Replace Feedly?

YES · one-shottable
catalog price reference $7/mocategory 📡 rss & researchreported replacement votes 0

Core RSS reading, folders, search, and saved articles are very buildable; Feedly's paid moat is polished feed discovery, mobile, AI features, and reliability.

the prompt
Build me a personal RSS reader to replace Feedly. Requirements:

- Node + Express + better-sqlite3, server-rendered pages, binds to localhost.
- Feeds live in feeds.opml with folders; import my Feedly OPML export on first
  run so nothing is retyped.
- Poll every 30 minutes with node-cron, parse with rss-parser, dedupe items by
  GUID then link.
- Reader UI: unread counts per folder, an article list with j/k keyboard
  navigation, one-key mark-read, and s to star.
- Starred view, plus full-text search over titles and content via SQLite FTS5.
- Optional summarize button per article using an LLM key from .env; hide the
  button entirely when no key is set.
- Keep read items 90 days, starred forever, pruned nightly.
- No accounts, no telemetry, local-first.
- Out of scope: mobile apps and feed discovery/suggestions. Adding feeds means
  editing the OPML, that is fine.
- README: setup, where the DB lives, and how to export my OPML back out.

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why people still pay

They pay to avoid maintaining hundreds of feeds and reader apps across devices.

what you lose

xmobile apps

xfeed discovery

xintegrations

xLeo/AI filtering

xuptime

xpolished reading UX

prior art to inspect before buildingFreshRSSMature self-hosted RSS aggregator and reader.
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questions
What does the Feedly verdict mean?

The directory classifies the core job as practical to build with an AI coding agent. Use the prompt as a starting point and review the tradeoffs before relying on the result. This research record is not a hosted IVCIFY tool.

What price does this directory record show for Feedly?

The directory records $7/month for Pro, checked 2026-07-30. Verify the source before making a purchase decision. This reference stays outside retail Stack Math unless current matched evidence supports the comparison.

What do I lose by replacing Feedly?

Honestly: mobile apps; feed discovery; integrations; Leo/AI filtering; uptime; polished reading UX. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to Feedly?

The listed prior art includes FreshRSS (Mature self-hosted RSS aggregator and reader.). Inspect those projects before starting from a blank prompt.