Inkwell’s development is going strong, and the beta app for Android was just released1. That’s what I was waiting on before trying it out - I usually read my RSS feeds on my Android, and I also wanted to see how it works as a central hub for syncing my RSS feeds across my two phones and my Mac.

It’s another smart addition to the Micro.blog suite of apps: it allows Micro.blog users to subscribe to the blogs they like and read them easily. To add to that point, Inkwell has a dedicated “Discover” section, which is “A curated list of personal and indie blogs from Blogroll.org2 and Micro.blog.” This is a nice touch, as it provides a good place to subscribe to blogs if you don’t know where to find them, and not just on Micro.blog.

My current setup for RSS feeds is with FreshRSS on Docker, which is probably overkill for most folks - especially the non-techie ones. I have FreshRSS synced with Elfeed, an Emacs RSS reader, but that means it’s desktop-only, while I do most of my reading on my phones.

I’m going to test Inkwell for a couple of days and see how I feel about it. I’m a heavy user of RSS feeds, and it’s good to see Micro.blog taking this direction as it’s one of the cornerstones of the indie web.

Footnotes

1 : I’m not sure if Manton is ready for more users to jump in beyond those on Micro.blog at this point, so I don’t want to give out the link at this point.

2 : blogroll.org is sponsored by Micro.blog.