Monocle

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Monocle is an open source IndieWeb-enabled reader developed by Aaron Parecki. It is a Microsub client, and so it does not handle any feed parsing or storage on its own.

Source code:

• https://github.com/aaronpk/Monocle

Screenshots

The main channel list in Monocle.

Monocle has a mobile-friendly view as well!

Monocle displays multi-photo posts.

Features

• Main UI paradigm is channels like an IRC client
• Sidebar of channel list (hidden on small screens, slides out from the left)
• Monocle does not store any data itself, it is only a frontend to a Microsub server

Previously

Previously, Monocle was launched as a full reader and feed parser, but in April 26, 2016 was taken offline. Development was restarted in 2018 and Monocle is now purely a front-end for a Microsub server.

See Also

• https://aaronparecki.com/tag/monocle
• Microsub
• Aperture
• 2018-03-12 Aaron Parecki: Building an IndieWeb Reader