# yarr

5 Hacker News commenters recommended yarr and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A minimal RSS reader shipped as a single binary on SQLite, recommended for modest feed volumes. One recommender said they are not super-happy with it.

## Why people recommend it

- Minimal, clean UI (2 comments): "Single binary. Sqlite. Minimal UI. Perfect!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50014119)) "this looks nice and clean!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077018))
- Single binary, SQLite storage (1 comments): "Single binary. Sqlite. Minimal UI. Perfect!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50014119))
- Best fit for modest feed volumes (1 comments): "not super-happy but for my volumes of feeds and time it's the best fit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47258979))

## What people warn about

- Not fully satisfied with it (1 comments): "not super-happy but for my volumes of feeds and time it's the best fit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47258979))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [NetNewsWire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netnewswire.md): 79 recommend
- [Miniflux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/miniflux.md): 27 recommend
- [FreshRSS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/freshrss.md): 26 recommend
- [Inoreader](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inoreader.md): 20 recommend
- [Newsboat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/newsboat.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "yarr", https://hackerapproved.com/p/yarr/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).