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Inspect it. Change it. Keep it.
Open-source RSS readerYour feeds.
Your feeds.
Minus the bullshit.
A fast, chronological desktop RSS reader with keyword watchdogs, local topic detection, grouped digests and a read-only CLI. No ads, subscriptions or algorithmic feed.
Free · Open source · macOS
Install with Homebrew
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One reader. Five ways to cut the noise.
Read your feeds, review grouped digests, watch for keywords, organize local topics and access your articles from the CLI.
01 / Feed
A feed that stays a feed.
See what is new. Decide what matters. Move on.
- Chronological means chronological. No ranking algorithm decides what should be important.
- Search articles and filter by topic, source or reading list.
- Switch between card and compact layouts.
- Save, dismiss or open the original article directly.
02 / Digest
Many links. One story.
Related coverage from multiple sources becomes one readable story cluster.
See who covered the same event, when the first and latest reports appeared, and how many sources belong to the story. Choose a daily, weekly or monthly view.
Multiple sourcesDaily / Weekly / MonthlySave storyMark as digested
This is organization, not an AI-generated summary feed. The Digest clusters articles already stored in your reader.
03 / Watchdog
Keep watch on what matters.
Your keywords. A local inbox for every match.
Create rules with Include any, Include all and Exclude phrases. Watchdog checks article titles, teasers and stored content, across all or selected feeds.
Keyword rulesLocal inboxRead / Archive / ExportOptional macOS alerts
Notifications are opt-in and need macOS permission. Watchdog checks with RSS refreshes while the app runs, even with its window closed. Quitting the app stops monitoring.
Read Watchdog documentation
04 / Local topics
Your topics. Your rules.
Topic detection without sending your feed away.
Define your own taxonomy with editable strong, medium and weak keywords. Articles are classified locally, then become filterable in your feed.
AIlocal rule
StrongOpenAIChatGPTLLM
MediumCopilotGeminiPrompting
WeakModelInference
No external classification API. Edit rules and reprocess existing articles whenever you want.
Source control
Your sources. Not somebody else’s platform.
Add, test, edit and remove RSS feeds. Organize the input, see stored article counts and fetch on your schedule.
Your RSS database has a CLI.
Use the same articles and digests from the desktop reader directly from the shell. SQLite opens read-only; the CLI never configures feeds, fetches content, starts the app or writes to the database.
$ no-bullshit-rss articles last 10 --url$ no-bullshit-rss articles last 10 --title$ no-bullshit-rss articles last 10 --url --title$ no-bullshit-rss articles digest 10 --daily$ no-bullshit-rss articles digest 10 --weekly$ no-bullshit-rss articles digest 10 --monthly$ no-bullshit-rss articles last 10 --url --title | grep Nvidiastdout
Pipe-friendly results
stderr
Clean error output
JSON
Compact structured results
--choose
Interactive selection
Discovers the existing app database on macOS.
Ready when you are
Choose your download Feed. Digest. Topics. CLI.
One local reader, without an account between you and your feeds.
The product is the business model.
No account
Install the app and start reading.
No subscription
No payment tier hiding the useful parts.
No ads
No sponsored content in your feed.
Local data
Your SQLite database stays under your control.
No ranking
Chronological means chronological.
Version 1.6.0
Download it. Own it.
No account. No subscription. No onboarding funnel.
For Apple Silicon (M1 or newer), running macOS 13 Ventura or later.
Homebrew
One command installs the desktop app and its bundled CLI.
brew install --cask oliverjessner/tap/no-bullshit-rssGet Homebrew Straight answers.
Is NO-BULLSHIT-RSS free?
Yes. It is open-source software with no subscription, ads, account or paid tier.
Is it open source?
Yes. The complete source is available under the MIT License on GitHub.
Open repository →Where is my data stored?
Feeds and articles live in the app’s local SQLite database. The data stays on your machine and under your control.
Does topic detection send articles to an AI API?
No. Topic detection is local and rule-based, using strong, medium and weak keywords that you can edit.
What does the Digest do?
It groups related coverage already in your reader into story clusters for daily, weekly or monthly review. It does not generate AI summaries.
How does Watchdog work?
Watchdog matches keyword rules against article titles, teasers and stored content, then collects matches in a local inbox. Enable optional notifications in Settings → Notifications and grant macOS permission. Monitoring runs with RSS refreshes while the app is running, including with its window closed; quitting the app stops it.
Can I use it from the terminal?
Yes. The read-only CLI finds the existing app database and returns articles or digests as plain text or JSON. Homebrew installs the app and makes the bundled no-bullshit-rss command available in your terminal.
Can I install it with Homebrew?
Yes. Run brew install --cask oliverjessner/tap/no-bullshit-rss to install the desktop app and its bundled CLI.
Which operating systems are supported?
The current release supports macOS on Apple Silicon (M1 or newer). Homebrew requires macOS 13 Ventura or later.
No funnel. Just the app.The web has enough bullshit.