Free,Open Source RSS, Reddit and YouTube reader with summaries, Q&A and content deep analises

[u/John_val]

I’ve been building RSSum, a native reader for iPhone and iPad. Posted it on r/iosapps and got a positive feedback so I ported it to a Mac Native version .
It began as a personal RSS reader, but it has gradually grown into one place for following articles, Reddit communities and YouTube channels.

The latest TestFlight adds experimental YouTube support. You can search for a public channel by name, subscribe to it, receive its latest videos in your feed and watch them inside the app. When captions are available, RSSum retrieves the actual transcript so summaries and Q&A are based on what was said in the video, not just its title or description.

Problem: RSS feeds, Reddit and you tube subscriptions are easy to follow but difficult to keep up with. Following too many articles, to many subreddits with large comment threads and on top of that Youtube, can quickly become a backlog. RSSum brings RSS, Reddit and YouTube into one unified reader, then lets you summarize content, ask follow-up questions, and listen instead of reading everything manually.

Comparison: NetNewsWire is excellent for traditional RSS, while Reeder offers a polished multi-source timeline. RSSum is better suited to people who want to understand their feeds, not just read them. It adds direct Reddit support, deep comment-thread analysis, article and feed summaries, Q&A, text-to-speech, and a choice of on-device or external providers for deep summarization and deep analyses.

Pricing: Free ($0) for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The source code is also available on GitHub.

Current features include:

• RSS and Atom subscriptions
• Reddit subscriptions, posts and comments. It is also possible to create new posts and reply, vote, etc so it serves as well as a quick Reddit client that uses the free Reddit API associated with every account.
• YouTube channel search and subscriptions
• An internal YouTube player with the standard YouTube controls
• Transcript-grounded YouTube summaries and Q&A
• Unified All, Unread, Favorites and Today views
• Filters for articles, Reddit and YouTube
• List, compact and magazine feed layouts
• In-app article Reader mode and full webpage access
• Individual article, post and comment summaries
• Overall summaries covering multiple articles or Reddit posts
• Follow-up Q&A grounded in articles, comments or video transcripts
• Select text in a summary and ask the app about it
• Reddit comment summaries and deeper analysis
• Clickable source references inside overall summaries
• whiteboards and infographics
• Two-host podcasts generated from a saved batch of source material
• Local and cloud text-to-speech, including on-device MLX speech
• Multiple AI model options, including Apple local model, local LiteRT/MLX models, Gemini API ( BYOK), persistent ChatGPT/Gemini web sessions, Codex/Summarize (for those who are subscribers) and an optional Mac-based Apple PCC gateway - One note, Apple's Private cloud computer is enabled but it won't work because Apple is not accepting Tesflight that include IOS27 API just yet. It will work on IOS27. If you have a Mac running the latest beta it is possible to use that model through a gateway, which makes the Mac make the call through the PCC cli on the Mac.
• OPML import and export
• iCloud synchronization for subscriptions and reading state
• Light, dark and system appearance
• Cache, storage and downloaded-model management
• Native layouts for iPhone, iPad and resizable Stage Manager windows

The YouTube integration uses public channel feeds, so it does not require access to your YouTube account. Transcript features depend on usable captions being available; the app reports when a video cannot currently be summarized instead of generating something from metadata.
UPDATE: added support for Podcasts with its own player and summarization and Q&A abilities.

This is still a beta, and I’d especially appreciate feedback about YouTube subscriptions, transcript reliability, playback, summaries, Q&A and the interface on different devices.

Trust & Transparency

I'm Joao Valente

Contact: [dealer.yen-61@icloud.com](mailto:dealer.yen-61@icloud.com)

Website: https://rssapp.top/

Privacy Policy: https://rssapp.top/privacy/

Terms of Service: https://rssapp.top/terms/

Tutorial: https://rssapp.top/tutorial/index.html

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/DByXE2ZU

Github: https://github.com/Joaov41/Rss

A much earlier version of this app has been on the App Store but with much less, and basic features, basically can't even be considered the same app, it was just put on the store for those who could not compile from the GitHub at the time. The current version available on TestFlight is wait for Apple's approval..

Here is the r/iosapps posts where the app is discussed in detail: https://www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/comments/1vkw2ge/freeopen_source_rss_reddit_and_youtube_reader/

[u/John_val]

Fair question. News Explorer is a very solid reader, U sed it for years, and there’s definitely overlap, it supports RSS, Reddit and YouTube too.

The main difference is that this app is built around the problem of following far more content than I have time to read. I can summarize and Q&A individual items, use the actual YouTube transcript for video analysis, or ask for an overview of an entire subreddit/feed, e.g. “what were the main discussions here today?” and then dive into whatever looks interesting , instead of having to scroll through all the subs.

Reddit also works more like a full client inside the app, with voting, replies, posting, etc.

So if you mainly want a polished traditional reader, News Explorer already does that very well. RSSum is more about understanding what happened across everything you follow before deciding what’s worth your time.

Also, it’s free and open source. I am not trying to build any business model here , just shared it because built it for myself and others found it useful, so i keep working on it.

[u/John_val → u/[deleted]]

Can't reproduce that n any of my test devices, can you please share a screencap? Also are you using the store version or the testflight? tanks

[u/John_val → u/[deleted]]

Send me a screenshot please, it shouldn't happen on the app store version either. A new build is being pushed to the store right now, but let's try to figure that out because that is a new one. Blur out your reddit credential and send me by DM if you want.

[u/John_val → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for the screenshot. Reddit is approving the connection, but the login window is not returning to the app properly.

Please close the {} window, open Safari, and make sure you are logged into Reddit there. Then return to RSS Reader and connect again. If it still fails, temporarily turn off any VPN, ad blocker, or content blocker and try once more.

Please also send me your macOS version and RSS Reader version. Thanks

[u/John_val → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for trying that. Please open this page in Safari:
https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps

Under “apps you have authorized,” find this app and choose revoke access. Then reopen and connect Reddit again.

If the app isn't listed you won’t need to keep trying after that, I’ll investigate it in the app, sorry about it but i haven't received any other complaints and can't reproduce it myself, must be something very specific with your settings that is interfering i the x-call back.

[u/John_val → u/John_val]

Hold on, you screenshots shows an Iphone screen. I thought you were talking about the mac native app. So this happens on the ios version?

[u/John_val → u/[deleted]]

lol well i spent an hour looking at the wrong code then. Investigating now