Flatsonar

NewsFlash

by Jan Lukas Gernert

A modern feed reader designed for the GNOME desktop

Broad permissions Unverified publisher GPL-3.0+ v1.0.3
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About

NewsFlash is a program designed to complement an already existing web-based RSS reader account. It combines all the advantages of web based services like syncing across all your devices with everything you expect from a modern desktop program: Desktop notifications, fast search and filtering, tagging, handy keyboard shortcuts and having access to all your articles as long as you like.

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • com.gitlab.newsflash is not under a namespace Flatsonar can check
    publisher:namespace
  • git source tracks a moving branch: what gets built can change without the manifest changing
    source:unpinned
  • the build has network access: it can download things the manifest does not list
    build-options:--share=network
  • same name as io.gitlab.news_flash.NewsFlash on Flathub but from a different repository
    publisher:lookalike

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.