River4
River4 is an RSS aggregator written by Dave Winer. The project is written in node.js and open source[1]. In contrast to other styles of feed reader, it produces a "River of News" characterized by[2]:
Features
- entries have a title, summary, and link.
- rivers group articles from the same source together
- no "unread" counts, just a vertically arranged list of feeds sorted reverse chronologically
River4 stores data on the user's local system or on Amazon S3, decoupling the reader web app from the server/datastore. Another feature of River4 is that multiple rivers, or groups of RSS feeds, can be presented on the same web site through a tab interface.
The specification for the river format is at RiverJS.org
How to
Install
Installation information
- River4 Github page has install instructions
- Chris Dadswell installation notes
- Andy Sylvester installation notes
IndieWeb Examples
Examples of uses by IndieWebCamp participants
- Andy Sylvester has a River4 installation at http://myrivers.AndySylvester.com.
Other Examples
Examples of uses by other independents:
- Andrew Shell has a River4 installation at http://river.andrewshell.org/.
- Chris Dadswell has a River4 setup on his website
- Dave Winer direct link to his River4 installation (can also be accessed via his Scripting News weblog on the River tab)
Demonstrations:
- The Hello World River, with a description and how to here