russ
A terminal RSS and Atom reader written in Rust with vim-style controls and offline storage.
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About russ
russ is a text user interface feed reader for RSS and Atom that runs in the terminal and uses vim-like keybindings. It follows a local-first, offline-first approach: on its first run it creates a SQLite database that stores your feeds and entries on your own machine.
It is installed with cargo from the Git repository. On Linux a couple of system libraries need to be installed first. It suits people who already live in a terminal and prefer keyboard navigation.
Strengths
- Vim-style keyboard controls
- Stores feeds locally in SQLite
- Works offline once entries are fetched
Limitations
- Installed by building with cargo
- Extra system libraries needed on Linux
- No sync between devices
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Clark Kampfe
- Platforms
- macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Terminal users who want a keyboard-driven, local feed reader
- Categories
- CLI tools, RSS readers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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