Ross

keyboard-driven RSS reader for macOS.

ross.mp4

known issues

will only support continuous polling when single feed is defined
poll will stop when machine sleeps

install

n.b. assumes you have hammerspoon installed.

n.b. hammerspoon timer uses a macOS API which will pause on sleep; accounting for this remains an open issue

clone this repo
move it to ~/.hammerspoon/Spoons/Ross.spoon
edit ~/.hammerspoon/init.lua to have the following:

hs.loadSpoon("Ross"):bindHotKeys({
    showReader = { { "cmd", "alt" }, "h" },
}):start()

create ~/.hammerspoon/Spoons/Ross.spoon/config.toml
add the RSS feeds you want to track:

[hackernews]
url = "https://hnrss.org/frontpage"
poll = 120 # seconds

reload your hammerspoon config
cmd+opt+h to open the reader
esc to close the reader