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  • Swift New Era for Elytra

    Oct 1, 2025

    Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about a decade of working on Elytra, however, the last epoch per my own writings was way back in 2018.


  • September 2025 Release

    Sep 12, 2025

    Elytra v2025.9.0 delivers a fresh Liquid Glass look, performance improvements, and deeper customization for iOS 26 and iPadOS 26.


  • A Decade of Elytra

    Aug 20, 2025

    In July of 2015, Google Reader had been shut down for two years now. The need for a good reader app and service wasn’t filled by most alternatives available then. I’d been thinking of building one myself, but it felt like a massive undertaking. And I was very specific with what I wanted from such an app:

    • Private: No collection of personally identifiable information. Not even my name or email ID.
    • Custom Font Support: This was critical for me so I could configure the app and make it easier for me read long-form articles.
    • Fast: Should be backed by an API service which fetches articles for me, instead of my devices checking individual feeds.

  • September 2024.9 Release

    Sep 16, 2024

    The September 2024 release brings a improvements and bug fixes to both the iOS and mac apps.


  • April 2024.4.1 Release

    Apr 23, 2024

    The April 2024 release brings a improvements and bug fixes to both the iOS and mac apps.


  • April 2024 Release

    Apr 15, 2024

    The April 2024 release brings a improvements and bug fixes to both the iOS and mac apps.


  • February 2024 Release

    Feb 6, 2024

    The February 2024 release brings a improvements and bug fixes to both the iOS and mac apps.


  • January 2024 Release

    Jan 15, 2024

    The January 2024 release brings a improvements and bug fixes to both the iOS and mac apps.


  • November 2023 Release

    Nov 30, 2023

    The November release brings a improvements and bug fixes to both the iOS and mac apps.


  • v2023.10 for iOS

    Oct 25, 2023

    v2023.10 brings major improvements to the app, multiple bug fixes, and more coming soon...

    This build also lands full support for iOS & iPadOS 17.

    Improvements & Fixes

    • New fluid toolbar design enabling you to fully take advantage of the full screen displays on modern devices.
    • Fixed multiple bugs with widgets, most importantly:
      • tapping on an article in the widget now opens the correct article instead of the first article
      • widgets now show the articles in correct order
    • New & faster sync API
    • Simpler UI for adding feeds and folders
    • Recommendations have been removed from the app, when adding a new feed, Elytra will now always prefer the direct feed URL instead.

    You can download the update from the App Store.


    The macOS app is being re-written using AppKit, it previously used MacCatalyst which has become harder to support over the last two years.

    The Mac app is in a much better state now, but lacks some critical functionality like OPML imports, text customisation and the like. Rest assured, it's on track to be released by December 2023, or latest by January 2024.

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