Free
$0 · forever
Up to 50 feeds, with encrypted sync across devices. The full reader: keyboard shortcuts, full-text extraction, OPML with folders, 1,300+ feeds to browse, starring, offline reading, encrypted local storage. No card, no email.
What is this?
Almost every site on the internet (blogs, news outlets, YouTube channels, podcasts, even most newsletters) publishes a public list of its new posts. The list is called a feed. FeedZero subscribes to those feeds and pulls everything into one inbox, sorted by date.
That's it. No timeline algorithm reordering posts. No "for you" page. No promoted content. You pick what you follow, and you see everything they publish, in the order they wrote it.
If you've used Feedly, Inoreader, NetNewsWire, or Reeder, FeedZero is the same idea. The differences: it runs in your browser, it's open source, and your data stays on your device.
Open my.feedzero.app and start reading. No email, no password, no install. Your subscriptions and reading history live on your device, encrypted. If you want to read across devices, turn on encrypted sync. It's included on every tier and doesn't need an account. Or run the whole thing on your own server. The code is open source under AGPL-3.0.
Currently in alpha (v0.10.0). Used daily by the people building it.
Features
Most of FeedZero is free, including encrypted sync across devices. The Personal plan lifts the 50-feed cap and adds auto-organize, smart filters, and offline prefetch of starred articles. It's free for 30 days, and unlocked by default if you self-host.
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Any feedFree
Works with any site that publishes a feed.
Blogs, news sites, podcasts, YouTube channels, Substacks, GitHub releases. If it has a feed (most do), FeedZero reads it. Paste the address and the app finds the right URL automatically.
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SyncFree
Read on your laptop, pick up on your phone.
Turn on sync and your subscriptions, folders, and read state follow you to every device. Encryption happens in the browser using a four-word passphrase. The server only ever sees ciphertext, so we can't read your data. Sync is included on every tier, no account, no license.
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Keyboard-drivenFree
Faster than scrolling Twitter.
Feeds load from memory. Articles switch instantly. Move with j/k, jump feeds with u, open the original with o. Or just click everything. Both work the same way.
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Switch readersFree
Bring your subscriptions. Folders and all.
Coming from Feedly, Inoreader, or NetNewsWire? Import your OPML and the folders are preserved, not flattened. Want to leave? Export the same way. Your subscription list belongs to you.
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StarringFree
Star it now. Read it later. Even offline.
Hit s on any article to save it. Starred items land in a virtual feed in the sidebar, sorted by date. It's your "read later" pile, and it doesn't get lost in the flow. With sync (free), starred items follow you across devices. On Personal, FeedZero also downloads the full text of starred articles in the background, so the train ride home is covered.
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Auto-organizePaid
A button that files your feeds for you.
Click the wand and FeedZero groups your feeds into topic folders (tech, news, science, design, sports, and more) based on what each feed actually publishes. Tweak the result, or undo it. No AI, no round trip to a server.
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Smart FiltersPaid
Smart Playlists, for the news.
Build a rule once and FeedZero keeps a live feed of every matching article. "AI news, this week, unread." "Anything from these three feeds I starred." "Everything tagged 'launch'." Stack conditions, nest them with AND/OR/NOT, sync them across devices. Like iTunes Smart Playlists, for your reading.
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DiscoverFree
1,300+ hand-picked feeds to start from.
Not sure what to follow? Browse a curated catalog: tech, world news, science, culture, finance, sports, design. Organized by topic and country. One click to subscribe.
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Full textFree
Read the article, not just the teaser.
Some feeds publish only the first paragraph to drive clicks back to their site. FeedZero pulls the full article so you stay in the reader. No clickbait detour.
summary → full text→
And a handful of things that just work
OfflineFree
Reads on the train.
Already-loaded articles stay readable even without a connection. Subway, plane, the back of the cafe with bad Wi-Fi.
MobileFree
Phone-first, not phone-afterthought.
A swipeable bottom drawer for everything, snap-scroll between the article list and the reader, safe-area support for the notch and Dynamic Island.
No accountFree
No sign-up, ever.
No email, no password, no "sign in with Google." Open the app and start reading. Sync is account-free too: a four-word passphrase, not a login.
PrivacyFree
Nobody's tracking your reading.
No ads, no analytics SDKs, no Google Tag Manager, no Facebook Pixel. We don't log what you read or who you are. The privacy policy says it because the code does it.
Self-hostFree
Run your own, in three commands.
Clone the repo, copy .env.example, run ./scripts/feedzero up. Docker, Caddy, automatic TLS. amd64 and arm64 images on GHCR, including Raspberry Pi.
AGPLFree
Read the code.
Every claim on this page is checkable in the source. The code is on GitHub under AGPL-3.0-or-later. Read it, fork it, run your own, send a patch.
Curious yet? Open the app. It's free, no sign-up. You'll be reading in 30 seconds.
Open the app →Pricing
Free in your browser, with encrypted sync across devices included. Unlimited feeds, auto-organize, smart filters, and offline prefetch are on the Personal plan: free for 30 days, then $5 a month. Or self-host the whole thing for free.
Personal
30 days free · then $5/mo USD
Everything in Free, plus unlimited feeds, auto-organize folders, smart filters, and offline prefetch of starred articles. Cancel anytime during the trial; no charge until day 31.
Self-host
$0 · AGPL-3.0-or-later
Your server, your data. Every Personal feature unlocked: unlimited feeds, auto-organize, smart filters, offline starred. Sync runs on your own server. No license check, no kill switch, no phoning home. Three commands to deploy.
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Common questions
If it's open source, why does anything cost money?
The reader runs in your browser, which costs us nothing, so it's free. Cross-device sync is free too, because reading across devices shouldn't sit behind a paywall. The Personal plan covers the heavier features: auto-organize, smart filters, offline prefetch of starred articles, and the lifted 50-feed cap.
The $5 covers it. No VCs, no ads, no upsells, no data sales. If you'd rather not pay, self-host. It's the same code, AGPL-licensed, free.
What if I cancel my subscription?
The reader keeps working. Everything you read locally stays local. Sync keeps working too; it's free for everyone. You lose auto-organize, smart filters, offline prefetch of starred articles, and the 50-feed cap comes back. You can re-subscribe any time, or export to OPML and walk away.
Is sync really private? You're storing my data on your server.
Yes. Encryption happens in your browser using a four-word passphrase that only you know. The server never sees that passphrase. It stores a blob of ciphertext that it has no way to decrypt: not for support, not for a subpoena, not for us.
Lose the passphrase and your cloud data is gone. There is no reset. That's the trade-off for the server never holding the key.
I bought a license. Can I use it on my other devices?
Yes. One Personal subscription covers every device you use. Open the app on a new laptop or phone, enter your sync passphrase to restore your subscriptions and read state, then paste your license token to unlock the Personal features. No per-device fees, no seat limits.
What's the catch with "Free"?
No catch. The free tier is the full reader: same UI, same speed, same keyboard shortcuts, same OPML export, same encrypted sync across devices. You're capped at 50 feed subscriptions; beyond that, subscribe or self-host. No card, no email, no "free for the first month then we charge you."
Why should I care about RSS in 2026?
Because every link you click is shaped by someone else's algorithm. RSS is the opposite: you pick what you follow, you see everything they publish, in the order it happened. No promoted posts. No "you might also like." No quietly-deprecated emails. It is a small, stubborn corner of the internet that still works the way you'd expect.
What happens if FeedZero shuts down tomorrow?
Export your subscriptions to OPML (one click, in Settings) and import them into any other reader. Or spin up the open-source build on your own server: the code is AGPL, the Docker image is on GHCR, the self-hosting guide is in the repo. The format is yours to take with you.
Privacy
Your subscriptions and reading history live in your browser, encrypted at rest. When you turn on sync, the server stores an encrypted vault. The keys never leave the browser, so the server holds ciphertext and nothing else.
There are no third-party trackers, no ads, no analytics SDKs, no crash reporters. We count anonymous usage to know what's working. We don't log what you read or who you are. The server does see the addresses of the feeds you subscribe to, because it fetches them on your behalf. If that bothers you, self-host. The code is open source and reproducible.
For the curious: local storage uses AES-GCM-256 with PBKDF2 key derivation at 600,000 iterations. Sync derives keys in the browser from a four-word passphrase generated from the EFF wordlist. Full threat model and known limitations are in SECURITY.md.
Open source
Every claim on this page is auditable. The source is on GitHub under AGPL-3.0-or-later. Read it. Audit it. Fork it. Run your own copy. Send a patch.
Self-hosting takes three commands once Docker is installed:
$ git clone https://github.com/forcingfx/feedzero.git $ cd feedzero && cp .env.example .env $ ./scripts/feedzero up
Caddy handles automatic TLS, multi-arch images (amd64 + arm64) ship from GHCR on every release, and day-2 ops (update, backup, restore, logs, doctor) are one command each. Full walkthrough in the self-hosting guide.
Release notes
What changed in each release, newest first. Also available as an Atom feed.
v0.10.0 Self-host packaged, privacy promise enforced
Self-host deploys in three commands via Docker. The client stops loading Vercel Speed Insights. Error logs stop emitting feed URLs. The repository ships an explicit AGPL-3.0-or-later LICENSE.
Added
- Added a single-container Docker deploy with Caddy in front for automatic TLS.
cp .env.example .env, edit one value, run./scripts/feedzero up. Day-2 ops (update,backup,restore,logs,doctor) wrap the underlying docker-compose commands so self-hosters do not memorize them. - Added
scripts/feedzero(POSIX shell) andscripts/feedzero.ps1(PowerShell) so the same surface works on macOS, Linux, WSL2, Git Bash, and native Windows. - Added a comprehensive self-hosting guide at
docs/self-hosting.md. Covers Docker installation on each OS, public-hostname deploys via Let's Encrypt, LAN-only deploys with self-signed certs (with per-OS instructions for trusting Caddy's root CA), day-2 operations, and the seven failures self-hosters actually hit. - Added a GitHub Actions workflow that builds and publishes a multi-arch self-host image (amd64 + arm64) to
ghcr.io/forcingfx/feedzeroon every version tag. Raspberry Pi self-hosters no longer rebuild from source on updates. - Added integration tests that exercise feed-store and sync-store actions against the real encrypted database via fake-indexeddb. Replaces faith-based mocks at the storage boundary, closing the gap that produced the issue #117 cascade.
Changed
- Changed the license from implicit "All rights reserved" to AGPL-3.0-or-later. The repository now ships a
LICENSEfile and a matching SPDX identifier inpackage.json. Section 13 (the network-use clause) means anyone running a modified FeedZero as a public service must offer their users the modified source. - Reduced the first-paint bundle by 90 KB (gzipped). The Defuddle full-text extractor and its adapter registry now load on demand when a user clicks Extracted, not on every page load. Main bundle dropped from 404 KB to 314 KB gzipped — meaningful for the five-year-old phone on a slow connection.
- Refactored the feeds route from a 459-line monolith into a layout-with-Outlet shape (ADR 013). The stable two-panel topology survives navigation cleanly and adding a new full-page surface no longer means another
isXxxPageflag. - Split the explore catalog from a single 889-line file into a tab-pluggable shell plus per-tab modules. Sets up the upcoming curated catalog work (use-case packs, editorial collections, platform bridges).
Fixed
- Server stopped logging full feed URLs in proxy error paths. Previously a failed fetch on
/api/feedor/api/iconemitted the target URL into stdout, where it landed in operator-readable log retention. The privacy-floor logger (logError) now handles both call sites with an opaque trace id the user can quote in support.
Removed
- Removed the
@vercel/speed-insightsclient SDK. The README's headline privacy promise (“No telemetry. No analytics. No crash reporting. No third-party tracking.”) now matches the shipped code. No page-view or Web-Vitals beacons leave the browser.
v0.9.0 Settings unification, log in for existing license holders, OPML folders
The sidebar's settings dropdown collapsed into a single button opening a unified five-tab dialog. License holders can now log in to a fresh device via a two-step wizard. OPML import and export preserve folder organization.
Added
- Added a Log in wizard for license holders on a fresh device. Settings → Account → Already have a FeedZero account opens a two-step ceremony: paste the license token, then optionally enter the sync passphrase to decrypt cloud data. The wizard surfaces alongside the Subscribe call to action so paying users do not accidentally re-purchase.
- Added five Settings tabs (Account, Reading, Help, Import, Export) reachable from a single Settings button in the sidebar that replaces the previous dropdown menu. Cmd/Ctrl+, opens the same dialog.
- Added OPML folder preservation. Importing an OPML from Feedly, NetNewsWire, or Inoreader now recreates the parent outline groups as folders and assigns each feed accordingly. Export round-trips the same structure.
- Added a Reading tab inside Settings that exposes the article-flood grouping toggle and the Auto-organize launcher.
- Added a Help tab inside Settings with inline keyboard shortcuts, a Send feedback button, and a What's new link.
Changed
- Consolidated every in-app upgrade button into a single chokepoint. Clicking Upgrade anywhere (sidebar feed-limit notice, Auto-organize gate, feature gates) opens Settings → Account on the Plan card. Stripe Checkout is reachable only from the Plan card's Subscribe buttons, so users always see the tier comparison before committing.
- Removed the floating tier pill (Free, Personal, Pro) from the sidebar. It was not clickable and gave a false signal that something there was actionable. The current tier remains visible inside Settings → Account.
- Replaced the layered safety controls in Settings → Account with a smaller If-you-lose-access card that shows the support email, an Email-my-license-to-me button, and an Open-recovery-page link. The downloadable plain-text recovery sheet was dropped as redundant with the email-self action.
- Widened the desktop sidebar default from 14rem to 18rem so feed titles have room to breathe.
- Raised the desktop and mobile breakpoint from 768px to 1024px. The three-panel reading layout is fundamentally a laptop-and-up layout; below 1024px the mobile snap-scroll layout activates cleanly.
Fixed
- Fixed the sidebar visibly changing width every time the user navigated between the feeds list, Explore, and Stats. The cause was per-route resizable-panel-group identifiers, which the library persists separately. A single stable identifier across all routes preserves the user-dragged width regardless of navigation.
- Fixed the canvas going blank when the browser window was resized between roughly 530 and 767 pixels wide. The desktop layout's panel minimum sizes summed to ~530 pixels but the mobile fallback only kicked in below 768 pixels; the gap left panels clipped by overflow:hidden. Raising the breakpoint to 1024 pixels eliminates the dead zone.
- Fixed the sync passphrase reveal overflowing the dialog when the passphrase wrapped long. The container now wraps and scrolls if needed.
- Fixed paid users being able to click Delete all data and orphan their Stripe subscription. The Danger Zone now shows Cancel subscription first with a Manage subscription button for paid users; free users see the existing destructive flow.
v0.8.2 Article flood grouping, cloud restore, and sync race fix
Flooding feeds no longer drown out everything else in aggregated views, a Restore-from-cloud button recovers from drifted local state, and a cross-device sync race that left Device B with the wrong feed list is fixed.
Added
- Added inline grouping for same-feed article floods in aggregated views (All items and folder views). Runs of three or more consecutive articles from the same feed within ten-minute pairwise gaps collapse to a summary row with a chevron; expanding inline reveals the full list. Disabled in per-feed views and behind a Settings toggle if undesired.
- Added a
Restore from cloudbutton to the Data & Storage dialog. Replaces local feeds and articles with the cloud vault without deleting and recreating the vault, which is the recovery path when a device's local state drifts from what the cloud knows.
Fixed
- Fixed a cross-device sync race where a second device could mark its status as synced without the cloud feeds materializing locally. Concurrent pulls now share a single in-flight request and the import is transactional, so the article list never serves a half-imported state.
- Fixed the prev/next reader navigation pills appearing on desktop, where they duplicated existing keyboard shortcuts and sidebar navigation. The pills remain on mobile, where the touch surface is needed.
- Fixed dialog buttons being pushed off-screen on iOS when the soft keyboard opens. Dialogs are now anchored to the dynamic viewport height so the action row stays reachable regardless of keyboard state.
v0.8.1 Server reliability, observability, and rate limiting
Three production bugs fixed across cloud sync, the public stats page, and mobile dialogs. Server-side storage consolidated onto a single backend. Every error response now carries a trace identifier for support.
Added
- Added per-client rate limiting on the feed and page proxies. Default 300 requests per minute per client; returns
429 Retry-Afterper RFC 6585 when exceeded. - Added a trace identifier (
req_followed by 8 hex characters) to every non-2xx response from the monetization endpoints. Quote it in a support report and the issue can be looked up in the runtime logs. - Added structured single-line JSON logs on every 5xx server error, with an allow-listed field set (route, method, status, trace identifier, error class, error message). No personal data is ever logged.
- Added module-load logs in each serverless function that surface which storage backend resolved at cold start. Any future regression where the wrong adapter is chosen becomes visible in the first deploy log.
- Added production smoke tests for every server endpoint. Run with
SMOKE_TESTS=1 npx vitest run tests/smoke/. The smoke layer is now a required phase of the standard development workflow.
Changed
- Consolidated all server-side persistence (license records, vault sync, Stripe event deduplication, the feed catalog, and rate-limit counters) onto a single Upstash KV instance. Replaces a previous mix of Vercel Blob, separate Upstash, and in-memory adapters. Self-hosters not configuring Upstash continue to use the filesystem and memory adapters.
Fixed
- Fixed cloud sync vault pulls returning the literal string
[object Object]instead of the encrypted payload. The server was storing vaults correctly all along; only the read path was broken. Existing vaults are unaffected and now load correctly. - Fixed cloud sync pushes failing with a 500 error after a deployment-time configuration drift. Sync storage now self-detects the correct backend rather than relying on an exact environment-variable match.
- Fixed the public stats page always showing zero feeds tracked. The feed catalog had no persistence layer and reset on every cold start; now backed by persistent storage so counts and the popular-feeds leaderboard populate correctly.
- Fixed the mobile soft keyboard covering the bottom of every dialog, which made the cloud-sync passphrase entry unusable. The fix applies to every dialog in the app.
- Fixed the mobile bottom navigation drawer being partially hidden behind iOS Safari's browser chrome. The drawer's bottom padding now grows dynamically with the toolbar height.
v0.8.0 First-launch reliability fix
A latent bug in the new-user initialization path that could leave the app marked as onboarded after a failed first init is fixed.
Fixed
- Fixed first-launch initialization continuing to mark onboarding complete when the initial database setup failed (for example on browsers without Web Crypto, such as iOS Lockdown Mode). The error is now surfaced and onboarding is not marked complete, so the user is prompted to retry rather than landing in a half-initialized state.
v0.7.0 Mobile bottom drawer, pill navigation, and the stats page
A persistent swipeable bottom drawer replaces the offcanvas mobile sidebar, navigation pills handle prev/next on every device, and a public /stats dashboard exposes anonymous usage numbers.
Added
- Added a persistent swipeable bottom drawer on mobile that replaces the offcanvas sidebar. The drawer handle is always visible at the bottom of the screen and shows the current feed name; tapping or swiping up reveals the full feed list, folders, All items, Explore, and Settings.
- Added a bottom sheet feed switcher on mobile. The active feed name in the bottom drawer doubles as a switcher: a tap opens a sheet with all feeds and folders.
- Added a public stats page at
/stats. Shows total vaults, total feeds tracked, and the top 100 feeds by request volume. No accounts, no personal data, no login. - Added automatic color assignment for new folders. Created folders now get a distinct color from the eight-color palette without an extra picker step.
- Added the full settings menu inline in the mobile bottom drawer. Cloud sync, Auto-organize, Keyboard shortcuts, Send feedback, and What's new are all reachable without opening a separate dropdown.
Changed
- Replaced the pull-to-advance gesture on mobile with explicit prev/next nav pills. The pills are pinned to the bottom of the reader and remain accessible regardless of scroll position. Pull-to-advance was removed because behavior was inconsistent across mobile browsers.
- The mobile nav pills are now icon-only for back navigation, show no keyboard hints, and stretch to fill the available width. Long article titles in the prev/next labels are truncated with ellipses instead of overflowing.
- The desktop sidebar and the mobile bottom drawer now share a single navigation body component. Adding a new top-level entry (such as Explore) only needs to be done in one place.
Fixed
- Fixed the article list jumping unexpectedly when clicking an already-visible article. The virtualizer no longer re-anchors on click-driven selection changes; keyboard j/k still scroll the selected article into view.
- Fixed the mobile bottom drawer overflowing horizontally on viewports with safe-area insets. The drawer now respects the iOS Dynamic Island and notch in all orientations.
- Fixed desktop reader navigation pills clipping long article titles. The pills now share the available width and grow to fit instead of letting text overflow.
- Fixed the folder title toggle in the sidebar collapsing the folder when clicked. Selecting a feed inside a folder on mobile now snaps back to the article list as expected.
- Fixed the mobile drawer settings rendering as a nested dropdown that introduced horizontal scroll. The settings entries are now inline within the drawer.
v0.6.0 Resizable panels, navigation pills, and auto-organize
Three-panel resizable desktop layout, always-visible prev/next navigation, pull-to-advance on mobile, folder colors, and keyword-based auto-organize.
Added
- Added a three-panel resizable desktop layout. The sidebar, article list, and reader are now independently draggable columns.
- Added prev/next navigation pills pinned to the bottom of the reader panel. The pills are always visible regardless of scroll position and show k/j keyboard hints.
- Added pull-to-advance gesture on mobile. Scrolling past the end of an article advances to the next; pulling down from the top goes back.
- Added folder color customization. An eight-color swatch picker in the folder context menu tints the sidebar label and applies a colored background to folder items.
- Added auto-organize. The wand button near New Folder groups existing feeds into topic folders using a built-in keyword ruleset.
- Added feed sort mode. Feeds in the sidebar can now be sorted by name, unread count, or kept in the original custom order.
Changed
- Article titles in the reader panel are now links to the original URL. The external-link icon in the meta line shows an o shortcut hint on hover.
- The Feed/Full text mode selector is now a compact inline pill control, reducing vertical space. The h shortcut hint is in a hover tooltip.
- The article list is now virtualized. Scrolling through All Items with hundreds of articles no longer causes layout jank.
- The desktop breakpoint was lowered from 1024px to 768px so tablet-sized windows use the multi-panel layout.
- Publisher boilerplate phrases ("Read more at", "Continue reading", etc.) are stripped from feed content before display.
Fixed
- Fixed article text clipping at the right edge of the reader panel. Replaced Radix ScrollArea (which uses a
display:tablewrapper that breaks text wrapping) with a nativeoverflow-y-autocontainer. - Fixed mobile landing on the reader view when selecting a feed. The app now defaults to the article list, not the reader.
v0.5.0 Feed folders and mobile navigation
Organize feeds into collapsible folders, read all items in a folder at once, and swipe between articles on mobile.
Added
- Added feed folders. Create folders from the sidebar, drag feeds between them, rename or delete folders from the context menu.
- Added folder aggregated feeds. Clicking a folder header shows all articles from every feed in that folder, with per-feed title and favicon on each row.
- Added swipe navigation on mobile. The article list and reader are side-by-side scroll-snap panels. Swipe left to read, swipe right to go back.
- Added a floating back pill on the mobile reader view. Tapping it scrolls back to the article list.
- Added safe-area inset support for iPhone Dynamic Island and notch. Content no longer renders under the notch in any orientation.
- Added inline feed rename from the three-dot context menu.
- Added Vercel Speed Insights for Core Web Vitals monitoring.
Changed
- The app now defaults to the All Items view when feeds exist, instead of auto-selecting the first feed.
- Unread counts are derived from a single source of truth (
articlesByFeedId) instead of a separately stored counter. Badges update immediately after adding a feed from the Explore tab. - All articles in a feed render at once. Removed the 25-article display cap and the Load More button.
- Sidebar action dots appear only on hover, not after clicking a feed. The fix uses
:focus-visibleso keyboard users still see the dots when tabbing. - Article selection no longer shifts text. The left accent bar reserves its 2px space at all times.
- The sidebar was decomposed from a single 728-line component into focused sub-components (FeedItem, FolderItem, SidebarFeedList, confirmation dialogs).
Fixed
- Fixed unread badge not updating after adding a feed from the Explore tab.
- Fixed sidebar action dots and unread badge overlapping after clicking a feed.
- Fixed article text shifting 2px when selected.
v0.4.0 Release notes feed
The release notes are now an Atom feed that any RSS reader can subscribe to.
Added
- Published the release notes as an Atom feed at feedzero.app/releases.xml. New installs auto-subscribe on first launch; existing users can subscribe via Settings → What's new.
- Added a "Clear cached articles" action to the feed context menu. It deletes the feed's stored articles and re-fetches from source. Read/unread status is lost, and older articles may not reappear if the source no longer publishes them.
Changed
- Article content now renders h1–h4 headings with appropriate sizing and spacing. Lists render with markers.
- Feeds in the sidebar sort alphabetically, with the release notes feed pinned to the top.
- Unread badges use a squircle shape with a subtle background.
Removed
- Removed the in-app changelog dialog (~700 lines of custom UI). The Atom feed replaces it.
v0.3.1 More vertical space
Removed the desktop header bar. Added per-feed unread counts and in-memory article preloading.
Added
- Added per-feed unread count badges in the sidebar. The count is derived from the full article set, not just the current page.
- Added source attribution in the reader panel. Each article shows the feed's favicon and title under the headline.
- Added a "Load more" button for feeds with more than 25 articles.
Changed
- Removed the 40-pixel desktop header bar. The sidebar toggle moved into the sidebar itself.
- Articles preload into memory at startup, so switching feeds no longer shows a loading state.
- Replaced the "mark all read" toolbar with a floating pill that appears at the bottom only when there are unread articles.
- Favicons now refresh on a 7-day cycle. Removed the manual "Reload favicons" menu item.
v0.3.0 Tracker and link-param stripping
Tracking pixels and URL tracking parameters are removed from feed content before it reaches the browser.
Added
- Added tracking-pixel stripping. 1×1 images loaded from known tracker domains (Facebook, Google Analytics, Quantserve, Feedburner, and others) are removed from article HTML before render.
- Added URL tracking-parameter stripping.
utm_*,fbclid,gclid, and around 20 similar parameters are removed from links inside article content. - Added an anonymous feed catalog on the server. It records which feeds exist and how often they are fetched. No user-identifying information is stored.
Changed
- The changelog dialog supports arrow-key navigation between releases.
v0.2.2 Bug fixes
Fixes for favicon loading, feed refresh, and error messages.
Fixed
- Fixed favicon loading for sites that serve icons at non-standard paths.
- Improved feed refresh reliability.
- Improved error messages when adding an invalid feed URL.
v0.2.1 Visual polish
Palette, transition, and typography adjustments.
Changed
- Warmed the background tint. Accent color is now blue-indigo.
- Added CSS transitions for hover, selection, and sidebar open/close.
- Reworked blockquotes, inline images, and editorial typography in article content.
- Unread and read article states are now distinguished by bold titles and an accent bar.
- Focus rings are softer, and the
prefers-reduced-motionmedia query is honored.
v0.2.0 Explore, keyboard nav, sync, and OPML
A catalog of around 1,000 feeds, vim-style keyboard shortcuts, end-to-end encrypted sync, and OPML import/export.
Added
- Added an Explore tab with around 1,000 feeds organized by topic and country. The search box accepts a URL, which is added directly as a feed.
- Added vim-style keyboard navigation:
j/kfor next/previous article,Enterto add a feed,Spaceto scroll,hfor full text view,oto open the original. - Added unread dots and a "mark all read" action.
- Added optional end-to-end encrypted cloud sync. The encryption key is derived from a four-word passphrase generated from the EFF wordlist. Lost passphrase means lost data, by design.
- Added OPML import and export.
Changed
- Feed switching now reads from an in-memory cache instead of IndexedDB.
v0.1.0 First release
The initial alpha.
Added
- Added RSS 2.0, Atom 1.0, and JSON Feed parsers.
- Added AES-256 encryption of all stored data in IndexedDB.
- Added optional cloud sync using a passphrase-derived encryption key.
- Added full-text article extraction for feeds that publish only summaries.
- Added dark mode.
- Added vim-style keyboard navigation.