show me what's cool
Take back the interface.
They send structure. You decide the screen.
Today’s small garden 3 pieces
You reached the end. Keep what matters.
A different contract
Your feed is a garden, not a slot machine.
f.ads is a reader you host for yourself. It collects from sources you choose, makes a short edition, and lets the edition finish. There is no engagement treadmill to keep you moving.
A personal reader for the feeds you already follow.
Bring posts from ATProto and articles from RSS into one place. f.ads chooses a small selection for you to read together. That selection is an edition.
ATProto
Your Bluesky
home timeline
RSS
Blogs and publications
you subscribe to
f.ads
Your own installation
Posts + articlesOne reading editionA beginning. A few pieces. An end.
Your sources supply the content. f.ads chooses the selection and puts it on a screen you control.
Already know ATProto?
Sign in with your existing account. f.ads reads Bluesky posts through an AppView and keeps their original AT URIs. Your account stays with your existing host. Reading choices and feedback live in your f.ads installation; f.ads does not publish them as likes or posts.
From a busy feed to a manageable read.
You decide what belongs in your reader, and how much room to leave for discovery.
- 1
Choose your sources and interests.
Add feeds and tell f.ads what interests you. You can mute a source whenever you want it out of your selections.
- 2
Set the mood for this edition.
Curiosity leaves room for less familiar pieces. Energy helps match the selection to how much you feel like taking in.
- 3
Read an edition. Then stop.
Get up to twelve pieces, often fewer. See why a piece was selected, keep what matters, and reach a real end.
The next edition learns from what you tell it.
Ask for more or less like a piece, or mark a good surprise. This feedback helps shape future selections. Your reading history and these choices stay in your own installation.
Try a small edition
Make a three-piece edition.
Try it with six sample stories. Stay familiar favors established interests; Allow a detour makes room for something less familiar. Choose a direction, then make your edition.
Switch between Focus, List, and Grid to change how you read the same selection. This demo uses sample content and needs no account.
Choose a direction. Nothing changes until you make an edition.
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Public Works
Chosen from the sources and interests you have allowed.
The small library of useful paper
A field guide to printed things that remain better when they do not ask for an account, a notification, or your attention tomorrow.
Why this item?
- Matches your interest in tools.
- Recent enough to be useful in this edition.
- Fits the reading energy you chose.
Teach the next edition
f.ads / show me what’s cool
Your sources. Your reader. Your pace.
Run your own copy on Cloudflare, then sign in with your ATProto account. Each installation is for one person.
Set up your reader