Aaron RSS

Minimalist RSS Reader

On macOS, remove the Gatekeeper quarantine flag after installing:

  • xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/"Aaron RSS.app"

Prefer building from source? Clone the repo, run npm install, npm run build, then npm run electron.

Local-first

Feeds and articles are persisted in SQLite (via OPFS) entirely on your device.

Reader built in

Clean article reading with defuddle extraction and markdown rendering.

Auto-download YouTube videos

Feed items that link to YouTube videos are downloaded automatically in the background, with live progress and offline playback.

Bluesky

Add a Bluesky profile and its RSS feed is discovered for you. Open original posts, quote posts and replies natively.

Mastodon

Mastodon profile URLs resolve to their Atom feeds, and posts — including reply threads — render natively via instance public APIs.

OPML import/export

Bring your subscriptions from any other reader, and take them with you.

Support