↗ Current RSS reader

I’ve recently switched to Current as my main RSS reader. Reeder will always have a place in my heart, but at some point you get to so much unread stuff that it becomes a chore to get through.

Current solves this with “the river”.

The main screen is a river. Not a river that moves on its own. You’re not watching content drift past like a screensaver. It’s a river in the sense that matters: content arrives, lingers for a time, and then fades away.

Each article has a velocity, a measure of how quickly it ages. Breaking news burns bright for three hours. A daily article stays relevant for eighteen. An essay lingers for three days. An evergreen tutorial might sit in your river for a week.

Outlets like The Verge have always been frustrating to follow with RSS because they generate 20+ posts a day and take over your feed. Essays from my favorite blogs often only appear once every few weeks and drown between the noise. The river balances them all out.

Current is made by Terry Godier. He also wrote a beautiful essay on the design decisions he made building it.