Can I vibe code Feedly?
RSS reader that gathers every site you follow into one feed.
RSS is an open protocol, which makes this the fairest fight on the list. Fetch your feed list on a cron, parse XML into a database, render an unread list with folders and a mark-as-read button — that's the whole core, and it's a classic, deeply satisfying build. Feedly's paid tiers sell discovery, AI filtering, and team features on top of a protocol anyone can consume. Your version even dodges their algorithmic nudges: just your feeds, in order.
Build me a personal RSS reader to replace Feedly. Store subscriptions (with OPML import/export) in Postgres, organized into folders. A cron job every 30 minutes fetches each feed, parses entries (handle RSS and Atom, bad dates, missing GUIDs), and inserts new items with dedupe. UI: folder sidebar with unread counts, a fast article list, keyboard shortcuts (j/k to move, m to mark read, s to save), a readable article view, and a Saved section. Add full-text search over titles and content. Next.js App Router on Vercel, Vercel Cron for fetching, hosted Postgres.
A cron-fed RSS reader that pulls your subscriptions every half hour into folders, with unread counts, a clean reading view, and saved articles.
- Feed discovery and search across millions of indexed sources
- Leo-style AI filtering and keyword alerts without building them yourself
- Mobile apps with offline sync — yours is a web app
- Someone else handling dead feeds, redirects, and weird half-valid XML
Feeds rot constantly, and Feedly quietly absorbs the dead links, malformed XML, and mobile sync so reading stays zero-maintenance.
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