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BirdReader

birdreader - Home-made, Open-source Google Reader replacement powered by Node.js and CouchDB (Cloudant).

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Self-Hosted
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Features

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  1.  Import/Export OPML Feeds
  2.  Import from Google Reader
  3.  Feed Reader
  4.  Share on Twitter

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  • share-on-facebook

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BirdReader information

  • Developed by

    Glynn Bird

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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What is BirdReader?

birdreader - Home-made, Open-source Google Reader icon Google Reader replacement powered by Node.js icon Node.js and CouchDB icon CouchDB (Cloudant). Allows importing of Google Reader feeds, tagging, searching, favouriting and social media links.

BirdReader is designed to be installed on your own webserver or laptop, running Node.js. e.g.

on an old PC on a cloud server e.g. AWS Micro server (free!) on a Raspberry Pi

Features

import your old Google Reader subscriptions fetches RSS every 5 minutes web-based aggregated newsfeed

  • mark articles as read
  • delete articles without reading
  • 'star' articles
  • add a new feed
  • sorted in newest-first order
  • bootstrap-based, responsive layout
  • tagging/untagging of feeds
  • Twitter/Facebook sharing
  • basic HTTP authentication (optional)
  • filter read/unread/starred streams by tag
  • filter read/unread/starred streams by feed
  • full-text search
  • icons for feeds and articles
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  • browse-mode - go through unread articles one-by-one, full screen
  • API.

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