FreshRSS

FreshRSS is your news reader. You add the websites, podcasts, and blogs you want to follow, and FreshRSS pulls in new stories as they're published — like a personal newspaper that only covers what you care about. No algorithms, no ads, no "suggested for you."

Open FreshRSS

From your HomeFree dashboard, click the FreshRSS tile. Or go straight to https://freshrss.<your-domain>.

Sign-in happens automatically — HomeFree already knows it's you.

Add your first feeds

1. In FreshRSS, click the + in the left sidebar (or use Subscription management → Add).
2. Paste the address of a website or blog you want to follow — like https://daringfireball.net or https://xkcd.com. FreshRSS figures out the feed for you.
3. Pick a category (or make a new one — "News," "Tech," "Friends," whatever you want).
4. Submit. Your new feed shows up in the sidebar; the latest stories arrive within a couple of minutes.

Repeat for everything you want to follow. Most websites have a feed even if they don't advertise it.

Bringing feeds over from another reader

If you've used Feedly, Inoreader, or another reader before, you can bring all your subscriptions over in one go:

1. In your old reader, export your subscriptions. You'll get a file ending in .opml.
2. In FreshRSS: Subscription management → Import / export → Import.
3. Pick the .opml file. Done.

Read your news

The left sidebar lists your categories and feeds. Click anything to read. The reading view is clean — no clutter, no autoplay.

A few handy keystrokes (works on most computers):

• j — next story
• k — previous story
• m — mark as read / unread
• s — save (star) the story
• f — open the full original article in a new tab

Read on your phone

FreshRSS works in any phone browser — just open https://freshrss.<your-domain> and sign in. But for the best phone experience, install an app that talks to FreshRSS in the background and lets you read offline:

• FreshRSS on Android with Capy — recommended, free, open-source.

The same setup approach works for Reeder (iOS / Mac / iPad), FluentReader Lite (Android), and NetNewsWire (iOS / Mac).

Tips

• Follow a YouTube channel. Paste the channel's URL into FreshRSS. New videos show up like any other feed; no Google account needed.
• Mark everything as read. Click the checkmark icon at the top of the article list. Useful after a long weekend.
• Star stories to read later. Hit s on anything you want to come back to; saved stories live under Favorites in the sidebar.
• Use categories instead of folders within folders. FreshRSS is one-level. Keep it simple: a handful of broad categories beats a deep nest.