Server-based RSS newsreader, with additional image-handling features. Replacement for Google Reader.
The intent is to make Wisewolf an alternative to Tiny Tiny RSS: http://tt-rss.org/redmine/projects/tt-rss/wiki
Current status: version 0.1.1 (alpha)
Wisewolf has a "REST-like" API for routine feed operations.
- Use of a Python virtualenv environment is recommended.
- See Wisewolf-req.txt pip requirements file for Python prerequisites.
- Relies on Flask microframework and Gevent/Greenlet for asynchronous communications.
- A database. SQLite3 by default, look at supporting other DBMS (MySQL, Postgres).
- Pillow (Python Imaging Library fork) with libjpeg support for thumbnail generation.
Wisewolf requires WSGI-compliant hosting.
Wisewolf uses the GPL Version 3 license.
For v0.1-alpha:
- Feed aggregation
- Post display
- OPML import
- Asynchronous client updates
- Refresh feeds automatically (update frequency selectable per feed) or manually.
- Favourite posts
For v0.2
- Strip web-bug images
- Post formatting via Readability
- Live update of feed display via websockets
- Optionally strip embedded/linked images to associated local galleries (see Yomiko). Useful for art sites and webcomics
- Media support for HTML5 audio/video, MediaRSS ingest
- Hotkey support
- Mobile support. Swipe between articles, feeds.
For v0.3
- Text indexing, fulltext searching via Whoosh?
- Move from category to tag system?
- Docker packaging
For v1.0
- Multi-user support
- Optional social sharing for feed items (off by default)
Possible subsequent additions
- PubSubHubBub support
A screenshot, because you asked. The front-end will change a great deal over coming versions.
