Raven Reader Hello Efficiency Inc.
winget install --id=hello-efficiency-inc.raven-reader -e Raven is a open source desktop news reader with flexible settings to optimize your experience. No login is required, and no personal data is collected. Just select the websites you want to curate articles from and enjoy!
Raven Reader is an open-source desktop news reader designed to help users curate and manage articles from various websites with flexible settings. It provides a clean, distraction-free experience without requiring logins or collecting personal data.
Key Features:
- Full Article Reading: Subscribe to news feeds and podcasts, read articles offline, and listen to audio content directly within the app.
- Flexible Settings: Customize text size, font style (including Playfair Display, Muli, Open Sans, and Roboto Slab), and dark mode preferences.
- Offline Access: Enjoy reading even without an internet connection.
- Keyboard Shortcuts: Navigate and manage articles efficiently with customizable shortcuts.
- Feed Management: Organize feeds into categories, import/export OPML files, and sync with services like Feedbin, Inoreader, or self-hosted RSS platforms.
- Podcast Integration: Subscribe to podcast RSS feeds and listen directly in the app.
Audience & Benefit: Ideal for anyone seeking a privacy-focused, customizable news aggregator. Raven Reader empowers users to curate their content, manage subscriptions, and access articles offline—ensuring an efficient and enjoyable reading experience.
Available as an open-source application, it can be installed via winget or downloaded from its official platform.
README
All your articles in one place. Beautiful.
NOTE
Working on the new version completely re-written. This version of Raven Reader would no longer be maintained. Stay tuned for more announcements and new repo.
Download
To download, please visit https://ravenreader.app.
Install via Homebrew (macOS)
To use Homebrew-Cask you just need to have Homebrew installed.
brew install --cask raven-reader
Install via Chocolatey (Windows) (Thanks to @A-d-r-i)
choco install raven
Features
- Full Article Read
- Subscribing to news feed
- Marking as read/unread
- Marking as favourite
- Dark mode
- Configurable cron job for refresh interval of feeds
- Minimize app to tray and run in background
- Open article link in external browser
- Responsive
- Exporting feed in OPML format
- Importing feeds
- Windows support
- Linux support
- Offline reading
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Sidebar count
- Text size configuration
- Text font style configuration (Currently has Playfair Display, Muli, Open Sans and Roboto Slab)
- Supports categorizing of the feeds.
- macOS touchbar shortcuts
- Integration with read it later apps: Pocket, Instapaper
- Podcast support. Subscribe to podcast rss feed and listen within app.
- Accessibility Friendly
- Feedbin integration (Folders are WIP)
- Inoreader integration
- Google Reader API support. Supports self hosted RSS Services like FreshRSS.org etc. (Folders are WIP)
- Support for subscribing Youtube channels and viewing within app.
- Flexible resizing of columns/panes
Please feel free to suggest more ideas to improve this app.
Supported Platforms
- Feedbin
- Inoreader
- Self hosted RSS Services compatible with Google Reader API (OldReader, Bazqux, FreshRSS)
- Fever
Supported Locale
| Language | Contributor |
|---|---|
| English | |
| French | |
| Catalan | alexhoma |
| Turkish | ahmetcadirci25 |
| Chinese | @LinWhite2333 |
| Dutch | @Vistause |
| Russian | @vanja-san |
| Polish | @konhi |
| Brazilian Portuguese | @gabrielgomeso |
| Italian | @luverolla |
| German | @nebulon42 |
Contributions
We're excited that you're wanting to help us make Raven Reader even better! Contributions of all sizes are welcome, if you'd like to work on something take a look through the current GitHub issues. If it's a new feature or potential bugs, please make a new issue ticket for it and populate it accordingly.
Contributors Wall
Note: It may take up to 24h for the contrib.rocks plugin to update because it's refreshed once a day.
Developer Notes
For setup instructions and configuration follow https://github.com/nklayman/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder
Build Setup
# install dependencies
yarn install
# serve with hot reload at localhost:9080
yarn electron:serve
# build electron application for production
yarn electron:build
# lint all JS/Vue component files in `src/`
yarn run lint