TOC

• Demonstration
• Installation
• Packages
• Flags
• Config

Demonstration

Installation

You need to have Go >=1.19 installed.

git clone https://github.com/jafarlihi/rssnix --depth=1 && cd rssnix && go install

Packages

Arch Linux AUR Package (build newest version)

Arch Linux AUR Package (binary newest version)

Arch Linux AUR Package (build from git)

Flags

config

• Opens config file with $EDITOR

update [feed name]

• If [feed name] argument is given and is space-delimited list of feeds, then these feeds are updated
• If no [feed name] argument is given then all feeds are updated

open [feed name]

• If [feed name] argument is given then the said feed's directory is opened with the configured viewer
• If no [feed name] argument is given then the root feeds directory is opened with the configured viewer

add [feed name] [feed url]

• Adds a new feed to the config file

import [OPML URL or file path]

• Imports feeds from OPML file

refetch [feed name]

• delete and refetch given feed(s) or all feeds if no argument is given

version

• Prints the rssnix version

Config

Config file is expected to be at ~/.config/rssnix/config.ini.

Sample config file:

[settings]
viewer = vim
feed_directory = ~/rssnix

[feeds]
CNN-Tech = http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition_technology.rss
HackerNews = https://news.ycombinator.com/rss

(Tip: ranger is another great candidate for viewer)