fnarp / reader

A PHP feed reader implemented as a reaction to the closure of Google Reader. Not a clone, but let's say "heavily inspired by".

A PHP web-based feed reader implemented as a reaction to the closure of Google Reader. This is not a clone, but let's say it's "heavily inspired by" the Google Reader interface.

As of 2013-03-18 this isn't exactly production ready, but I'm releasing it here so you can play with it.

Features

Features include:

• AJAX interface (utilising progressive enhancement).
• OPML Import.
• Favicon & touch icon support for a splash of colour.
• Multi-user interface (this may be flaky yet).

Features that I am not interested in, but you can have a crack at if you want:

• Google Reader API compatibility. (I don't use this myself, and it looks like a fair bit of work.)

Technology

This project uses:

• CodeIgniter
• SimplePie for reed parsing and related goodies.
• Bootstrap For style and scaffolding.
• simple_html_dom For HTML parsing & manipulation.
• ag_auth For authentication.

Setup

To set up this app you will need to:

1. Prepare a database and create an application/config/database.php file. See application/config/database.sample.php
2. Make the usercontent/*icons folders writeable.
3. Visit example.org/register and create an account for yourself.
4. Create your first folder with the "create a folder" button. (This is important, because presently you can't add feeds at the root level.)
5. That's it. Probably, I think.

Feedback

Please feel free to add feedback on existing functionality via Github Issues. Simplarly, pull requests are especially welcome.