{"slug": "redreader", "name": "RedReader", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 6, "commenters": 7, "warners": 0, "score": 5.673, "rising": -1.96, "first": "2026-01-06", "latest": "2026-07-27", "why": "On Android https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader - no account required", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 6, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "On Android https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader - no account required", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/quantumbadger/redreader", "official_url": "https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["RedReader"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 785141808, "item_id": 49071363, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49071363", "by": "tweetle_beetle", "date": "2026-07-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On Android https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader - no account required", "excerpt": "On Android https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader - no account required", "context": "", "use_case": "Reddit reader without login", "switched_from": "", "story": "VLC for Unity now supported on Linux"}, {"id": 784320896, "item_id": 49020056, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49020056", "by": "ChrisRR", "date": "2026-07-23", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched over to redreader and I'm used to it now", "excerpt": "I used to use rif, but I switched over to redreader and I'm used to it now", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "Reddit Is Fun", "story": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"}, {"id": 762619920, "item_id": 47663745, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663745", "by": "nosioptar", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Red reader is another option to make reddit usable.", "excerpt": "Red reader is another option to make reddit usable. https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK"}, {"id": 759735474, "item_id": 47483467, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47483467", "by": "kuschku", "date": "2026-03-22", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "so does reddit (via redreader)", "excerpt": "I used to have an extremely cheap phone plan that had 500MB data, then 64kbps for the rest of the month. You'd be surprised how far you can get with that. IRC works just fine (as long as you use Quassel w/ Quasseldroid), HN works well, so does reddit (via redreader). RSS readers and wikipedia work as well, and for general web browsing you can set up a readability proxy (basically Firefox' Reader Mode, but server-side", "context": "once had a 500MB then 64kbps phone plan", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "PC Gamer Recommends RSS Readers in a 37MB Article That Just Keeps Downloading"}, {"id": 744226242, "item_id": 46514140, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514140", "by": "phantom784", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to RedReader, which Reddit decided to still allow.", "excerpt": "I switched to RedReader, which Reddit decided to still allow.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "Rif", "story": "65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and They Outperform"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "kuschku", "context": "once had a 500MB then 64kbps phone plan", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47483467", "date": "2026-03-22"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["reddit reader without login", "obtaining api token"], "compared": [{"slug": "rif", "name": "RiF", "co": 1, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "revanced", "name": "ReVanced", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49005747", "title": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066928", "title": "VLC for Unity now supported on Linux", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47661439", "title": "I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47480507", "title": "PC Gamer Recommends RSS Readers in a 37MB Article That Just Keeps Downloading", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46512881", "title": "65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and They Outperform", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 785141808, "item_id": 49071363, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49071363", "by": "tweetle_beetle", "date": "2026-07-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On Android https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader - no account required", "excerpt": "On Android https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader - no account required", "context": "", "use_case": "Reddit reader without login", "switched_from": "", "story": "VLC for Unity now supported on Linux"}, {"id": 784320896, "item_id": 49020056, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49020056", "by": "ChrisRR", "date": "2026-07-23", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched over to redreader and I'm used to it now", "excerpt": "I used to use rif, but I switched over to redreader and I'm used to it now", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "Reddit Is Fun", "story": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"}, {"id": 784275121, "item_id": 49017195, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49017195", "by": "wildzzz", "date": "2026-07-22", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "you grab the AppID from when you install RedReader", "excerpt": "I use a patched version of the last released version of redditisfun. Basically, you grab the AppID from when you install RedReader, authenticate it with your account (they send it to you in an email) and then patch redditisfun using that AppID with ReVanced or Morphe. I've been using redditisfun for like 15 years, not really interested in moving to their official app. All of the legacy features work fine. Only weird ", "context": "", "use_case": "obtaining API token", "switched_from": "", "story": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"}, {"id": 784235680, "item_id": 49014730, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014730", "by": "idiotsecant", "date": "2026-07-22", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "That's news to me, I use old reddit com all the time", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"}, {"id": 762619920, "item_id": 47663745, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663745", "by": "nosioptar", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Red reader is another option to make reddit usable.", "excerpt": "Red reader is another option to make reddit usable. https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK"}, {"id": 759735474, "item_id": 47483467, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47483467", "by": "kuschku", "date": "2026-03-22", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "so does reddit (via redreader)", "excerpt": "I used to have an extremely cheap phone plan that had 500MB data, then 64kbps for the rest of the month. You'd be surprised how far you can get with that. IRC works just fine (as long as you use Quassel w/ Quasseldroid), HN works well, so does reddit (via redreader). RSS readers and wikipedia work as well, and for general web browsing you can set up a readability proxy (basically Firefox' Reader Mode, but server-side", "context": "once had a 500MB then 64kbps phone plan", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "PC Gamer Recommends RSS Readers in a 37MB Article That Just Keeps Downloading"}, {"id": 744226242, "item_id": 46514140, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514140", "by": "phantom784", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to RedReader, which Reddit decided to still allow.", "excerpt": "I switched to RedReader, which Reddit decided to still allow.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "Rif", "story": "65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and They Outperform"}]}