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Quick question, don't want to highjack the thread. This looks interesting, but I don't understand why I couldn't just install it on my regular laptop running fedora. Why does it need it's own server?
Well you can install it locally and get the web interface via localhost, but if it's a proper server you can access the news from your sources from anywhere and you can also use 3rd party apps in your phone to get a different interface via the API
FreshRSS is just a PHP app so you don't even need a VPS - you could even install it in a regular shared hosting account.
Oh ok thanks. I do like the idea of access from anywhere... I'm guessing a VPN would be needed on the server and phone? Or is this a whole big thing?
Check out tailscale, the best tool ever to access a server without opening ports or doing hard stuff
Or Cloudflare tunnels
yeah but I kinda dislike cloudflare. Tailscale is based on wireguard which is cool
Cool, I've heard of it but never really looked into it. I'll give it a try.
It depends on how secure you want to get with it. You could just host it with any of the hosting providers and have it public - or you could have it behind a vpn on that server
If you were hosting it at home, you’d likely want to restrict access to behind a vpn. No sense advertising your network is any more interesting than it needs to be
Do you have any recommendations for 3rd party apps? I did a quick search but couldn't find any apps built for FreshRSS
On Android, the main apps are Readrops and FeedMe
Brilliant. Thanks!
On their GitHub page it has a list mobile / native apps that can access FreshRSS.
Reeder for iOS/macOS can’t be beat!