TermFeed

Terminal Feed is a minimal feed reader for the terminal (without curses).

To read, preview, open, store, or delete your favorite RSS feeds from the command line.

Why?

If 1) you are a terminal addict, and 2) you want to stay up to date with the outside world by reading quick feed and summaries WITHOUT having to leave your terminal; then TermFeed is for you. These are the main reasons I created TermFeed.

Usage

$ feed

• browse latest feed from your favorite rss sources (links stored under the default category General).

$ feed <RSS-LINK>

• browse latest feed from the single link <RSS-LINK> provided.
• e.g. $ feed https://news.ycombinator.com/rss

$ feed -b

• browse latest feeds by category of your library.

$ feed -t

• list the topics stored in your library.

$ feed -t <CATEGORY>

• list the URLs stored under <category> in your library.

$ feed -a <RSS-LINK>

• add new link to your rss library.

$ feed -a <RSS-LINK> <CATEGORY>

• add new link to your rss library under <category>.

$ feed -d <RSS-LINK>

• delete a link from your rss library.

$ feed -D <category>

• Remove entire category (with its URLs) from library.

$ feed -R

• rebuild the library from urls.py

Features (what you can do?)

• List feeds from different sources (stored in your library) with colorful text.
• Preview a short summary of a selected feed.
• Jump to (optionally) the source page of a feed in default browser.
• Store new (or delete) RSS URLs in (from) your library under a specific topic or under the default tag General.

Examples

Default browsing

Browse by topic

Update library (Add or delete links)

See the avaiable topics and RSS links in your library:

Help See $ feed -h for detailed usage.

TermFeed 0.0.8

Usage:
    feed
    feed <rss-url>
    feed -b
    feed -a <rss-url> [<category>]
    feed -d <rss-url>
    feed -t [<category>]
    feed -D <category>
    feed -R
    feed (-h | --help)
    feed --version

Options:
                  List feeds from the default category 'General' of your library.
    <URL>         List feeds from the provided url source.
    -b            Browse feed by category avaialble in the database file.
    -a URL        Add new url <rss-url> to database under [<category>] (or 'General' otherwise).
    -d URL        Delete <rss-url> from the database file.
    -t            See the stored categories in your library, or list the URLs stored under <category> in your library.
    -D TOPIC      Remove entire cateogry (and its urls) from your library.
    -R            Rebuild the library from the url.py
    -h --help     Show this screen.

Installation

1) from PyPI repository:

$ pip install TermFeed

2) from the source distribution,

download and unpack the zipped folder, then:

$ cd TermFeed
$ python setup.py install

Uninstall

$ pip uninstall TermFeed

I use a data file (.termfeed.db) as a mini-database to maintain the RSS URLs. This file is created at the home directory (e.g. $HOME/.termfeed.db), delete it as well.

Remember, you may need to run these commands as an admin e.g. $ sudo ...

Dependencies

• feedparser

Miscellaneous

• Tested on OS X and Linux.
• Supports Python 2.7 and Python 3.4
• The URLs in urls.py are complementary. They will be added to your library at $HOME/.termfeed.db when you run TermFeed ($ feed) for the first time. You may delete them all and have your own list instead.
• Instant RSS Search is a nice search engine for searching RSS feeds.

Author

• Aziz Alto