Hi guys.<p>I've released Feedbunch, a web app to read RSS and Atom feeds similar to the disappeared google reader. Signups are currently open and it will be totally free for at least as long as it is in the beta phase.<p>It aims to be simple to use, hiding unnecessary complexity from the user as much as possible (feed autodiscovery, detecting when a feed has changed its URL, etc). It is responsive and supports being installed to the home screen in mobile devices, behaving almost like a native app.<p>Feedbunch is opensource under the MIT license. The backend is a json REST API built with Ruby on Rails, and the frontend is a mix of Bootstrap and AngularJS.<p>I'm very interested in hearing your opinion and I hope you find it useful.
Oh, and maybe make the fact that it is open-source a bit more noticable. I didn't notice it at all the first visit and just now parsed the github logo.<p>Note to everybody else: It's open-source ;)
OT: I appreciate that most people want a simple, lightweight reader. But for myself, can someone recommend a sophisticated RSS reader for power users? I need to process feeds as efficiently as possible; a serious bottleneck is simply reading all the headlines to find the articles I want (and I'm picky about the feeds I download). I don't want simple, I want fast; I don't care about complexity or a learning curve, as long as it doesn't delay me as a user. I want the Vim (or Emacs?) of feed readers:<p>* Immediate responsiveness, especially displaying article content<p>* Information-dense, well-designed UI, so my eyes can skim headlines quickly.<p>* Search and sort<p>* Deduplication<p>* Automatic grouping: This feature would reduce the headlines I need to review by 50% or more, I would guess. Group articles regarding the same topic, similar to what Google News does (but with my feeds and a more information-dense UI). For example, automatically group articles about the new Samsung wearable announcement, so I can choose the best one to read or simply delete them all.<p>* Filtering: Based on headers or full-text, especially to highlight my favorite feeds and authors.<p>* Analytics: Which feeds, authors, etc. do I read the most? From which do I open the full article the most (I download all summaries, for speed)? It would help me weed out less productive feeds.<p>* Efficient management of feeds: Auto-discover changed feed URLs, etc.<p>* Security: No external connections from within articles without user confirmation. That is, no image downloads, beacons, etc. No JavaScript.<p>I'd happily pay > $100 for all that.
My quick feedback:<p>Nice and simple, seems fast enough. I like that it's a responsive design.<p>I need an option for oldest first. (I can't use a feed reader without this option.)<p>Needs j/k for next/previous entry.<p>Top bar should scroll out of the way when reading entries so it doesn't take up so much space.<p>Default font should be something more readable than Helvetica/Arial. (My suggestion: Source Sans Pro.)<p>(Disclosures: I am a happy paid user of FeedHQ, but I like trying new feed readers.)
For people who are looking for another self-hosted and minimal rss reader there's also miniflux [0]. With Fever sync for the various RSS apps supporting it.<p>Not affiliated, just a happy user.<p>[0] <a href="http://miniflux.net/" rel="nofollow">http://miniflux.net/</a>
The sign-up process is pretty demotivating. Give me a way to at least see <i>something</i> happen before I go through the whole e-mail confirmation thing.
Add some way to send suggestions/comments. E.g., the feed for Hacker News is completely different from what Feedly shows and from the front page of HN. Where's it coming from? I shouldn't have to come to HN to as about this.
I've been using RSSOwl for a while now to browse RSS feeds, but I just tried out your demo login (thanks for that! maybe you should add a link on the landing page to demo) and I really like the UX, well done. It's slick and I haven't noticed any problems as of yet.