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Yarr
Yarr is a self-hosted feed reader that collects blogs, news sites, and journals into one three-pane page instead of another rented subscription account. The left pane holds your feed list and folders with unread counts, the middle pane streams headlines from the selected feed, and the right pane renders the full article the moment you click it. Click read here and Yarr fetches the complete text of an article from its source page, so truncated feeds still deliver the whole story inside the reader. Star the pieces worth keeping, mark whole folders read in one action, and search every headline and article you have collected from the field at the top of the list. Subscriptions move in and out as OPML files, and the built-in Fever API endpoint pipes your folders into Reeder, Unread, Fluent Reader, ReadKit, and Newsflash. Themes switch between light, beige, and night reading, a system option follows your device, and the interface installs on a phone home screen as a web app. One binary starts the whole service: point it at a SQLite file for a personal archive or a PostgreSQL database for heavier duty, add a username and password, and serve it over HTTPS with your own certificates on port 7070. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.
Benefits
- One Binary, Whole Reader
- A single download contains the server, the web interface, and the storage layer, so a personal reader goes live in minutes and upgrades by swapping one file.
- Read Full Articles In Place
- The read here action pulls the complete text from the publisher's page into the reading pane, ending the jump to a browser tab for feeds that publish only excerpts.
- Your Feeds In Every Client
- The Fever API endpoint connects Reeder, Unread, ReadKit, Fluent Reader, Fiery Feeds, and Newsflash to your server, keeping read state in sync between phone, tablet, and desktop.
- Private By Default, Open Carefully
- The server binds to localhost until you choose otherwise, then password authentication, an auth file, and TLS certificates open your archive to the devices you trust.
Features
- Three-Pane Reading Interface
- Feed folders, headline stream, and full article sit side by side, with filters for unread, starred, and all articles plus per-feed menus to rename, move, or open the source site.
- Full-Text Article Fetching
- The read here button retrieves the complete article from the original page and displays it in the reading pane with adjustable font and text size.
- Search And Starring
- A search field filters the current selection, starred flags build a saved collection, and keyboard shortcuts keep triage fast during a morning catch-up.
- Fever API Sync
- The /fever endpoint serves Fever-compatible clients including Reeder, Unread, and Fluent Reader, syncing subscriptions and read state from one endpoint.
- SQLite Or PostgreSQL Storage
- Point the -db flag at a SQLite file for personal use or a postgres:// connection string for a database server; Yarr creates and migrates its tables at startup.
- Themes And Languages
- Light, beige, and night themes, a system-follow option, adjustable auto-refresh rates, and multiple interface languages adapt the reader to long evening reading sessions.