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

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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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[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If I remember correctly, Akregator wouldn't allow me to resize the text to make it more readable. Also, I believe it was having trouble downloading a few of my feeds for some reason.

[–] who@feddit.org 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

That makes sense.

It has some font size controls in Settings: Configure Akregator: Appearance: Font Size. I think these sliders apply to the article bodies.

It uses built-in style sheets for the size of other text, like headings, so changing that probably requires the program to be recompiled. In case you have those skills and want to make those changes, have a look in this file: src/formatter/html/style.css