Feeder

A chronology-first macOS RSS reader with local intelligence for categorization.

Articles synced from Feedbin appear in strict newest-first order. Local intelligence assigns each article to one of your user-defined main categories, but it never reorders the timeline.

Features

• Feedbin sync (full article content via the Feedbin API)
• Strict chronological timeline — newest first, within and across categories
• One main category per article, from a user-defined taxonomy
• Local intelligence for categorization, with two first-class options:
  • OpenAI API — bring your own key. Currently the higher-quality choice.
  • Apple Foundation Models — zero-config, fully on-device. The privacy-preserving alternative.
• Full keyboard navigation
• Native macOS look and feel

Stack

• SwiftUI + SwiftData
• Apple Foundation Models / OpenAI API
• Swift 6, strict concurrency
• macOS 26.2+

Build

Requires Xcode 26 and a Feedbin account.

make test-all   # lint + build + unit tests
make build      # build only

Open Feeder.xcodeproj in Xcode to run.

Keychain prompts during local development

After every make install, macOS shows one native keychain dialog per stored credential — typically the Feedbin token and, if configured, the OpenAI API key:

"Feeder wants to use your confidential information stored in <key> in your keychain. Allow / Always Allow / Deny."

This is macOS's keychain access prompt, not an in-app dialog. Click Always Allow on each prompt for the current binary.

Why it re-prompts after each rebuild. The install target uses ad-hoc signing (CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="-"), which produces a fresh code-signing identity (different CDHash) on every build. macOS keychain ACLs are bound to a specific code-signing identity, so a freshly built binary is treated as a different application even though the bundle ID is unchanged — the previous "Always Allow" grant does not carry over.

For end users. This is a development-only phenomenon. A user who installs the app once and does not rebuild sees each prompt exactly once and never again. See docs/stack.md § 8 Logging & privacy for how secrets are stored.

Status

Personal project, work in progress.