The Old Reader VS Lenns.io

The Old Reader Reviews

Lenns.io Reviews

1. Stan    

   Founder at SaaSHub | 12 months ago
   The unique RSS/website reader

   Lenns.io is more than a RSS reader. It's a website reader as it can follow posts by titles in cases when there isn't an exposed RSS feed.

   My favourite part is setting priorities per source and category as well as limiting the number of posts per source. That way, a single source cannot overflow my feed.

   🏁 Competitors: Fraidycat

   👍 Pros:    Source priority support|Category priority support

   👎 Cons:    Opinionated

The Old Reader mentions (34)

• Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds

  I haven't used it in a while but https://theoldreader.com/ seemed like a fairly drop-in replacement for Google Reader. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• RSS is still pretty great

  Https://theoldreader.com/ Just toss in a site you like, it'll (try to) find the RSS feed, and you're done. I have about 50 sites added in the old reader, and it makes following them easy. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• The future of /r/videos.

  Perhaps. I fired up my ancient Old Reader account last night and started adding some feeds I'm interested in. Pretty hilarious looking back at the ones I had like 10 years ago (99% of were dead). Source: 11 months ago

• NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

  Https://theoldreader.com is an exact clone. Source: about 1 year ago

• Canberra events RSS feed?

  Blurgh. Sorry, I didn't try it out, just saw that it looked something like RSS. The other problem with RSS is people don't make sure it is still working on their sites :) Maybe there is a reader that can filter to only show the what's on entries from the main feed? You could definitely do it with a bash script or similar. I just use https://theoldreader.com in a very simple way. There might be a more powerful... Source: about 1 year ago

Lenns.io mentions (10)

• Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

  Https://lenns.io/ - it may not be exactly ready for prime time (lacking communication & marketing); however, it's been fully functional and my RSS reader of choice for the last 2 years. Why - a single source cannot overwhelm my feed; I can set priorities to sources and categories;. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Vore: A new RSS feed reader

  For those interested in new(opinionated) RSS readers, I'd like to know what you guys think about https://lenns.io/? - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

  I built an opinionated RSS/website reader - https://lenns.io. Everyone can register and use it, but it's built based on my requirements and vision only. Yet, I believe it could be useful to others, and that's why I made it open for everyone to use. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Google Reader Inspired RSS Reader

  For those interested in "alternative" RSS Readers, I'd welcome you giving a go to my opinionated RSS (not only) reader - https://lenns.io. It supports tracking articles by headlines in those cases when a blog or a website doesn't support RSS. Plus a few other goodies, like assigning priorities to your feeds (and topics) and limiting the number of posts per source. Enjoy. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• It's Time for an RSS Revival

  Have you considered an RSS reader that "reads" non-RSS publications? That's what I've tried to do with Lenns.io. You can subscribe to any blog/website, regardless of their RSS support. Then, if they don't expose an RSS feed - the website's titles are followed. That works with about 90% success. I'd be happy if you give it a go https://lenns.io. Bonus - you can set priorities to feeds and the number of items per... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago