Roadmap

1.0 a stable, simple and local reader

• Mainstream feed format support
  • rss
  • json
  • atom
  • lpeg date parsing
    • negative dates
  • lpeg url resolver
    • https://github.com/daurnimator/lpeg_patterns/blob/master/lpeg_patterns/uri.lua
    • https://feedparser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/resolving-relative-links.html#which-values-are-uris
• Stable feed fetching and handling WIP [1000/1200]
  • more structured concurrency?
  • follow redirects and inform new loc and gone
  • take etag and last modified header into account
• OPML
  • import/export simple opml files
  • test import of big opml entries
    • https://github.com/paulirish/frontend-feeds
    • https://github.com/sturobson/myRSS/blob/master/subscriptions.xml
  • support nested opml files
• UI
  • FeedIndex
  • FeedEntry
  • WinBar
• Database
  • lazy load entries by tags and date filter
  • strong simulation test
  • validate and metadata file
• Extensible API
  • get_entry | show_entry
  • db iter | filter | tag | untag
  • on_attach(map) | on_fetch(entry) | layout(entry)
  • tutorial on autotags, write rules
  • tutorial on custom actions | podcast | glow | w3m | pandoc
• Search
  • search grammar of elfeed
• Integrations
  • search engine
    • telescope.nvim
    • mini.pick
    • fzf.vim
  • notifications
    • fidget.nvim
    • nvim-notify
    • mini-notify
  • formatter
    • conform.nvim
    • none-ls.nvim
  • urlview.nvim -> ended up as a custom implementaion
• A Getting-started guide

2.0 a full-featured web feed reader

• handle old and esoteric feed formats
  • all feed types supported by feedparser
• feed-crawler.lua
  • reference: https://github.com/DBeath/feedsearch-crawler
• act as feed service client
  • Tiny Tiny Rss
  • Inoreader/Old reader/Feedly...
• more customizable UI
  • filetree view of feed
    • like newsboat
    • nui.tree
• read newsboat configs and feeds for better migration
• support expressive callbacks and hooks for user hacking
• Integrations and extensions
  • expose API for other plugins
    • show entries in dashboard plugins
    • statusline progress?
  • Rsshub integration
  • Markup as OPML
    • like elfeed-org
    • allow feed management by markup files, write rules in embeded code blocks to filter that feed or that tag group!
  • zenmode.nvim
  • w3m.vim
  • ChatGPT.nvim / openai-lua lib
  • render-markdown.nvim
• web interface like elfeed-web
  • lapis?
  • markdown-preview.nvim