I've tried Raven but it's archived and not maintained anymore, Fluent Reader and Feeds both of which doesn't feel smooth at all. Any recommendations? Preferably desktop and not a self-hosted service.

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[–] Dalaryous@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Newsflash is the best from all I tested and even works nice on mobile.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Seems very promising!

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've tried them all. He's right. It's the best. It's very reliable.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Seconded. Newsflash does everything I need and looks pretty smooth.

[–] distortwave@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I like newsboat

[–] blackard@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

This is the way.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

I like FreshRSS in a container, works great from a browser, and you can hit it from your phone on the loo...

[–] Trent@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

RSSGuard for most things, newsboat for keeping track of software releases on github.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

RSS Guard was actually great. I love the more old-school but super functional UI. I don't need any fancy stuff, just stuff that works. Awesome tip.

[–] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

I use RSS Guard

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sort of the opposite of what you asked, but adding here to increase variety

I just use miniflux, self hosted is easy if you have docker-compose and you could access it from your browser locally. It also works great on mobile.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

services.miniflux.enable = true on NixOS is even easier

[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My personal favourite is fluent reader

[–] griefstricken@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Not very good for organizing more than a few feeds

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

How so? I have many feeds oeganized under different groups, and that works well for me. What functionality would you have wanted?

[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It works pretty well for me, the home page has them all. The side bar lists each source individually. You can save articles for later. Im not sure if it has groups to organise feeds as iv not checked that. Mostly i just enjoy the look and feel as it has a good design and the app image is fast (flatpak is slow)

[–] griefstricken@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also re: @cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml

I want to be able to drag around folders into other folders and select multiple feeds at once. Fluent has one of the best ways of displaying a completed feed. I still use CommaFeed to organize my feeds and edit the OPML document from it in a text editor because the organization of the nested folders is still crap.

I want to, for instance, select one folder to export it as an OPML file

[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's fair if your looking for those specific features. Hopefully its added to fluent reader or a fork

[–] xcutie@linux.community 2 points 3 weeks ago

If a firefox add-on is okay: Brief

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Gnus.el

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Terminal

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

In case you like feature-rich software, QuiteRSS is good.

[–] heyazorin@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Pulp.

[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Preferred the way the old version looked, but I can't really fault liferea

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 3 weeks ago

I like Read You. It integrates nicely with FreshRSS, too.