Hello all, I am looking to start getting back into RSS feeds but nothing Ive found so far matches all of my requirements so i was going to see if you guys had any advice.

My requirements are:

  • Self hosted (preferably with an official docker container)
  • I should be able to view it in the web, as well as with an Android app but it doesn’t have to be a first party app
  • It has to look nice and modern, preferably with a dark mode option

Anything you guys know of that would meet all three of those things?

Currently my plan is to run FreshRSS as my aggregator and FeedMe or Focus Reader on Android. I don’t really have any plans for web viewers though

    • @Yaky@slrpnk.net
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      42 days ago

      I just installed Miniflux on my server as well.

      Advantages (in my opinion) are: Package is in Debian repos (safe and no compilation needed), software is a static binary (thus does not require docker and only needs postgreSQL), documentation is good.

    • @wulf@lemmy.world
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      42 days ago

      Miniflux for me as well, I find the progressive web app for mobile has the best color scheme for my eyes

  • tinsukE
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    32 days ago

    Not exactly what you asked, but if you’re gonna read from Android, I highly suggest CapyReader.

    • @HerrHelmus@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I second FreshRSS, but I use Readrops as Android client. Nothing beats the normal FreshRSS mobile experience though. I haven’t tried Capyreader yet, but I’m gonna check it right now. Update: FreshRSS and Capy Reader it is. I’m impressed with how intuitive and customizable CR is. Thanks for the tip!

  • @PacMan@sh.itjust.works
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    42 days ago

    I use Newsboat from command line. Great distraction free way to get your news. Easy to open up a browser if I wanna see a video or picture too with it

  • @lorentz@feddit.it
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    22 days ago

    I’ve been using CommaFeed for a while and I’m very happy with it. https://github.com/Athou/commafeed/ plus it is actively developed. I’ve reported a couple of small feature requests and the author implemented them very quickly.

    As far as I know there are many third party android apps that you can use, but its responsive webUI is good enough, once you install it it is essentially as good as an app.

  • @voluble@lemmy.ca
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    22 days ago

    I’m trying out freshrss right now and don’t like it. Possibly my issues stem from user error, but, I can’t figure out how to automatically hide articles based on keywords, adding extensions is a pain, and the ui feels large and very in-the-way. By default it truncates article titles, which I find absolutely baffling.

    • @ex_06@slrpnk.net
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      11 day ago

      The filter is being a pet peeve of mine too these days

      I would like to be sure that I’m filtering stuff but looks like filters on miniflux and freshrss just work on future articles so I should do something like put a filter to an rss feed I control and then post and check if it works

    • @voluble@lemmy.ca
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      32 days ago

      I like feedbro too. Haven’t found a standalone selfhosted solution that has the same degree of customization.