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Russ

Terminal RSS and Atom feed reader

RSS & News Readers ★ 268 stars Easy setup MIT

Russ is a fast terminal user interface RSS and Atom feed reader for people who prefer the command line. It stores feeds in a local SQLite database and offers a keyboard-driven reading experience.

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Key features

  • Terminal UI
  • SQLite-backed storage
  • Keyboard-driven reading
  • Fast feed refresh

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Written in Rust
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM

Trade-offs

  • Terminal only
  • No sync between devices

Russ replaces

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