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Fread is a microblog client that supports Mastodon and RSS.
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Fread — A microblog client that supports Mastodon and RSS
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Fread is a cutting-edge MicroBlog client supporting Mastodon and RSS with an enhanced user experience. Create custom feeds that blend Mastodon and RSS content, all in one app. Stay connected and streamline your social and content consumption with Fread!
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I’ve spent over 600 days developing Fread, driven by my passion for perfect UI and user experience. Fread is a meticulously crafted Mastodon client that supports almost every feature you’d expect, with seamless UI and interaction. I’m committed to continuous development, with plans to support more protocols like Bluesky in the future. Best of all, it’s completely free! often wonder what makes the perfect MicroBlog app. Eventually, I decided to build it myself. Fread is my attempt to create an app that, in an ideal world, supports all MicroBlog protocols and unifies all interactions. I believe we don’t need many complicated apps—just one that does it all. Imagine a day when you can browse posts from all platforms in a single app, with the best possible user experience. Wouldn’t that be amazing? That’s the vision behind Fread.
Shadman Nazim
@ke_zhang Amazing work! In this ever-evolving tech world, a seamless, all-in-one microblogging experience is the future. Excited to see how Fread evolves. Thanks for making it free!
Chris Messina
@ke_zhang congrats on the launch! [I think you repeated your first paragraph!]
Maker
@chrismessina Thanks for the reminder, I deleted the duplicate part.
Antoine Gauthier
Fread sounds intriguing, especially with the plans to support Bluesky! How do you envision handling user feedback for potential features?
Maker
@antoine_gauthier_ There is now an entry for feedback within the app. Generally, I will evaluate the rationality of the feedback and then decide whether improvements are needed.
dashuai
Fread sounds really interesting! I'm curious about how it handles RSS integration. Any specific features there?
Maker
@ezshine Specifically, Fread will format the RSS content into MicroBlog format and display it in Feeds, and the details page will display the specific content according to the standards of RSS documents.
Ghost Kitty
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Maker
@zulkarnaim Thanks for your support
Ema Elisi
Really impressive work, @ke_zhang! The idea of blending Mastodon and RSS into one app is a game changer. Can't wait to see how Fread evolves, especially with future support for Bluesky. Keep it up!
Maker
@ema_elisi Thanks for your support
Kyrylo Silin
Hey Ke, Can users create separate feeds for different topics or interests? How do you handle the differences in content format between Mastodon posts and RSS articles? Congrats on the launch!
Maker
@kyrylosilin You can create a post that includes Masotodn users and RSS, select the feeds according to your interests and add them to the same mixed feeds flow. For the format differences, Fread has done some processing to ensure that they are displayed consistently on the homepage. In the content details page, Fread will do special processing for RSS content. As you can see, the details page of RSS content is completely different from the details page of Mammoth content.
Elke
Congrats on the launch, @ke_zhang! Fread looks like an incredible solution for MicroBlogging. Excited to see how it evolves and integrates more protocols. This could really be a game changer! 🔥
Maker
@elke_qin Thanks for your support
Alex
Fread sounds incredible, @ke_zhang! The idea of combining Mastodon and RSS into one seamless app is a game-changer for content consumption. It's great to hear about your commitment to the user experience and future protocol support like Bluesky. Can’t wait to see what features you roll out next! Upvoted!
Christopher David Anderson
Fread sounds truly revolutionary! The idea of blending Mastodon and RSS in one MicroBlog client is brilliant. I'm excited to see where you take this, especially with plans for Bluesky support. Kudos to @ke_zhang for over 600 days of hard work—can't wait to experience that perfect UI! 🚀
Leo Chen
Well done! Curious about cross-platform compatibility.
Maker
@leo_chen8 I plan to use Kotlin and Compose Multiplatform UI for cross-platform
Frederic
Another app trying to be the all-in-one solution, we've seen this before with Hootsuite and Feedly, not sure we need another, plus they always start free and end up charging later, sounds like a tall order to me, good luck with that
Jordane
Found out about this through a friend's recommendation, though it's cool to see something new on the market, I'm skeptical, why not just improve existing apps instead of adding another one, and do we really need yet another platform merger, also what's the plan for privacy and data management
Maker
@codecrafter2023 I can't improve the existing program according to my ideas.
Quin "Q" Keough
So you've spent over 600 days on this and we're getting yet another microblog client, seems like more of the same old thing packaged differently, do we really need another app trying to do it all, especially when most fail at delivering even one thing well
Maker
@devtoolstonic I think this isn’t “the same old thing packaged differently”; it’s something completely different that just bears some resemblance to “the old thing”.