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RSS Reader self-hosted with a Raspberry Pi

I use RSS feeds to gather my news. I need to keep up to date with technology for work, but I have always had curiosity in the topic since the 80s. For a long time, I have been using an app called Reeder on iOS and Mac. It’s excellent, it works across my Apple devices, happily filling up with news everyday. I probably use it at least once a day without any exaggeration. The benefit of Reeder is that it uses iCloud to store and sync news feeds and articles. It works well, but these days, I use Android too. I found a smashing RSS aggregator called Read You , it has a wonderful interface using Material Design . The problem is that iCloud doesn’t work on Android. I looked into it and there is the option of paying for a service like Feedly or Inoreader. They’re good options, but I’m not keen on monthly charges, especially since iCloud was all included. So I looked for a self-hosted version and very quickly came across FreshRSS . FreshRSS can be installed locally and uses a standard Google R...