Feedr v0.8.0 – a TUI RSS reader, now read the full article from your terminal

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TLDR

  • Feedr is a Rust TUI RSS/Atom reader adding inline full-text extraction via Mozilla Readability, installable with cargo install feedr.

Key Takeaways

  • Full-text extraction uses the dom_smoothie crate (Mozilla Readability port); trigger manually with Shift+F or set fulltext = true per feed for auto-extraction on refresh.
  • Extracted content is in-memory only and not persisted; a restart re-extracts on demand.
  • Supports authenticated feeds via per-feed custom HTTP headers (e.g., Authorization: Bearer) configured in TOML.
  • Newsboat-style external-command hooks (pipe-to, exec, exec_on_new) with shell-free argument templating enable automation workflows.
  • Per-domain rate limiting staggers requests to prevent 429s, useful for multiple Reddit feeds.

Hacker News Comment Review

  • Commenters frame terminal RSS readers as a nostalgic full-circle return to USENET-era text interfaces, more observation than criticism.
  • A practical limit noted: terminal interfaces are a poor fit for image-heavy or video feeds like web comics and YouTube channels, where visual content is core.

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