An RSS reader
that lives on your machine.

Articles view, macOS

AI in the margin, not the spotlight.

Livo doesn’t have an “AI mode.” When you ask the article a question, the answer is built from what’s already on your machine — the article, the feed, your reading history, your settings, your provider of choice. Below: the same call, live.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

48
  • Articles22
  • Social12
  • Videos8
  • Pictures6
14 UPDATED · 0 BROKEN

TODAY

7/14
50%
  • Read7
  • Unread7
  • Updated14
  • Saved3
STREAK · 5 DAYS~3m AGO

ARTICLE

8 MIN

Building a Local-First RSS Reader — Why SQLite Wins

Engineering Notes · 2,400 words

SUMMARY3 PARAS · 1 PASS

FIND FEEDS

Paul Graham — Essayspaulgraham.com/articles
98%
Stratecherystratechery.com
85%
a16z Cryptoa16z.com/crypto
72%

3 MATCHES · CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE

READING PREFERENCES

BASICS

TONE OF VOICENEUTRAL
ANSWER LENGTHSTANDARD

COMMUNICATION STYLE

KEEP THE AUTHOR'S VOICE
SKIP SPONSORED INSERTS

DIGEST

Three highlights ready

Architecture
AI Research
Languages
FROM14 SOURCES

FEED

3 NEW

Stratechery

by Ben Thompson

  • Apple's AI Strategy
  • The AI Moat
  • Crypto + AI Deep Dive

READING

47

THIS WEEK · 4.2H · ~36 MIN/DAY

MTWTFSS
VS LAST WK+18%

HIGHLIGHTS

TODAY

Three highlights ready

14 sources updated · 3 min ago

48 FEEDS · ALL HEALTHY

0 BROKEN · LAST REFRESH 3M AGO

14UPDATED
34IDLE

CATEGORIES

48
  • Articles · 22
  • Social · 12
  • Videos · 8
  • Pictures · 6

14 UPDATED TODAY

LATEST ARTICLES

14
  • Engineering Notes · 5
  • Field Report · 4
  • Type Studies · 3
  • Daily Lab · 2

3 MIN AGO

TL;DR

  • Local-first architecture deep dive
  • Gemini paper analysis
  • Rust RFC roundup

AI SUMMARY · 3 PARAS

SEARCH RESULTS

  • paulgraham.com/articles
  • stratechery.com
  • a16z.com/crypto

3 MATCHES · CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE

TAGS

8
techdesignphilosophystartupscodewritingresearchhistory

IN THIS DIGEST

  • Local-first architecture
  • Google Gemini paper
  • Rust RFC roundup

3 HIGHLIGHTS · 12 MIN READ

RECENT POSTS

  • Apple's AI Strategy
  • The AI Moat
  • Crypto + AI Deep Dive

STRATECHERY · 3 NEW

READING STATS

  • This week: 47 articles
  • Time: 4.2H / ~36 min/day
  • Streak: 5 days

+18% VS LAST WEEK

Livo

Livo · AI Agent

Hi — ask me anything about your feeds.

Message…

Four ways to read, one library.

A feed is more than text. Livo picks a view per feed, so an Instagram subscription doesn't end up in the same dense list as a Substack one. Every view ships natively on macOS and HarmonyOS NEXT, same library, same reading state.

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Articles

The long-form view, edited for the way you read.

A classic three-pane reader for blogs, newsletters, and technical writing. Readability extracts the actual body of any page — no chrome, no ads, no popovers. Group by date, lock the measure to a comfortable line length, switch typography per feed. Pick up the same article one-handed on HarmonyOS, where you left it.

Articles view on macOS — three-pane reader with feed list, entry list, and a full article open on the right.
Articles view on HarmonyOS — vertical article list with view tabs and a floating AI button.

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Social

X, Weibo, and other short-form feeds — without the algorithm.

Author headers, embedded media, social-shaped composition. Read the people you actually follow in chronological order, on your own terms. No recommendations injected, no engagement counters as the headline. The same timeline tucks into a thumb-reachable column on HarmonyOS.

Social view on macOS — chronological X timeline of posts with embedded media in a wide reading column.
Social view on HarmonyOS — same chronological timeline in a phone column.

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Videos

YouTube and Bilibili, in a grid that respects your time.

Thumbnails, durations, channel names. Playability filtering keeps removed or region-blocked entries out of the way. Orphan recovery quietly puts dropped Bilibili videos back where they belong. The same library, scrubbed down for one-handed scrolling on the phone.

Videos view on macOS — four-column grid of YouTube and Bilibili thumbnails with channel names.
Videos view on HarmonyOS — vertical card list of channel uploads.

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Pictures

Instagram and visual feeds, as a quiet stream.

Masonry layout that breathes. Tap into a full-screen overlay gallery. Image and video proxies handle anti-hotlinking and CDN restrictions so the feed actually loads — desktop or phone. Tall stack on HarmonyOS for browsing rhythm.

Pictures view on macOS — Instagram-style masonry grid of photos with captions.
Pictures view on HarmonyOS — same photos in a tall, scroll-driven stack.

Honest about what’s under the hood.

No black box, no “proprietary engine” marketing. Livo is what the README says it is. Fork it, audit it, ship a patch.

Renderer
React 19 · TypeScript · Vite · Zustand · TailwindCSS 3
Desktop
Electron 33 · main / preload / renderer · IPC bridge
HarmonyOS
ArkTS · ArkUI · DevEco Studio · Stage Model
Storage
JSON on disk (desktop) · Preferences + RDB (Harmony)
AI Providers
OpenAI · Anthropic · DeepSeek · GLM · Ollama · Custom
Sync modes
disabled · prefer-local-agent · prefer-remote · remote-only
Build
pnpm workspace · Turbo · Vitest · Node --test
Repo
github.com/kaieye
License
AGPL-3.0