot about the value of both desktop software and open source. I can still read interesting articles that I "flagged" 10 years ago!

pbreit 12y ago

Yes, digg reader (web version even on iPhone and iPad). Pretty happy with it. My google usage was cut in half.

presty 12y ago
+1 for digg (even though it has some bugs here and there, but nothing major) it has web, ios and android clients!

AdamGibbins 12y ago

Feedbin + ReadKit (OSX) + Press (Android) + Reeder (iOS)

0x006A 12y ago

Yes, Liferea

joshfraser 12y ago

I tried a bunch of them and Inoreader came the closest to filling the gaping hole in my heart left by Google Reader.

elf_m_sternberg 12y ago

Yes. Liferea. I've been using it pretty much since the Death of Usenet.

vzjrz 12y ago

I've actually really gotten into keeping track of my youtube subscriptions and the only real reliable way I found was to use rss. Because of privacy concerns I've never really used an online rss reader but I have tried a few of the offline clients. I definitely recommend people check out http://quiterss.org/ http://quiterss.org/ if they're looking for a new offline rss reader.

tremendo 12y ago

Yes. Newsblur (after GReader).

vl 12y ago
Newsblur FTW

stoical 12y ago

Seamonkey's integrated news reader.

luxbock 12y ago

I didn't use a RSS reader before Google Reader shutdown, and it was actually cries over the event that made me feel like I was missing out on something. Now I'm a happy user of Newsblur and can indeed concur that I was missing out. One man's tragedy is another mans fortune I guess :)

ryanjodonnell 12y ago

Yes. Feedly.

bonaldi 12y ago

I use Bazqux, which is absolutely superb: * Rock-solid, I haven't seen an outage * Impressively fast (Reeder updates from it much faster than it ever did with Google Reader: I can get all my feeds in one Tube stop's worth of wifi) * Has good features like filtering (goodbye "latest podcast" spam) and highlighting (only see certain posts from high-volume feeds * Great keyboard UI on the web. Can't recommend it enough. I understand it also has an interesting tech stack behind it too.

jdf 12y ago
I also use Bazqux, and endorse every point bonaldi made. It also works pretty smoothly on iOS with Feeddler. Despite shifting a lot of article tracking to Twitter, I still find RSS to be a better way to track and consume long form content. Also, the signal to noise ratio of the average RSS feed is much better than that of the average Twitter feed for people whose article's I'd like to read.
delecti 12y ago
I tried Bazqux (before settling on Digg), but right near the end of my free trial they removed the one feature I give a damn about. I've never cared for reading entries in the reader, I just want it to show me a list of links that I can easily mark as read and click through to the original article.
- vshabanov 12y ago
  What feature was removed? I'm a developer of BazQux Reader and can't remember that I removed any major feature.
  - delecti 12y ago
    Essentially when looking at the list of feed items there was no longer a direct link to the articles without expanding the entries.
    - vshabanov 12y ago

tobik 12y ago

Yes, Thunderbird through its builtin RSS and newsgroup support (via Gmane).

shanecleveland 12y ago

Feedwrangler

hendersoon 12y ago

Yes, Bazqux. https://bazqux.com https://bazqux.com I've tried all the results of the diaspora of Google Reader and Bazqux is by far the best solution for pure RSS reading. It has a lightning fast super-clean web UI, updates very quickly, has a completely clean interface, and costs $9/year. Well worth it. They offer a free trial if you want to try it out. I think it lasts 14 days. Also it works with all the various RSS reader mobile apps; Press, Greader, Reeder, and Mr. Reader. It does have a terrible name, though. (Note: I don't get anything for this admittedly glowing endorsement. I'm just a satisfied customer.)

talles 12y ago

Yes, digg.com/reader

netbek 12y ago

Yes, Thunderbird. Offline access and having it together with my mail work for me.

tobr 12y ago

Yes, ReadKit on OS X and Reeder on iOS, syncing with Feed Wrangler.

SloopJon 12y ago

I'll be watching these answers with interest. I used Vienna for a long time, then switched to Google Reader by way of Gruml. Hard to believe it's been over a year, but I pretty much stopped using RSS the day Reader died. (My Firefox session still has a HN tab with the "Google Reader is dead" story.) I've mainly been reading Ars Technica and Hacker News ever since, occasionally slumming it on Daring Fireball when I get bored.

fugue88 12y ago

Yes, rss2email (http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email/ http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email/).

nkcmr 12y ago

Feedly + Reeder (iOS) + Reeder (OS X) Gets the job done.

akkartik 12y ago

My own invention, because I wanted to live in my browser tabs and not learn a new UI: http://github.com/akkartik/spew http://github.com/akkartik/spew. Unfortunately I haven't found the fortitude to deal with mozilla's review process.

scolson 12y ago

Yes, feedly since google reader died. I follow almost 100 different feeds with varying degrees of attention (categorized accordingly)

hyperpape 12y ago

Feedly. I find it has some obnoxious bugs, but I'm too lazy to investigate alternatives. I get news from Twitter first, though. Feedly is something I check later in the day, or not even once a day.

wizawuza 12y ago
Ditto.. feedly, it's not perfect, but it's good enough. Very similar keyboard shortcuts as google reader.

yabatopia 12y ago

Absolutely. I have a Feedly Pro lifetime subscription and I use it several times a day. RSS is great, too bad major social networks refuse to use it.

jfb 12y ago
I'm not sure I would want Twitter/FB/G+/et al updates via my RSS reader, and I certainly wouldn't want to have to sort through all the stuff on the social networks to get good longform content (or pictures of baby animals). Different platforms have different strengths, and I'd hate to see the utility of one diluted to chase another.

ecaron 12y ago

I've bounced between Newsblur & Feedly, but keep sticking with Feedly because of their Android app. My biggest psychological point that I've learned of myself is I find myself skeptical & leery of long-term using Feedly because they won't take my money. My gut is telling me "I want a RSS Reader with a business model so I know its worth my time investment", although my brain knows that a subscription models ensures viability with the same guarantees as ad models.

knurdle 12y ago
Not sure what you mean by won't take your money. Feedly offers a pro subscription.

icebraining 12y ago

Yes. Tiny Tiny RSS (self-hosted): http://tt-rss.org http://tt-rss.org It's lightweight, has a GReader-like UI, a decent Android app, an API, keyboard shortcuts, etc.

loumf 12y ago

I use goread.io -- I pay for it, but it's free for you to host yourself on AppEngine. It stays free if you stay under AppEngine free limits. It's similar to Google Reader in UI and features.

humannature 12y ago

Firefox has built-in "Live Bookmarks", and it's just a dropdown of your feed so it doesn't take up the whole page (like feedly does),just goto an rss url and it will ask you to subscribe.

reljac 12y ago

Feedbin[0] for managing and viewing from laptop, Reeder for viewing on iOS[1]. There's 75+ feeds in my Feedbin account - a few need removed but I'm sure I have a few to add as well. [0] http://feedbin.com/ http://feedbin.com/ [1] http://reederapp.com/ios/ http://reederapp.com/ios/

jkmcf 12y ago

I'm really liking Feedly, and their iOS apps are really nice. I wish they had a cheaper paid version. I don't really need their pro features, but a $10-20/year subscription would be enticing instead of just coasting for free.

cel 12y ago

Yes, rss2imap. https://github.com/rcarmo/rss2imap https://github.com/rcarmo/rss2imap

bradfa 12y ago

Yes. I use Reeder (the old one which is no longer available on the App Store) on iOS with local RSS (it fetches ever time I launch it).

projectdelphai 12y ago

Yeah, Tiny Tiny RSS self-hosted on Heroku. Here's the link to how I did it: https://projectdelphai.github.io/blog/2013/03/15/replacing-google-reader-with-tt-rss-on-heroku/ https://projectdelphai.github.io/blog/2013/03/15/replacing-g...

gighi 12y ago

I use feedly and this self-hosted application to read all sections of Hacker News: http://gianlucaborello.github.io/rssify/ http://gianlucaborello.github.io/rssify/

talleyrand 12y ago

Yes. Feedly. Constantly...

rcjordan 12y ago

I ended up writing my own using SimplePie. Here's a multifeed demo: http://simplepie.org/wiki/tutorial/how_to_replicate_popurls http://simplepie.org/wiki/tutorial/how_to_replicate_popurls With the demise of many of the Craigslist national search apps, I ended up taking SimplePie into that realm and produced a 418-CLfeed search engine for personal use as a collector/hobbyist ...OK, hoarder. Works!

chrawprime 12y ago

Feedbin + Press

ajdecon 12y ago

At the moment I use feedly, though I may consider newsblur at some point. I could not live without my rss feeds. :)

lcedp 12y ago

Yes, Tiny Tiny RSS hosted (among other things) on VPS for $15/yr

thallian 12y ago

Yes, the Owncloud News Reader: http://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php/News?content=158434 http://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php/News?content=15843...

devindotcom 12y ago

Yep. I use Digg Reader - it's clean and simple, despite a few minor features missing from greader.

akshayagarwal 12y ago

Yes, feedly.

austinsharp 12y ago

Yes, Feedly. Works great on web and Android, decently customizable. I don't pay for Pro, the free version has been enough.

rakoo 12y ago

A different answer: I don't use an RSS reader per se, but I use the rss-to-nntp gateway that gwene.org [0] is. It's hosted by the same guy behind the well-known gmane.org. I then use the Thunderbird built-in NNTP reader to get all my feeds. I think this is a good way to do it, because it means we could gather all RSS-retrieving capabilities for common sites and share the items much more efficiently than having everyone poll on all servers. When you think of it, a Network News Transfer Protocol seems to be a good solution for propagating sites updates. It also means that I don't get to share my "seen/flagged" status across devices, which is good: I have taken this occasion to follow less and less sites, and live more outside of the feeds than inside them. Note: the web reader of gwene.org (read.gwene.org) seems to be outdated; if you point your news reader at news.gwene.org you will get all the latest entries. [0] http://gwene.org/ http://gwene.org/

stevekemp 12y ago
That sounds like an interesting approach. I do something similar, I have a server sat around polling RSS feeds and when new entries are posted they're piped into a chatroom which I look at during the course of the day.

lion0 12y ago

http://krillapps.com/feedy/ http://krillapps.com/feedy/

acheron 12y ago

tt-rss. Works great on my PC but I never found a good solution for reading it on mobile.

leostatic 12y ago

I use a combination of Google's Newsstand and Feedly. My must-read subscriptions go to Feedly. Basically blogs of people who I want to follow, some sources related to my local area etc. Others like The Verge, Techcrunch etc. go to Newsstand.

Koldark 12y ago

Yes, I just came to this post via Feedly.

Zweihander 12y ago

Thunderbird - multi-account Mail and RSS. Following around 40 feeds. Does the job nicely and still upbeat on TB's future.

steanne 12y ago

i learned of hn through the shared posts on newblur, which means there's at least two of us using it.

sh1n0b1 12y ago

Yep, Liferea after I got irritated with some inconveniences with Thunderbird

villek 12y ago

Yes, couldn't read news and follow blogs without RSS. My setup is FeedWrangler as sync backend and ReadKit on Mac, Mr. Reader on iPad, and Reeder on iPhone.

pllbnk 12y ago

Feedly. Didn't look long for an alternative after Google Reader shut down and just took the most popular at the time. Aside from a stupid bug which almost always displays incorrect unread item count, I am satisfied with it.

carno 12y ago

Yes, Feedly. All the other ones I tried are just ugh.

fotcorn 12y ago

I'm using http://protopage.com http://protopage.com, which is an iGoogle clone.

Involute 12y ago

Feedly.

JohnTHaller 12y ago

I used to use Google Reader but switched to Feedly. When it came to light that Feedly was hijacking social sharing buttons on their site and in their app, I switched to Digg. I mostly use the site on my desktop. I use the Android app as a supplement.

luxpir 12y ago

Newsbeuter - 'Mutt for RSS' - fast, most-lightweight, self-hosted on Raspberry Pi. This is after trying TT-RSS and Miniflux (post-Reader). Both decent, but neither as appealing. Miniflux is very attractive, I just prefer the speed of Newsbeuter. Plus using the window/pane arrangement of Tmux with it is always fun. The less is more suckless movement very much appeals.

jack-r-abbit 12y ago

I've been happy with Digg Reader for a long time now. (well, since Google Reader shut. That feels like a long time.)

hadoukenio 12y ago

rss2email is pretty good, written by Aaron Swartz

rwbhn 12y ago

Feedly. Works great on multiple devices.

edavis 12y ago

Yes. RSS is still primarily how I get my news. As for how, I built my own reader: https://github.com/edavis/river https://github.com/edavis/river It generates a roughly reverse chronological "river of news" (http://rsshub.org/feeds/ http://rsshub.org/feeds/) via a config file I host on Dropbox (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19853263/Feeds/feeds.txt https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19853263/Feeds/feeds.txt). If I may brag, I'm pretty damn happy with how it turned out.

malyk 12y ago

Yes, Feedly

MrDom 12y ago

Yes, rss2email.

BruceIV 12y ago

Feedly. You need curation on the Internet, so HN is for the interesting stuff I haven't found yet, and Feedly is for sources with a high signal-to-noise ratio.

jayeola 12y ago

Absoloutely. Too many sites, not enough time. feedly

jeffehobbs 12y ago

Yes, Reeder with Feedly as the backend. It's quite good.

manicdee 12y ago
Reeder here too. I use Feed Wrangler for my backend.
j0k3r 12y ago
The best combo I found.

rcarmo 12y ago

I use https://github.com/rcarmo/rss2imap https://github.com/rcarmo/rss2imap with a dedicated GMail account. I read my news on any desktop or mobile with a choice of clients (GMail on Android or web works great, although I usually end up reading most of it on iOS or Apple Mail).

lmedinas 12y ago

Well for me it's complicated. I use mainly Twitter, G+ or Facebook for news. I find them to suit my needs almost perfectly. Twitter while at work pause to quick check news, G+/Facebook later at home. The downsides is that i got distracted or sometimes i see posts from friends which i don't have a mood/will to see. Besides this Feedly, but Digg is also cool.

smashu 12y ago

Feedly, daily.

istoselidas 12y ago

I've created my own https://github.com/johndel/freeze https://github.com/johndel/freeze but this one isn't the last version (too lazy to push it as far as I am the only one using it. I have a private repo also). I feel more comfortable to host my own solution and add custom feature that I want.

lblz12366 12y ago

newblur

Zalos 12y ago

Currently I use Digg.com´s reader (http://digg.com/reader http://digg.com/reader) as it´s the closest I´ve found to Google Reader. I am a bit of an RSS addict and spend quite a bit of time daily reading through my RSS feeds. I have over a 100 feeds in my reader.

ElleS 12y ago

I use http://flowreader.com/ http://flowreader.com/ as my main RSS reader (because I'm part of the team). There's also the option to connect your Facebook news feed and Twitter timeline. Other great options: http://theoldreader.com/ http://theoldreader.com/ and http://feedly.com/ http://feedly.com/

8joe 12y ago

I don't. I put all of the blogs and websites I follow in categorized favorites folders, and click through them one by one. I prefer this process to RSS feed readers because 1) it doesn't take much longer 2) you get the full experience that the web designer intended (ie: sidebar content, menus, comments, etc)

quaiks 12y ago

Feedly!

br0ke 12y ago

I'm using TinyTinyRSS (ttrss) right now. After google reader was shut down, I was using both ttrss and theoldreader, but found that theoldreader was missing a significant number of entries. Then theoldreader set a cap of 100 feeds for free accounts and removed 30 of my feeds (taking me from 102 to 72...) so now I'm just using ttrss. Open source, has a decent user interface plus free ios apps.

_Nicola 12y ago

yes i do, of course!

phatak-dev 12y ago

Feedly after GR shutdown.

bjmarte 12y ago

Yep. Found this through the HN feed in my feedbin.com account.

clusterss 12y ago

Been using https://www.clusterss.com https://www.clusterss.com since November -- I created it. Designed for chewing through a large number of feed entries (it groups by topic). It is only beta, but that means you can help shape it into what you want in a reader.