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# 🦉 Bubo Reader (2.0)
# 🦉 Bubo Reader
Bubo Reader is a hyper-minimalist <acronym title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</acronym> and <acronym title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</acronym> feed reader you can deploy on your own server, [Netlify](https://netlify.com) in a few steps or [Glitch](https://glitch.com) in even fewer steps! The goal of the project is to generate a webpage that shows a list of links from a collection of feeds organized by category and website. That's it.
It is named after this [silly robot owl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYSeCfo9-NI) from Clash of the Titans (1981).
You can read more about how this project came about on my blog:
You can read more about this project on my blog:
- [Introducing Bubo RSS: An Absurdly Minimalist RSS Feed Reader](https://george.mand.is/2019/11/introducing-bubo-rss-an-absurdly-minimalist-rss-feed-reader/).
- [Publishing Bubos RSS to Netlify with GitHub Actions](https://george.mand.is/2020/02/publishing-bubos-rss-to-netlify-with-github-actions/)
## Getting Started
## Get Started
- Clone or fork the repo and run `npm install` to install the dependencies.
- Update `feeds.json` to include categories and links to feeds you would like to see.
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That's it! You should now have a static page with links to the latest content from your feeds in the `public` folder, ready to serve.
## Differences in Bubo 2.0
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<strong> Differences in Bubo 2.0</strong>
</summary>
Version 2.0 has introduced some substantial changes for Bubo! While the static output remains endearingly spartan, the engine that builds it has changed a bit.
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- You will find an `.nvmrc` file in the root of this project. Learn more [about nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) if you're unfamiliar.
- The script will actually write your `index.html` file for you (Previously the build script simply ran `node src/index.js > output/index.html`). It makes a strong assumption that this file lives in the `public` folder.
- There is a somewhat sophisticated mechansim in-place for batching & throttling your requests, if needed.
## Anatomy of Bubo Reader
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<details>
<summary>
<strong>Anatomy of Bubo Reader</strong>
</summary>
The static pieces:
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- `src/index.ts` - The primary script you run when you want to build a new version of Bubo. It will automatically fetch the latest content from your feeds and build a new static file at `public/index.html`.
- `src/renderer.ts` — The renderer that loads Nunjucks, the template and understands how to process the incoming feed data. Prefer something else? This is the place to change it!
- `src/utilities.ts` — A variety of parsing and normalization utilities for Bubo, hidden away to try and keep things clean.
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## Throttling
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<summary>
<strong>Throttling</strong>
</summary>
In the main `index.ts` file you will find two values that allow yout to batch and throttle your feed requests:
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In practice, I've never _really_ run into an issue leaving `MAX_CONNECTIONS` set to `Infinity` but this feels like a sensible safeguard to design.
## Demos
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You can view live demos here:
- [https://bubo-rss-demo.netlify.com/](https://bubo-rss-demo.netlify.com/)
- [http://bubo-rss.glitch.me/](http://bubo-rss.glitch.me/)
Not the most exciting-looking demos, I'll admit, but they work!
**Getting Started**
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<summary>
<strong>Getting Started</strong>
</summary>
- [Deploying to Glitch](#glitch)
- [Deploying to Netlify](#netlify)
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If you already have a server running Linux and some command-line experience it might be simpler to setup a [cron job](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron).
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## Demos
You can view live demos here:
- [https://bubo-rss-demo.netlify.com/](https://bubo-rss-demo.netlify.com/)
- [http://bubo-rss.glitch.me/](http://bubo-rss.glitch.me/)
## Support
If you found this useful please consider sponsoring me or this project.
If you found this useful please consider [sponsoring me or this project](https://github.com/sponsors/georgemandis).
If you'd rather run this on your own server please consider using one of these affiliate links to setup a micro instance on [Linode](https://www.linode.com/?r=8729957ab02b50a695dcea12a5ca55570979d8b9), [Digital Ocean](https://m.do.co/c/31f58d367777) or [Vultr](https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8403978).
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Here are some websites using Bubo Reader:
- [Kevin Fiol](https://kevinfiol.com/reader/) ([repo](https://github.com/kevinfiol/reader))
Please share if you would like to be featured!