I ran out of max feeds on Feedly. I like the tool, but since I do not want to any more subscription-based software, so I looked for an alternative RSS reader.
Newsblur came up as best
It is a service but based on open source.
Tried to install in on my laptop.
- Install Docker Desktop
- Clone Newsblur repo
- Install cygwin – I am running on Windows here – need to make newsblur
- make nb
Runs for a while, tries to run a sudo. That won’t work on Windows… 🙁
Immediately gave up. Considered for a minute running it on my Linux server, but I am actually looking for something simple.
Then tried RSS owl
Install, needs Java. Installed Java.
Needs Java 1.5. That is a very old version.
Gave up.
Tried QuiteRSS
![QuiteRSS screenshot RSS reader](https://i0.wp.com/niekdegreef.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-18-155919.png?resize=304%2C268&ssl=1)
Installed like a charm.
Unfortunately no OPML import. So took some time to copy from the OMPL export from feedly into this tool.
Now trying this out.
Lovely old-style interface.
Reminds me of the old RSS reader I had years ago.