DevSync

Your dev articles, one terminal away.

Installation · Features · Usage · Keybindings · Feed Sources

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DevSync is a high-performance terminal UI for discovering and reading developer articles. It aggregates 46+ RSS feeds from top engineering blogs, news sites, and research outlets — with AI-powered summarization, bookmarks, smart sorting, and a polished TUI built in Rust.

Demo

Features

• 46+ built-in RSS feed sources — Dev.to, Hacker News, Lobsters, Hashnode, Netflix Tech, Cloudflare, and many more
• AI-powered article summarization — Get structured summaries via Google Gemini without leaving the terminal
• Bookmarks & read list — Save articles for later and track your reading history
• Smart article sorting — Articles ranked by source priority, freshness, and age decay
• Tag-based filtering — Filter by All, Frontend, Backend, Systems, Research, or News
• Source-specific filtering — Drill down to articles from a single source
• Vi-style navigation — j/k, Page Up/Down, Home/End, and search with /
• Local caching — 10-minute TTL cache for instant startup
• Custom RSS feeds — Add your own sources with configurable priority levels
• Seen article tracking — Already-read articles are dimmed and sorted below new ones
• Clipboard support — Copy AI summaries to your clipboard
• Command prompt — In-app : commands for adding sources, setting API keys, and more
• Two-phase async loading — Priority sources load instantly, remaining feeds fetch in the background

Installation

Quick install (macOS)

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/zeyadetman/devSync/releases/latest/download/installer.sh | sh

From source

Requires Rust 1.85+.

git clone https://github.com/zeyadetman/devSync.git
cd devSync
cargo build --release
cp target/release/devsync /usr/local/bin/devsync

Usage

# Launch the TUI
devsync

# Jump directly to the article list
devsync --list

# Search articles by keyword
devsync --search "rust"

# Clear the local feed cache
devsync --clear-cache

# Add a custom RSS feed source
devsync add --name "My Blog" --url "https://example.com/rss" --priority high

# Reset seen articles history
devsync reset

Keybindings

Home Screen

Key	Action
L	Open article feed
/	Quick search
B	Open bookmarks
R	Open read list
?	Help
:	Command prompt
Q	Quit

Article List

Key	Action
j / Down	Move down
k / Up	Move up
PgUp / PgDn	Page up / down
Home / End	Jump to top / bottom
Enter	Open article in browser
/	Search / filter
s	Summarize with AI
b	Toggle bookmark
f	Filter by source
Tab / Shift+Tab	Cycle tags
:	Command prompt
Esc	Clear filter / go back
Q	Quit

Summary View

Key	Action
o	Open original article
c	Copy summary to clipboard
Esc	Back to article list

Bookmarks / Read List

Key	Action
j / k	Navigate
Enter	Open article
b	Remove bookmark
Esc	Back to home
Q	Quit

Command Prompt

Command	Action
:add <name> <url> [--priority high|medium|low]	Add a custom RSS source
:key <API_KEY>	Set your Gemini API key
:reset	Clear seen articles history

AI Summarization

DevSync uses Google Gemini to generate structured article summaries with key highlights, technical details, and industry impact — right in your terminal.

To enable it:

1. Get a free API key from Google AI Studio
2. Set it in DevSync: launch the app, press :, then type key YOUR_API_KEY

The summarization status is shown on the home screen.

Feed Sources

Community & News

Dev.to, Hacker News, Lobsters, Hashnode, Reddit r/programming, FreeCodeCamp, TechCrunch, ByteByteGo

Frontend

Smashing Magazine, A List Apart, Vercel, web.dev, Josh Comeau, Sidebar.io, CSS-Tricks, Prisma

Engineering Blogs

Netflix Tech, Uber Engineering, Discord, Meta Engineering, GitHub Engineering, Slack Engineering, LinkedIn Engineering, Pinterest Engineering, Dropbox Tech, Canva Engineering, Square Engineering, Airbnb Engineering, InfoQ, Quastor, Mux Blog

Systems & Infrastructure

Cloudflare, The New Stack, Mozilla, AWS Architecture, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, CockroachDB, Tailscale

Research & Deep Tech

Microsoft Research, Google Research, IEEE Spectrum, The Morning Paper, Quanta Magazine, ACM TechNews

Data Storage

DevSync stores data in your system directories:

Data	macOS	Linux
Feed cache	~/Library/Caches/	~/.cache/
Bookmarks, read list, seen articles, custom sources, API key	~/Library/Application Support/	~/.local/share/

Cache expires after 10 minutes. Use --clear-cache to force a fresh fetch.