This is a review for Liferea, an RSS feeder application for Linux available in many repos, including Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, and OpenSUSE. Liferea is a FOSS program available on Github. Installation notes should be reviewed here. It is built for GNU/Linux and Unix like operating systems.
Liferea is an RSS feeder with a layout similar to Mozilla Thunderbird. Folders contain feeds which contain entries.
Liferea ups the game by adding two special classes of folders.
- Search Folders present every entry which matches certain search terms. This would be useful if, for example, you wanted to read every feed with the word "Linux" in it first
- News Bins. News bins are receptacles for entries you wish to retain permanently. For example, if you subscribe to free music feeds, you can retain entries for music you like.
Liferea offers a tremendous amount of control over when feeds are checked, downloaded, and deleted. Liferea will even let you decide if attached content, such as music tracks, are automatically downloaded or if they are left on the web to be streamed when desired.
Liferea is capable of rendering feed content particularly well. I found that basic javascript elements worked fine. Slashdot comments loaded correctly. Liferea was able to stream most audio content and video content could be shown by using the internal browser. If serious problems arise, there is a built-in feature to launch the feed entry in your operating system's default web browser.
Liferea supports importing and exporting feed lists (.opml files) out of the box. Liferea does not support cross computer syncing, although I imagine you could rsync the contents of ~/.local/share/liferea and ~/.config/liferea if you desired.
If you want to syncronize your feed lists across multiple devices, Liferea supports integration with TinyTinyRSS and theoldreader.
Liferea supports adding feeds directly from Firefox, although the "support" is kind of clunky. Read the readme on Github for more details. I would recommend using TinyRSS or theoldreader to manage adding and removing RSS feeds.
Liferea's biggest shortcoming is the lack of a way to track progress through individual podcast tracks. To me, this makes it less than ideal for podcasting.
In conclusion, I rate Liferea a 9/10 for speed, accuracy, and tools to read RSS feeds on a local client. I would have liked to have seen a way to integrate across computers, better support for ripping videos from feed entries, and progress tracking for audio files, but what Liferea brings to the table is more than sufficient for most users.
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