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Looking for a desktop RSS feed reader for Linux (piefed.social)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by CptHacke@piefed.social to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I used to adore the Feedbro extension for Firefox - until I learned that browser extensions are a privacy concern and stopped using them. Unfortunately, I've been unable to find anything similar for the Linux desktop. I just can't seem to find the 'sweet spot' with all the readers I've tried. Some are bloated with features and complicated configurations that I will never use. Others are too simplistic. Still others haven't seen an update in years. I feel like this is an impossible quest.

The readers I have tried (and discarded):

Liferea
RSS Guard
News Flash
Feeds
Feed Deck
Feed Flow
Akregator
Thunderbird
Raven Reader

Here are the features I need:

FOSS (obviously)
Import/export OPML
Scale the size of the UI and all text elements
RSS feed discovery
Fetch full articles
Configure update interval
Privacy-conscious
Desktop only (I am currently unable to self-host)

Things that would be nice, but I can live without if I have to:

Dark mode
An uncluttered, two-column display

That's about it. Now tell me that I am asking too much and there's no hope for me. :D

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[–] fratermus@piefed.social 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm replying here in good faith that this isn't a bottomless Yes, but scenario.

Now tell me that I am asking too much and there’s no hope for me.

There's plenty of hope if one is willing to fork and modify a FOSS server or client. Make it look and act exactly like you want.

browser extensions are a privacy concern and stopped using them

I think this concern is overstated in an RSS context for anonymous (no sign-in) feeds.

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago

Not meaning to 'yes, but' you.....but.... :D

You're assuming that I know how to code. :)
I think the privacy concerns are from third parties somehow being able to use browser extensions to read the contents of whatever other tabs one has open. At least that's what I've read.