River42
Reclaim the Open Web, One Feed at a Time.
RSS, podcasts, YouTube, Reddit, Mastodon, and bookmarks — unified in a single, keyboard-driven reading interface. No algorithms, no ads.
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Every source. One reader.
River42's connector system adapts to each source natively — no bridges to maintain, no workarounds to manage.
RSS & Atom
The foundation. Full support for RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds with conditional requests and content negotiation.
Podcasts
Audio feeds detected automatically. Enclosure handling, episode metadata, and duration tracking.
YouTube
Subscribe to channels and playlists. River42 converts YouTube URLs to their native RSS feeds.
Follow subreddits, users, and multireddits. Normalized to a clean reading format.
Mastodon
Fediverse-native. Paste a profile handle or instance URL, and River42 resolves the feed.
X / Twitter
Via RSSHub or RSS-Bridge instances. Built-in URL detection and preset templates.
Bookmarks
Save any URL as a feed entry. CDP-powered scraping captures full page content for archival.
Autodiscovery
Paste any URL. River42 probes for feed links automatically, even in JS-rendered pages.
Designed for serious readers
Every detail considered. Every workflow streamlined.
Content extraction
Readability-style article extraction strips ads, sidebars, and clutter. Toggle between feed and extracted view with a single key.
Full-text search
PostgreSQL-backed full-text search with tsvector indexing across all entries. Search globally or within a single feed.
Smart categories
Priority inbox surfaces important entries. Starred view collects favorites. Recently Read lets you pick up where you left off.
Daily digest & alerts
Per-feed notification modes: priority alerts via email, daily digests, or silent. Your inbox, your rules.
Dark, light, or system
Three themes with custom font selection. Reading should be comfortable at 2 AM and 2 PM.
Read-later services
Send entries to Linkding, Wallabag, or Karakeep. Archive content locally with multiple scraping methods.
Touch-native gestures
Swipe left to mark read. Swipe right to star. Pull down to refresh. Pull up for next. Designed for fingers.
OPML import & export
Bring your subscriptions from any reader. Export anytime. No lock-in, ever.
Built for your keyboard
Vim-style navigation. Thirty shortcuts. Zero mouse required. Every action is one or two keystrokes away.
Navigate entries with j k, jump feeds with n p, open with o, star with s, search with /. Muscle memory takes over in minutes.
Take back your reading experience
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