alduinapp / alduin

Alduin is a free and open source RSS, Atom and JSON feed reader that allows you to keep track of your favorite websites.

Alduin

Overview

Alduin is an RSS, Atom and JSON feed aggregator available on Windows and Linux. Open source and free, Alduin has an ergonomic, complete and easy to use interface, which will be suitable for all types of user.

Current state

Alduin was dead for a long time, but it's back! I rewrote it with technologies I use today, it can still be improved, but it's already usable.

Download

Download links are available here: https://alduin.stouder.io/

Technical specifications

Alduin is built on powefull and modern technologies, notably like:

• Tauri
• React
• Tailwind CSS

Contributing

You can contribute in many ways. Submit pull requests, create themes, report bugs, make a donation or simply use the software.

Contact

For help, enquiries and commercial contact, please send an email to [email protected].

alduin's Issues

Feedly Support

Any plans for feedly support?

webContents.getFocusedWebContents error on launch

First issue of the project, yay! 😃

Anyway, got this error when launching :

Error while compiling themes. TypeError: Cannot read property 'on' of null
    at theme_compiler_1.ThemeCompiler.existsDefaultTheme.then.then.then (/xxxx/Alduin-linux-x64/resources/app/src/index.js:18:55)

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When doing a console.log of the concerned line :
electron_1.webContents.getFocusedWebContents(), it return "null", so the function doesn't seems to be defined.

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Settings :
Ubuntu 16 x64

Button to load full article

Please implement button to load full article with pictures and stuff, because some feeds I have are very short without pictures and stuff.

Podcast not show

hiyas i have add a podcast http://www.spreaker.com/show/1618495/episodes/feed and it show the diferent chapters but not have option to play or download to offline listen

Issue reading https:// based feeds

Hi,

First things first: This app looks great! I've been waiting so long for a decent feed reader on Ubuntu Linux...

While trying to add some feeds, the following feeds couldn't be read:

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/feed/
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/heise-atom.xml
https://itsfoss.com/feed/
https://www.wired.de/feed/latest

Looks to me like an issue with https:// feed URL's? In fact, I can add non-https URL's only.

how to import something.opml

I was using some kind of RSS softmare , and have some OPML . I wish to have some option to import it.

RTL Support

in an overall view, alduin is stable and worth using. but i'd like to follow Farsi Blogs therefore without RTL support this application is useless for me :(

here is a good open source font for Farsi and Arabic.
https://github.com/font-store/BehdadFont

Scaling/Resizing options for UI

Hey, it's nice to find out a modern desktop RSS reader :D

What I'd like to ask is if there is any plans on having font/menu/section sizes as options on the configuration panel or on the css theme. The whole application looks too big on a 1080p screen imo.

Great work and hope to see improvements on this!

doesn't run on linux mint 18

Doesn't run on my Linux mint 18.
Here is an error message:
Error while compiling themes. TypeError: Cannot read property 'on' of null at theme_compiler_1.ThemeCompiler.existsDefaultTheme.then.then.then (/home/maks/tools/Alduin-linux-x64/resources/app/src/index.js:18:55)

Mark all as read?

Dear @Xstoudi,

How can I mark all as read without having to go through all items one by one?

Support for Audio

great start, I'm excited to see this develop.

The first major shortfall for me is that it doesn't pick up mp3. Being able to use alduin for podcasts would be awesome.

Here is a simple example:
Ted Radio Hour RSS

[Idea] - Add the "view orginial article" at the bottom of the article

Problem starting on Ubuntu 16.10

Dear @Xstoudi,

Thank you for this promising feed reader!

I started the latest AppImage on Ubuntu 16.10 and this is what I see:

[Feature Request] Open Reader API

Hi there!

Just found out this pretty neat reader when I was browsing rss apps over at the electron site.

Will Aldiun eventually support the Open Reader API? got a lot of feeds in services like Inoreader. So rather than just exporting/importing a JSON/OPML file, the app could just sync with external services.

Also, a Mac version would be great ;) though I'm currently testing out the Windows version.

Thanks!

localize feed's date according to user's settings

I think it would be better to users able to set a language in their profile to see feeds in localized date.
it would be possible with icu-loader.

thanks

List style on feed preview (second column)

As you can see here, lists are fucked up. @lucalaissue

cannot lunch

➜  Alduin-linux-x64 ./Alduin 
Error while compiling themes. TypeError: Cannot read property 'on' of null
    at theme_compiler_1.ThemeCompiler.existsDefaultTheme.then.then.then (/home/lol/Downloads/Alduin-linux-x64/resources/app/src/index.js:18:55)

App threw an error during load

App threw an error during load after cloning the repo, installing dependencies and running npm run start.

npm: 5.7.1
node: 9.6.1

Error:

App threw an error during load
Error: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.
\\?\c:\temp\alduin\node_modules\cld\build\Release\cld.node
    at process.module.(anonymous function) [as dlopen] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (module.js:598:18)
    at Object.module.(anonymous function) [as .node] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:498:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\temp\alduin\node_modules\cld\index.js:2:12)
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\temp\alduin\node_modules\cld\index.js:78:3)

Finally a good looking LOCAL rss reader \o/

I'm glad I found this gem, been looking for a local rss reader that doesn't look like it's a port from Dos.. :)

However, It still needs some work? :s

Issues/suggestions

Fairly important stuff

• Can't rename/remove a feed
• Can't specify for how long to keep the feed's articles / update interval

Enhancements (minor)

• No "Unread" tab
• Change feed icons to that site's favicon
• Add a per feed filter [show unread, show read, show all]
• When adding a new feed, make the default title the site name
• Ability to run in background and give a desktop notification upon new feed [Not sure if already implemented :s]

I hope this program becomes a real gem, I could really use a decent looking desktop rss reader.
The last commit was from March 29, sooo, also kinda wondering, is this project still alive? :s

Thanks anyways!
Great job! :)

The problem with line wrapping

I understand that this can be quite difficult - to convert HTML markup to text (or not), but I'll even notice the difference between the web version and what Alduin displays. Screenshots:
Web: https://i.imgur.com/6CpCdpM.png
Alduin: https://i.imgur.com/UrFOLBo.png

Link to exactly this web page: https://cryptopunks.org/article/anonymous+secure+linux+distribution+tails/
RSS: https://cryptopunks.org/rss.xml
And for some reason Alduin does not display the image.

Unread count tray icon?

Dear @Xstoudi,

Just an idea.

Is it possible to add an unread count to the tray icon?

Trash button doesn't work

Trash button don't do anything, I try to remove RSS-feed.

How to support Chinese

How to support Chinese ?

There is no application installed for “executable” files. Do you want to search for an application to open this file?

Hello,

Extracted the zip file and double clicked the alduin file, the following error is thrown

Favorite option

Hiyas im new user in this RSS and is nice but it dont see the favorite option :(

UI bug

UI error

[Request] Start in tray

Alduin gives the option to minimize to tray but, could you please give the option to start in tray using --start-in-tray

Ugly display of a full RSS record

I think it will look better if you add dynamic scene switching when resizing the window. Here are a few screenshots:

https://imgur.com/A0ASOTw
https://imgur.com/dpn59Ei

I use Alduin-2.0.1-linux right now.

AppImage

Would you be interested in providing an AppImage for Linux?

Import

Great! but...

I'd really like the ability to import feeds from OPML or other xml or similar lists.

ERR! [email protected] postinstall: `node install.js` npm ERR! Exit status 1

I found an error message while start in on my mac.

npm ERR! Darwin 15.6.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/Cellar/node/7.0.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v7.0.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.8
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] postinstall script 'node install.js'.

[Features Request] Android Port + Dropbox sync

I would like to be able to use this across my desktop and android phone. Using a dropbox folder or similar for the reader database/datastore would also allow me to share the RSS state with any other platform that you support.

Some suggestions

Hello,

I have just discovered this very good tool and I would like to share some suggestions, nothing urgent however!

• OPML import
• OPML export
• Folders
• Share article + Pocket
• Set the size of the font
• Have the ability to display only unread entries
• Favicon from the RSS site
• When adding a feed, take the name of the site in the "Display name"

Anyway, very good job, continue like that!

Sync to google drive/dropbox or similar

I want to be able to sync my reading across my work, laptop and home computers. Syncing state to dropbox, onedrive or similar would be great.

Stuck on "Information Feedback" screen (Linux)

I can't seem to get past the "Information Feedback" screen on the 2.0.0 release.

Whether or not I check the "Enable data collecting" button, pressing "Validate" does not dismiss the pane.

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 9.2 (stretch) x86_64

[Bug] Alduin Wont Start

I am using Debian sid and Alduin 3.2.0
When i try to start Alduin from terminal i get the below error:

thread 'main' panicked at 'failed to connect to sqlite: Database(SqliteError { code: 14, message: "unable to open database file" })', src/main.rs:82:75
note: run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display a backtrace

When using RUST_BACKTRACE=1 alduin i get the below error:

stack backtrace:
   0: rust_begin_unwind
             at /rustc/eb26296b556cef10fb713a38f3d16b9886080f26/library/std/src/panicking.rs:593:5
   1: core::panicking::panic_fmt
             at /rustc/eb26296b556cef10fb713a38f3d16b9886080f26/library/core/src/panicking.rs:67:14
   2: core::result::unwrap_failed
             at /rustc/eb26296b556cef10fb713a38f3d16b9886080f26/library/core/src/result.rs:1651:5
   3: tokio::runtime::park::CachedParkThread::block_on
   4: tokio::runtime::context::runtime::enter_runtime
   5: tokio::runtime::runtime::Runtime::block_on
   6: core::ops::function::FnOnce::call_once{{vtable.shim}}
   7: tauri::app::Builder<R>::build
   8: tauri::app::Builder<R>::run
   9: alduin::main
note: Some details are omitted, run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=full` for a verbose backtrace.

Hangs when adding HN rss feed

I'm trying to add the feed at https://news.ycombinator.com/rss but Alduin just hangs after I press "Add feed". It doesn't seem to happen with other feeds (I can successfully add the C&H feed, although I need to select RSS instead of Atom even though the C&H feed seems to be an atom feed)

Handle links to open a feed directly on this app

JSONfeed support ?

Hi,

Nice reader. Any plans to support jsonfeed as well ?
Alduin could be the first offline reader to support it ;-)
(see https://jsonfeed.org/code)

Cheers,
Hans

[Linux] desktop file is lacking a Categories= entry

The desktop file is lacking a Categories= entry in the *.desktop file.

According to the menu spec,

By including one of the Main Categories in an application's desktop entry file, the application will be ensured that it will show up in a section of the application menu dedicated to this category. If multiple Main Categories are included in a single desktop entry file, the entry may appear more than once in the menu.

Hence, please add at least one of the following in the Categories= key.

Main Category	Description	Notes
AudioVideo	Application for presenting, creating, or processing multimedia (audio/video)
Audio	An audio application	Desktop entry must include AudioVideo as well
Video	A video application	Desktop entry must include AudioVideo as well
Development	An application for development
Education	Educational software
Game	A game
Graphics	Application for viewing, creating, or processing graphics
Network	Network application such as a web browser
Office	An office type application
Science	Scientific software
Settings	Settings applications	Entries may appear in a separate menu or as part of a "Control Center"
System	System application, "System Tools" such as say a log viewer or network monitor
Utility	Small utility application, "Accessories"

In addition, you could specify one or more from the longer list of Additional Categories.

Please test the result with desktop-file-validate and make sure it passes.

electron-builder offers native support for this since v19.22.1.

Reference: AppImage/appimage.github.io#2

Action required: Greenkeeper could not be activated 🚨

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To enable Greenkeeper, you need to make sure that a commit status is reported on all branches. This is required by Greenkeeper because we are using your CI build statuses to figure out when to notify you about breaking changes.

Since we did not receive a CI status on the greenkeeper/initial branch, we assume that you still need to configure it.

If you have already set up a CI for this repository, you might need to check your configuration. Make sure it will run on all new branches. If you don’t want it to run on every branch, you can whitelist branches starting with greenkeeper/.

We recommend using Travis CI, but Greenkeeper will work with every other CI service as well.

Once you have installed CI on this repository, you’ll need to re-trigger Greenkeeper’s initial Pull Request. To do this, please delete the greenkeeper/initial branch in this repository, and then remove and re-add this repository to the Greenkeeper integration’s white list on Github. You'll find this list on your repo or organization’s settings page, under Installed GitHub Apps.

Deviant Art feeds not recognized

DA publishes their feed in the link format http://backend.deviantart.com/rss.xml?q=%PAGE%%3A%USER%

Where %PAGE% is something like gallery and %USER% is the username of the page owner.

Here's an example http://backend.deviantart.com/rss.xml?q=gallery%3Amudimba

[Feature Request] Article Thumbnails

Can you please add the option to show the article thumbnail next to the title.
As, it helps to sort through the on screen text when there is a large number of articles, thanks.

Something like this as an example, but more the middle column not either end:

How to open from tray?

I might just not find it but how can I open Alduin once minimised to tray?

In the context menu, I only have the "Quit" option.