Read widely. Keep deliberately. Own what you keep.
Every feature in Riverbed serves one idea. The things you choose to keep should be yours, in files you own, with the reason you kept them.
Bring everything over, keep your shape
Import an OPML export from Feedly, NetNewsWire, or Inoreader and map each source folder to a Riverbed folder on the way in. Read in a clean river with condensed, comfortable, or full density, whatever the moment wants.
- OPML import with folder mapping
- Three reading densities
- Per-feed refresh and mark-all
Save with a reason, not just a star
A star is a promise you never keep. When you save an article, Riverbed asks for one line on why you kept it. That note is how you find it again, and it is the single warm, ember-colored gesture in the whole app.
- A one-line why-note on every save
- The one ember moment in a cool app
- Searchable in your own words
Everything you keep is a file you own
Each save is written to plain markdown in a vault on your own disk or synced drive. The article, the source, and your why-note, together. No database, no export step. Your reading outlives Riverbed because it was never locked inside it.
- Plain markdown on your disk
- No lock-in, nothing to export
- Syncs with the tools you already use
And the details that keep it calm.
The small decisions that add up to a reader you can trust for years.
Real RSS, no middleman
Feeds are fetched on your behalf and cached on your device.
No reading profile
We do not track what you read. There is no history on our servers.
Editorial reading
A serif reading column tuned for long articles, not skimming.
Keyboard-friendly
Shortcuts for moving through the river, opening, and keeping, whenever you want them.
An outbox that waits
Saves queue and sync when you are back online. Nothing is lost.
No algorithm
Your feeds arrive in order, never reshuffled to keep you scrolling.
Ready to keep what you read?
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