yarr

yarr (yet another rss reader) is a web-based feed aggregator which can be used both as a desktop application and a personal self-hosted server.

It is written in Go with the frontend in Vue.js. The storage is backed by SQLite.

usage

The latest prebuilt binaries for Linux/MacOS/Windows are available here.

macos

Download yarr-*-macos64.zip, unzip it, place yarr.app in /Applications folder. To open the app follow the instructions provided here or run the command below:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/yarr.app

windows

Download yarr-*-windows32.zip, unzip it, open yarr.exe

linux

The Linux version doesn't come with the desktop environment integration. For easy access on DE it is recommended to create a desktop menu entry by by following the steps below:

unzip -x yarr*.zip
sudo mv yarr /usr/local/bin/yarr
sudo nano /usr/local/share/applications/yarr.desktop

and pasting the content:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=yarr
Exec=/usr/local/bin/yarr -open
Icon=rss
Type=Application
Categories=Internet;

For self-hosting, see yarr -h for auth, tls & server configuration flags.

build

Install Go >= 1.16 and gcc. Get the source code:

git clone https://github.com/nkanaev/yarr.git

Then run one of the corresponding commands:

# create an executable for the host os
make build_macos    # -> _output/macos/yarr.app
make build_linux    # -> _output/linux/yarr
make build_windows  # -> _output/windows/yarr.exe

# ... or start a dev server locally
make serve          # starts a server at http://localhost:7070

# ... or build a docker image
docker build -t yarr .

credits

Feather for icons.