TLDR;

I created defe(devfeed), a WebApp & CLI for aggregating popular "Tech" feeds for developers & Tech Enthusiasts

Why did I built this ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Well I like reading tech, this involves subscribing to newsletters & listening to various podcasts.
But the only problem with this is that all of this is distributed causing me to waste my time by installing various apps (which I open only once per day, No hard feelings for DEV, I ❤️ it) & subscribing to a number of newsletters.

Well of course you have feedly but hey its not free right ?
That's why I thought of creating a FOSS alternative which is

• Simple Enough to use (Minimal UI)
• Is available for multiple clients (PWA & CLI for terminal lovers)
• Can show me information while I'm travelling

Features ✨

• PWA
• Read & Share Stories
• Dark Mode *
• Minimal UI
• CLI
• Filter Feed

Is that it ?
No
defe is a package, so you can make Bots 🤖 using it.

from defe import defe
import pprint

f = defe.feed()

pprint.pprint(f.news())

This will print all the News from available News Feeders. You can read the documentation on how to use the package.

How its built 🤔

The architecture is fairly simple

Multiple feeders are fetched at the same time using ThreadPoolExecutor() & are kept in a cache.

Feeders are web-sources which have a public feed (RSS/Atom) link
You can have a look at all the feeders here.

Let's say you request /news or run defe news (on CLI) all the available feeders under News category would be fetched simultaneously and are pushed in a disk based cache, subsequent requests will come from this cache.
For now the cache expiry time-limit is set to 1 hr by default (future releases might have a option to clear cache manually)

I used the following stack to build defe

• Python
• JavaScript

Few pre-built libraries/components which helped me build defe

• MaterialzeCSS For the front-end of WebApp
• feedparser For parsing RSS/Atom feeds of web sources.
• diskcache Used for temporarily storing feeds for faster access.

How it looks 🔥

Here is a demo for the defe CLI

And the WebApp Looks like

Contribute 🤗

I still have a lot of ideas to improve defe, but not all of it I can do alone, I require your help ❤️
Feel free to contribute at

You can also request feeders by commenting your favourite sites below
or add them yourself

Add your favorite feeders #1

Bhupesh-V posted on Mar 13, 2020

Send in RSS/Atom Feeds of your favorite sites, newsletters, podcasts. Make sure you are only editing one of these files

Don't forget to read the CONTRIBUTING guidelines before sending any PR.

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This issue will remain open so you can always contribute 🤗

View on GitHub

Future Vision 👁️

Some of the things I wish to implement in future

• Push Notifications
• Bookmark Stories
• Play Podcasts right in terminal (for defe CLI)
• Custom Feeds

You can have a look at projects board for more upcoming features in defe.

Feedback 💭

Did you like defe ? or maybe its something you want to say, comment below
You can reach me directly at
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