Jeff GerstmannAnyone using/enjoying an RSS reader these days? Ideally looking for one that runs on Windows and iOS. Feedly seems like it might be OK? But I’m not sure if they have a desktop client. I find that if a thing doesn’t have a desktop client, I immediately forget it exists.
Turns out I already had Feedly installed on my phone and it’s… borderline broken? And they want $16/month to have an “AI” read my feeds for me. Hmm.
Aaron Berning@jeffgerstmann I use Feedly on the web on my computer and Reeder on my iPhone. Reeder has a Mac app also, but I’m not aware of anything (good) on PC.
Doug Tabacco@jeffgerstmann I’m using Feedly happily. No desktop client, but there are browser extensions to show a like unread icon when there’s new content. They do have a very nice mobile app though.
Brian Behrend@jeffgerstmann you can use Feedly as the backend/sync for other clients as well. Several good iOS readers support a variety of sync servers and I’d assume that there are windows clients that can then use the same service? I use Reeder on Mac/iOS with inoreader as the backend.
Elias Mårtenson@jeffgerstmann I've used theoldreader since Google reader shut up down. Works great.
It is a web application though. You may specifically be looking for a native application.
@jeffgerstmann Can set a desktop shortcut to Feedly… Chrome and Edge let you make “apps” from websites…
bss, super genius@jeffgerstmann I really like Miniflux, but it’s a webapp, so depending on what you want out of an app, maybe no good.
H.C. García@jeffgerstmann Big fan of Feedbin, though lately I'm just using icloud syncing with a mac/ios RSS app called Reeder.
Nari@jeffgerstmann If you need on-device software, I use NetNewsWire on iOS/Mac and love it. When I was on Windows, there were way fewer options. Looks like QuiteRSS still works. If you need a cloud-based option, Feedly is actually sort of okay there.
Tylor Sweeney@jeffgerstmann I used Innoreader when I was looking for a cross-platform solution. Reeder on my iPhone, browser on PC. I recently switched to just using Reeder on my iPhone and Mac and using iCloud sync between them.
Kurian Vithayathil@jeffgerstmann for #RSS desktop I use feedbro browser extension. Works on chromium and Firefox.
karobit@jeffgerstmann i use TheOldReader, which is a Google Reader clone. it has no app, afaik, but i make it either my home page or the first link in my bookmarks bar.
Tae Kim@jeffgerstmann Not exactly what you’re asking but try Artifact. An AI news app that runs by ingesting RSS feeds.
あれく@jeffgerstmann inoreader is worth the price of admission: actively maintained, different tiers with optional niceties, and mostly just stays out of the way
jumped to feedly first when google reader went bust but had some rendering and interface choices that got me off of it
Tonch@jeffgerstmann I've been using Fluent Reader https://hyliu.me/fluent-reader/ with my self-hosted FreshRSS service, but I'm pretty sure you can use it locally without running a server too (though I don't know if there's a solution to sync that way). It's FOSS and cross-platform.
lalalala sombra@jeffgerstmann I use it every single day. I use Newsblur, which is a website with a good iOS/iPadOS client.
You can use it for free or pay for it. The website is well designed and works, to me at least, perfectly with a UI that works for me.
dort@jeffgerstmann I've been subscribed to @feedbin for nearly 10 years since the Google Reader shutdown and have been very happy with it. On desktop, the web client is great for my needs and I keep it pinned to a tab, but I connect my Feedbin account to apps like Reeder or NetNewsWire on iOS/iPadOS for a more "native" experience, although similar clients exist on desktop (for macOS, at least).
espiox@jeffgerstmann I’ve been using Feedbin for 7 years and it’s tremendous. The web version works great on desktop, there’s an official iOS app, and it plugs into basically every other RSS app (personally I use Reeder). Also lets you subscribe to email newsletters and Youtube/Twitter/Mastodon accounts.
lounges@jeffgerstmann been using Feedbin ever since reader shut down. It's a great product and pretty cheap.
Hex & Ginny@jeffgerstmann Inoreader is basically fine.
lim_ak@jeffgerstmann Inoreader has support for desktop clients like Raven and Fluent Reader. Not sure what the state of desktop rss clients is at the moment but something out there should do the trick
theaack@jeffgerstmann Another Reeder user here.
Scotty Allen@jeffgerstmann I use Feedbin (via Reeder on iOS although their main app is fine) and the web version on my computer.
Costs $5/month and it also gets you a newsletter email address so i dump as many of those in there as possible.
I never liked feedly and for a while used the old reader and inoreader before this, and while I still miss google reader, I feel like feedbin has been the best one so far.
LisPi@jeffgerstmann The usual option of #Emacs + #Elfeed is an option, so long as you're willing to use Emacs.
That might require some additional fucking around on iOS to get it to run something from outside the Apple walled garden.
zrzz@jeffgerstmann I use rss2email and my favorite email client. One less tool to worry about. Everything is tagged/labeled so it doesn't get mixed up with regular email traffic.
Cory Birdsong@jeffgerstmann Feedbin has a great web UI that can be installed as a PWA app, which I assume would work pretty well? It can also be used as a sync backend for lots of other apps, though I don’t know if there are any decent ones for Windows? I’ve mostly stopped using it with other clients because I like the web UI so much. It’s $3/month-ish, totally worth it: feedbin.com