SmallReSiever

RSS reader for GNUStep using the SmallStep API and libxml2 (FOSS).

Project layout

SmallReSiever/
├── App/              # Application entry and UI
│   ├── main.m
│   ├── AppDelegate.h
│   └── AppDelegate.m
├── RSS/              # RSS/Atom models and parsing
│   ├── RSSFeed.h/m
│   ├── RSSItem.h/m
│   └── RSSParser.h/m
├── Compat/           # SmallStep API compatibility (when SmallStep not linked)
│   ├── SmallStepCompat.h
│   └── SmallStepCompat.m
├── GNUmakefile
├── LICENSE
└── README.md

Open source libraries (RSS reading)

RSS/Atom reading is implemented using:

Library	Role	License
libxml2	XML parsing (RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0)	MIT

• libxml2: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2 — C library for parsing XML; used in RSS/RSSParser.m to parse feed XML and populate RSSFeed / RSSItem. No other third‑party RSS/XML libraries are used.

The app also uses GNUStep (Base + GUI) for the desktop UI and, optionally, the SmallStep API (either from ../SmallStep or the bundled Compat implementation).

Features

• Fetch RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 feeds from any HTTP(S) URL
• Parse feeds with libxml2 (C, free software)
• List items in a table; show title, link, date, and content in a text view
• Add Feed (Cmd+O) and Refresh (Cmd+R); Quit (Cmd+Q)
• Feed fetching runs on a background thread so the UI stays responsive

Dependencies

• GNUStep (Base + GUI): gnustep-base, gnustep-gui, gnustep-make
• libxml2: libxml2-dev (or equivalent)

SmallReSiever implements the SmallStep API locally (SmallStepCompat) so it runs without building SmallStep. If SmallStep is installed, you can link against it instead by adjusting the GNUmakefile.

Build

cd SmallReSiever
. /usr/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh   # or your GNUSTEP.sh path
make

Run

./SmallReSiever.app/SmallReSiever
# or
openapp ./SmallReSiever.app

Enter a feed URL (e.g. https://www.example.com/feed.xml) and click Fetch. Select an item in the list to view its content.

License

GNU AGPLv3+. See LICENSE.