vliviu / FeedReader

Modern desktop application designed to complement existing web-based RSS accounts.

FeedReader

FeedReader is a modern desktop application designed to complement existing web-based RSS accounts. It combines all the advantages of web based services like synchronisation across all your devices with everything you expect from a modern desktop application.

Website : http://jangernert.github.io/FeedReader/
For translators : https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/feedreader/

Dependencies

• build-essential
• cmake
• vala (>=0.38)
• pkg-config
• libgirepository1.0-dev
• libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.22)
• libsoup2.4-dev
• libjson-glib-dev
• libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev (>=2.18)
• libsqlite3-dev
• libsecret-1-dev
• libnotify-dev
• libxml2-dev
• libunity-dev (optional)
• librest-dev
• libgee-0.8-dev
• libgstreamer1.0-dev
• libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev (gstreamer-pbutils-1.0)
• libgoa-1.0-dev (>= 3.20)
• libcurl-dev
• libpeas-dev

How to install

Arch Linux :

yaourt -S feedreader

Fedora :

sudo dnf install feedreader

Solus OS :

sudo eopkg install feedreader

openSUSE :

sudo zypper install feedreader

Flatpak

FeedReader is now availble as Flatpak and should be installable on all major Linux distributions that support the Flatpak Application Framework eg. Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, elementaryOS, Arch, openSuSE, Mageia and many more.

For more information about Flatpak and how to use or install it for your distribution see the Flatpak webpage.

Besides installing the Flatpak Framework, you should also install the following portal packages using your distributions paket manager:

• xdg-desktop-portal
• xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

Via repository

This enables OTA updates and is the recommended way. Defaults to the stable branch.

flatpak install http://feedreader.xarbit.net/feedreader-repo/feedreader.flatpakref

You can also create your own Flatpak bundle running make bundle command in the flatpak/ sub-directory.

Manual installation

git clone --recursive https://github.com/jangernert/FeedReader
cd ./FeedReader
mkdir build
cd ./build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install

Arch Linux users can build the latest version using yaourt -S feedreader-git