Arrr – Advanced Robot RSS Reader
A feed reader for people with too many feeds. Arrr summarises, translates and removes duplicates — optionally with a model your own machine runs.
What it does
Arrr reads RSS and Atom feeds into a local SQLite database. What you have read stays read whether or not you are online, and the database is yours.
What sets it apart from an ordinary reader is what happens next. Articles can be translated, titles deduplicated — the same story from five sources becomes one entry — and a filter can sort a category by tone, for when you do not want to read disasters all day.
For the AI features you choose: a model loaded locally through llama.cpp, or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with your own key. Choose the local model and no article leaves the machine.
Category tabs along the top, the article list with thumbnails on the left, the opened article with its source, date and link on the right. Fetching, feed management and the duplicate finder sit in the bar above.
What you get out of it
- Feeds land in a local database — readable with no connection.
- The same story from five sources collapses into one entry.
- Translate an article without leaving the reader.
- AI either local (llama.cpp) or through your own API key.
- Topic filters, for when you want one category deliberately quieter.
- No telemetry; the only request it makes on its own is the licence check.
What people use it for
Too many news sources
Twenty feeds, the same ten stories. Deduplication turns that back into a list.
Sources in other languages
Good blogs that do not write in yours — translate in the reader rather than the browser.
Reading offline
Train, plane, basement: it is already downloaded.
Requirements
- PlatformWindows, macOS, Linux
- RuntimeElectron
- CategoryInformations