📘 srss

Simple-RSS - A fast & simple command line RSS/ATOM/JSON feed reader written in Go, inspired by newsboat

This repository is still under development!. Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Features

• Fast, efficient, and easy-to-use interface for CLI lovers
• Supports multiple feed format: RSS, Atom and JSON
• You can import a file in OPML format and register URL entries

Demo

Usage

Commands and Options

NAME:
   srss - A simple command line RSS feed reader

USAGE:
   srss [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   0.0.3-alpha

COMMANDS:
   add, a     Add url entry
   edit, e    Edit URL entry file
   tui, t     View items in the feed with built-in pager
   open, o    Open feed URL on your browser
   import, i  Import Feed URL from OPML file
   update, u  Fetch the latest feeds and update the cache
   help, h    Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --help, -h     show help (default: false)
   --version, -v  print the version (default: false)

Register or edit the feeds URL

Use the add command to register the feed URL.

The feeds URL is saved in a plain text file and you can edit it using the edit command. You can specify the command name of the editor in the argument of the -e, --editor option. If the environment variable $EDITOR is set, will use it.

srss add https://zenn.dev/topics/go/feed
srss edit --editor nvim

NOTE

The location of the URL entry file depends on the OS. It is as follows:

OS	Path
Windows	%APPDATA%\srss\urls.txt or C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Roaming\srss\urls.txt
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/srss/urls.txt or $HOME/.config/srss/urls.txt
macOS	$HOME/Library/Application Support/srss/urls.txt

Fetch the feeds and update cache

Run the update, u command before view the feeds. The feed is fetched from the URL described in the URL entry file and the cache is updated.

srss update

NOTE

The location of the cache file depends on the OS. It is as follows:

OS	Path
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\srss\cache.gobor C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Local\srss\cache.gob
Linux	$XDG_CACHE_HOME/srss/cache.gobor $HOME/.cache/srss/cache.gob
macOS	$HOME/Library/Caches/srss/cache.gob

View items in the feed on the terminal

Run the tui, t command then narrow down and select the items in the feed with a fuzzyfinder-like UI, you can browse the items with a less like pager UI.

srss tui

The key bindings in fuzzyfinder UI are follows:

Key	Description
C-k C-p	Move focus up
C-j C-n	Move focus down
Enter	Select the item
q Esc	Quit fuzzyfinder

The key bindings in pager UI are follows:

Key	Description
k Up	Scroll up
j Down	Scroll down
g Home	Scroll on top
G End	Scroll on bottom
q Esc	Quit pager then back to fuzzyfinder

Open links on items in the feed in the browser

Use the open, o command, you can open the link of the selected item in your browser. You can select multiple items with Tab key.

srss open

Import feeds URL from OPML file

Use the import, i command, you can import a file in OPML format and register feeds URL.

srss import --path path/to/file.opml

Installation

Executable binaries are available from the latest release page.

To build from source, clone this repository then run go install. Developing with Go v1.18.2 linux/amd64

Contributing

Welcome any bug reports, requests, typo fixes, etc.

LICENSE

MIT

Author

Sheepla