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Stringer: The Minimalist RSS Aggregation Power Tool

a year ago

What is Stringer?

Stringer is an open-source RSS reader built with Ruby, with the tagline "anti-social RSS reader."

The name is quite interesting—it essentially means it focuses purely on reading, without all the flashy social sharing features.

Stringer shares many similarities with Miniflux; both are super simple implementations of feed readers. It's written in Ruby, and compared to feedbin (also written in Ruby), its architecture is simpler and its interface more modern.

https://appstore.lazycat.cloud/#/shop/detail/com.stringer.rss

How to Use

After installing the app, open the homepage and first register a user.

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After successful registration, select "Not now" for the first time.

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You will enter the guide page.

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Click the "+" to add an RSS feed.

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Find the RSS link of the website you want to subscribe to. It usually looks like one of these:

  • https://example.com/feed
  • https://example.com/rss
  • https://example.com/rss.xml

In Stringer, click "Add Feed" and paste the link.

Here are some quality RSS feeds I'm using:

Technology

  • Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
  • GitHub Trending: https://github.com/trending.atom
  • Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/feed

Blogs

  • Ruan YiFeng's Network Log: https://feeds.feedburner.com/ruanyifeng
  • SSPAI: https://sspai.com/feed

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Summary

Stringer is the kind of tool that "does one thing well." It won't burden you with a bunch of features you don't need, nor will it leave you lost in complicated settings.

If you:

  • Want a clean and simple RSS reader
  • Value data privacy and control

Then Stringer is for you.

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