Today's edition Your feeds, your rules. Hosted beta opening in waves

Never miss what matters.

Refeed watches the channels, sites and feeds you follow, keeps only what matches your topics, and marks the words that got it through. The rest never reaches you.

We email once to confirm, then only about the launch and your place in line. One-click unsubscribe, which also deletes your data. Privacy

  • Self-hostable
  • Bring your own AI, or none
  • Cookie-free

Prefer to run it yourself? Self-host it for free.

TGWeekend sale: sneakers up to 60% off

RSSTen CSS tricks you already knew

TGGood morning everyone!

HOOKHeartbeat OK

Remote dev jobs now

Senior Rust engineer, fully remote, EU time zones

Matches “Rust” and “remote” Rust jobs · 0.91

RSSQuarterly earnings, in brief

TGMeetup moved to Thursday

RSSWhy we rewrote our login page

TGAnyone selling a used bike?

Price watch 2m

Laptop 14″ now €1,049, its lowest in 90 days

Price is under your 90-day low Price drops · 0.87

HOOKHeartbeat OK

RSSThe week in review

TGNew sticker pack is live

RSSA gentle introduction to monads

Database release notes 6m

4.2 fixes a replication bug

Describes a fix that affects replication AI Release notes · 0.83

TGReminder: standup at 10:00

RSSAsk HN: what are you reading?

HOOKDisk usage 41%

TGLunch order is open

Systems research blog 14m

A faster way to compact an LSM tree

Covers compaction, a topic you follow AI Storage research · 0.79

RSSTen tips for better sleep

TGPoll: tabs or spaces?

HOOKHeartbeat OK

RSSNotes from a conference talk

Sneaker drops 21m

Restock: size 43, trail runner, 20 pairs

Matches “restock” and “size 43” Restocks · 0.88

TGHappy birthday, Sam!

RSSWeekly digest, issue 212

TGPhoto: the view from the office

HOOKCron job finished

Uptime monitor 33m

api.example.com recovered after 4 minutes

Matches “recovered” Incidents · 0.95

Example content. The Refeed app is in design.

The problem

You follow too much. Refeed does the reading.

Each channel, feed and alert is useful. Together they are a roar.

Today. Four places, all shouting at once. Illustration
  • Senior Rust engineer, fully remote
  • Laptop 14″ lowest in 90 days
  • 4.2 fixes a replication bug
With Refeed. Three things, each one says why. Illustration

How it works

Watch. Match. Deliver.

Set it up once. After that Refeed does the reading and tells you what is worth yours.

  1. 1

    Watch

    Point it at the places you follow.

    Paste a website address and Refeed finds its feed. Add a Telegram channel or group. Or give anything that can send a webhook a URL.

    • Telegram
    • RSS and Atom
    • Webhooks
  2. 2

    Match

    Say what you care about.

    Add topics as keywords and phrases. Switch on AI if you want it to judge relevance, with your own key or a model on your machine. Leave topics empty and you get everything. Every result shows why it matched.

    • Optional, your own AI
  3. 3

    Deliver

    Read it, or let it find you.

    Results always land in the app. Send them to a Telegram chat, email or a signed webhook too, instantly or as a digest every few minutes.

    • App
    • Telegram
    • Email
    • Webhook

Concept preview of the app, which is in design. Example content only.

Try the filter

Type a topic. Watch the wire get edited.

Ten posts just came in. Tell Refeed what you care about and see what survives.

Your topics

    Or start from

    No topics keeps everything. That is a valid choice, not an error.

    1. Remote dev jobs

      Senior Rust engineer, fully remote, EU time zones

    2. Price watch

      Laptop 14″ now €1,049, its lowest in 90 days

    3. Database release notes

      4.2 fixes a replication bug

    4. Sneaker drops

      Restock: size 43 trail runner, 20 pairs

    5. Daily deals

      Weekend sale: sneakers up to 60% off

    6. Uptime monitor

      api.example.com recovered after 4 minutes

    7. Dev blog

      Why we rewrote our login page in Rust

    8. Local dev community

      Meetup moved to Thursday, same venue

    9. Systems research blog

      A faster way to compact an LSM tree

    10. Tech jobs

      Hiring: backend engineer, remote or Lisbon

    Why it's different

    Big AI builds agents that read everything of yours. This is a filter you own.

    It tells you why

    Every result carries its topic, its score and the reason it passed. If something looks wrong, you can see why and fix the rule.

    Database release notes now

    4.2 fixes a replication bug

    Describes a fix that affects replication AI Release notes · 0.83

    • Highlight the words that matched
    • ↳ the reason, in plain words
    • topic · score and an AI tag when a model judged it

    Your AI, or none

    Keywords and phrases match literally. Fast, free and predictable.

    matching: keywords and phrases

    Refeed never provides, charges for or trains on AI. It is yours or it is off.

    Instant, or a digest

    Each match reaches you the moment it is found.

    Run it yourself

    One Node process and one SQLite file. Same product, no limits, and it stays free.

    pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
    pnpm build
    NODE_ENV=production node dist/server.mjs

    Needs Node 25 or newer and a few settings. The full guide covers them.

    Pricing

    Free to run yourself. Simple if you would rather we run it.

    Planned prices for the hosted beta. Self-hosting is the same product with no limits, and it stays free.

    Self-host

    $0 forever

    The whole product on your own server. Nothing held back, nothing phoning home.

    Sources
    Unlimited
    Refeeds
    Unlimited
    Topics
    Unlimited
    Checks
    Realtime, as often as you set
    Delivery
    Everything
    History
    Unlimited
    Export
    Included
    Read the quick start

    Free

    $0 hosted

    Enough to get your first useful feed running, with no card.

    Sources
    10
    Refeeds
    3
    Topics
    Unlimited
    Checks
    Every 30 minutes
    Delivery
    App, email digest, Telegram digest
    History
    30 days
    Export
    Included
    Join the waitlist
    • These are planned prices for the beta and may change before launch. Limits are soft during the beta, and we will email you 30 days before enforcing them.
    • AI is never part of the price: you bring your own key or a local model.
    • Cancel in one click, get a full refund in the first 14 days, and keep a free export of your data.

    Build in public

    We are building this in the open.

    The server is built and you can run it today. The mobile app and the hosted beta are what we are working on now. Follow along in the build log.

    Printed

    Shipped and running

    • Sources: Telegram, RSS and Atom, incoming webhooks
    • Topic matching with the reason for every result
    • Optional AI relevance with your own key or a local model
    • Delivery to Telegram, email and signed webhooks
    • Self-hosting on one Node process and one SQLite file

    On the press

    Building now

    • The mobile app (design stage)
    • Hosted beta, opening in waves from the waitlist

    Next edition

    Planned

    • Push notifications
    • Unread counts across your Refeeds
    • History back-fill for new sources

    Questions

    Questions, answered plainly.

    What does Refeed do with my data?

    On the hosted version it stores the sources and topics you set up and the results that matched, so your feed can be shown to you. Account credentials are encrypted at rest. Refeed never provides an AI model: if you turn AI on, posts go to the endpoint you chose. If you self-host, nothing leaves your server.

    Do I need an AI key?

    No. Keywords and phrases work on their own. If you want AI to judge relevance and suggest keywords, connect any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, such as OpenAI, OpenRouter or a local Ollama. A local model needs the self-hosted version, or an endpoint the hosted service can reach.

    Is it safe to connect my Telegram account?

    Telegram sources that need your account use a login stored encrypted. Using an account through any third-party client can lead Telegram to restrict it, so consider a secondary account. RSS and webhook sources need no account at all.

    Hosted or self-hosted?

    Same product. Self-hosting is free, has no limits and keeps everything on your machine. The hosted version is for people who would rather not run a server.

    When does it open, and what does it cost?

    There is no date yet. People on the waitlist are invited in waves, and the build log shows progress. The prices on this page are planned for the beta. Limits are soft during the beta, and we will email you 30 days before enforcing any of them.

    Is there a mobile app?

    It is in design. The server it will use is built, which is why you can already self-host Refeed.

    Can I leave, and take my data?

    Yes. Export is free on every plan, and every email from us has a one-click unsubscribe that also deletes your waitlist data.

    Get the first edition.

    Join the waitlist for an invite, a place in line, and founding pricing if you are among the first 500 to confirm. Move up 10 places for every friend who joins.

    We email once to confirm, then only about the launch and your place in line. One-click unsubscribe, which also deletes your data. Privacy

    Or run it yourself today.