NetNewsWire VS Wallabag

NetNewsWire is excellent. Clean, responsive, blends into the desktop, and doesn't have memory leak issues like so many macOS RSS readers do. I wish all software could be like it.

https://netnewswire.com/

And like with most multiplatform apps, it doesn't look native at all on iOS. I prefer my current combination of: https://netnewswire.com + https://miniflux.app

Both open source too.

A few apps that are a joy to use:

https://ia.net/writer for writing.

https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast.

https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors.

https://nova.app/ for editing code.

https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots.

https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen.

https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS.

https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers.

https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics.

https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes.

What else?

+1 for NetNewsWire. No pushes for engagement, no upsells for premium features, just a simple and rock solid app that does exactly what you want and does it well. I would 100% pay for it as it’s a very high quality app, but the developers would prefer happy users to focus elsewhere.

I’ve completely replaced my Twitter habits with a good ol RSS reader app. https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire they have an iOS app.

I use this as well, source on GitHub:

https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire

If you are using Miniflux for your RSS syncing you can already use it in NetNewsWire too now that Miniflux supports the Google Reader API. Apparently it will be exposed in a more obvious way in the Account dialog in the next version (6.2).

https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire/issues/2859...

Here’s an opensource and free RSS reader https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire

Wallabag[0] is useful too if you want a self-hosted bookmarking solution. I'm with Pinboard too, but regularly export my bookmarks so I have a backed up local copy of recent bookmarks I've added to Pinboard.

[0] https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag

[0] https://wallabag.org/

https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag

No one has mentioned wallabag yet, so wanted to. Been working well for me - has apps and extensions. If you’re not excited to self-host - https://www.wallabag.it/en has been flawless with the exorbitant price of… 11 euro a year.

Self hosted Wallabag is the way https://wallabag.org/

wallabag is a versatile self-hosted application designed to effortlessly save and organize web pages, keeping online content organized and readily accessible. With its intuitive GUI, users can conveniently store and categorize articles, allowing for easy retrieval whenever you're ready to read later on. Kalc_DK recommends it "for managing links/content that goes into your knowledge base."

That's been logged as an issue in Wallabag, from back in 2016. So I wouldn't hold my breathe on this being implemented anytime soon. https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag/issues/2149

Readwise is absolutely high end power user software, and not just a "read it later" service. If you need it's features, it's worth it. I really like all of my highlights syncing to my obsidian notes, the ability to use a single source for rss/epubs/webpages/pdf/etc and having an AI assistant to throw at tasks.

If you want a free, more direct pocket clone, check out wallabag: https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag

Try Wallabag https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag

You could try wallabag