Serial

A calm, customizable, and non-algorithmic RSS reader. Lots of customization options and great support for video content. Fully open source and easily self-hostable. https://serial.tube

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Adding another tool to structure views in the way that makes sense to you. Also, some quality-of-life fixes.

1d ago·4 min read·614 words

A new chapter for Serial

Many performance improvements and a message about project funding.

May 5·3 min read·565 words

User invites & KV infrastructure

Invite users via link, email verification on sign-up, and infrastructural work.

Apr 25·1 min read·186 words

Bulk operations & quality of life changes

Bulk feed management, Resend email support, and a handful of UI improvements.

Apr 23·1 min read·136 words

Categorization overhaul and data export

Feeds can now be directly linked to views in Serial. Also, feed data can now be exported to a .opml file.

Apr 10·2 min read·222 words

Spring cleaning & future groundwork

Here are a collection of nice-to-have updates for Serial. Plus, the groundwork for background refreshing and better financial sustainability for Serial.

Apr 2·2 min read·211 words

How to Export Your YouTube Subscriptions

A step-by-step guide to exporting your subscriptions.csv file from YouTube using Google Takeout.

Mar 30·2 min read·298 words

Video and article progress

Serial now stores progress through articles and videos, making it much easier to come back to content later.

Mar 30·1 min read·116 words

Keyboard navigation

Serial now supports full keyboard navigation in views and articles, enabling nearly full app keyboard navigation.

Mar 29·2 min read·326 words

Fresh coat of paint

There's a fresh coat of paint on the Serial homepage, and a de-emphasis of monospace styles generally. Also, some other nice incremental improvements.

Feb 9·1 min read·183 words

Custom player QOL

The Serial custom player now supports captions, true fullscreen, and muting support. Also, some additional non-player quality of life improvements.

Jan 20·2 min read·266 words

Views V2 & server-driven filtering

Views are now much more powerful in Serial, with greater filtering abilities. Plus, content will be loaded for more than 30 days.

Jan 20·2 min read·236 words

Self hosting & feed management

Serial can now be hosted entirely locally through Docker and a local libsql server. Also, feed management got a noticable upgrade.

Jan 18·2 min read·233 words

Instapaper Integration & Feed Discovery

Serial now has Instapaper support, among many more behind-the-scenes improvements.

Jan 16·2 min read·251 words

Loaders & Feed Streaming

Serial's data fetching has been reworked, giving more clarity on loading statuses and feed errors.

Nov 25·1 min read·82 words

Unified Importing

Serial now supports one unified import UI, making it much easier and consistent to import data from YouTube and other RSS readers.

Nov 7·1 min read·130 words

Article Support

Serial now supports adding generic RSS feeds, allowing you to add articles and blog posts to your views

Aug 28·1 min read·132 words

Belated Spring Cleaning

A selection of quality of life updates!

Jun 7·1 min read·103 words

Views, Views, Views

Serial gets the largest update in its recorded history, most notably adding views – a new way to customize your feed.

May 17·2 min read·306 words

Quality of Life

Serial gets a variety of UI/UX improvements and a way to send feedback both good and bad

Apr 18·1 min read·86 words

Livelier Livestreams

Serial now differentiates between standard videos and livestreams, offering better UI/UX for watching content live.

Apr 16·1 min read·107 words

Sidebar Sunday

Serial's categories and feeds have moved to a brand new sidebar, making it easier than ever to filter your content

Apr 14·1 min read·61 words

Hello, Open Source

Serial no longer relies on an external auth provider, and is now open source!

Apr 12·1 min read·157 words

Super Speed

Serial now has lightning-fast bootup times thanks to local caching of feeds and videos.

Apr 10·1 min read·78 words

Imports & Shorts

Serial now supports imports from users' two most popular feed formats: OPML and YouTube's subscriptions.csv.

Mar 16·1 min read·116 words

Categories, Cookies, and Creativity

After a long time away, Serial gets its first substantial contributions of the new year!

Mar 10·1 min read·181 words