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88RustAudience · generalComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

TLDR

Native desktop RSS reader built in Rust and Tauri with React UI, smart views, tag rules, optional AI summaries, FreshRSS sync, and local SQLite storage.

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  root((papr))
    Inputs
      RSS feeds
      OPML import
      Optional API key
    Outputs
      Article reader views
      AI summaries and digests
      Audio playback
    Use Cases
      Subscribe to blogs and podcasts
      Sync read state with FreshRSS
      Auto-tag incoming articles
    Tech Stack
      Rust
      Tauri
      React
      SQLite
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Read RSS feeds in a native desktop app with smart views and tags

USE CASE 2

Auto-tag new articles using rules as they arrive

USE CASE 3

Generate AI summaries and ask questions of an article with your own API key

USE CASE 4

Sync read state with a self-hosted FreshRSS server

What is it built with?

RustTauriReactSQLite

How does it compare?

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Stars887998
LanguageRustRustRust
Setup difficultyeasymoderatemoderate
Complexity2/54/53/5
Audiencegeneraldeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Prebuilt installers ship per platform, AI features need a user-supplied LLM API key.

In plain English

Papr is a desktop RSS reader. RSS is a long-standing format that lets you subscribe to updates from blogs, news sites, and podcasts in one place, instead of visiting each site to check for new posts. Papr is built as a native desktop application, which the project tags suggest uses Rust and the Tauri framework along with a React interface for the windows you see. You subscribe to feeds, group them into folders, and import or export your subscription list in the standard OPML format so you can move it between readers. Articles can be sorted into smart views called All, Unread, Starred, and Read Later, each showing a live count. Color-coded tags can be applied by hand, and rules can be set up to tag new articles automatically as they arrive. When a feed only publishes a short summary of each post, Papr can fetch the full article text and clean it up for reading. The reader also has an AI section that produces article summaries, lets you ask questions of an article, and builds digests, but you supply your own API key for whatever model you want it to use. A built-in audio player carries playback from one article to the next. If you already use a FreshRSS server, Papr can sync read state with it. Otherwise everything is stored locally in a SQLite database with no account and no cloud component. The interface is available in English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese, and installers for each platform are linked from the project's latest release page.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Walk me through importing my existing OPML subscription list into papr and grouping feeds into folders
Prompt 2
Set up a rule in papr that auto-tags incoming articles mentioning Rust as Programming
Prompt 3
Configure papr with my Anthropic API key so the AI summary and Ask features work
Prompt 4
Compare papr local SQLite storage with the FreshRSS sync mode and recommend which fits a two-machine workflow

Frequently asked questions

What is papr?

Native desktop RSS reader built in Rust and Tauri with React UI, smart views, tag rules, optional AI summaries, FreshRSS sync, and local SQLite storage.

What language is papr written in?

Mainly Rust. The stack also includes Rust, Tauri, React.

How hard is papr to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is papr for?

Mainly general.

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