rf is a terminal-based RSS/Atom feed reader, slightly reminiscent of a certain '80s-era Usenet news reader.

I wrote this small feed reader because I was unhappy with my Web-based options.

• Largely terminal-based; no Web bloat, though you can open articles in the browser;
• Cross-post to Hacker News;
• Single-keystroke-driven;
• Fetch all feeds in parallel to minimize latency;
• Workflow similar in feel to rn (you may have to be over 50 and/or have other problems for this to have any appeal);
• Configurable JSON list of feeds (coming soon: add/remove subscriptions through the program itself);
• Provide plain-text preview of text contents inline, similar to a venerable Usenet news reader (IN PROGRESS / BETA).

Implemented in Go. Currently the o and H commands only work on MacOS. PRs for other platforms will be enthusiastically reviewed.

Check out this repo, then

go build .

I'll set up go get eventually.

rf -h         # Show help
rf -verbose   # Read feeds verbosely
rf            # Read feeds

		F first article

		n next unread article
		N next article (read or unread)
		p prev unread article
		P prev article (read or unread)
		R random unread article

		x mark article read
		X mark all articles in current feed read
		u mark article unread

		o open article in browser
		f fetch and show article online, in plain text (beta!)
		H post on Hacker News (must be logged in)

		A last article
		q quit program

		h or ? this help message

Currently, you have to add feeds manually by creating .rffeeds.json in your home directory. Example:

[
	{
		"name": "PG",
		"url": "http:https://www.aaronsw.com/2002/feeds/pgessays.rss",
		"type": "rss"
	},
	{
		"name": "MATT",
		"url": "https://matthewrocklin.com/blog/atom.xml",
		"type": "atom"
	}
]

Copyright © 2022, John Jacobsen. MIT License.

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