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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

Is Russ secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Russ's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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