Read offline, get notified when blogs publish, and listen to articles — in its own window. Currently in beta.
Articles are saved to disk, so you can read without an internet connection. The app also fetches feeds directly from publishers — no CORS issues to deal with.
A Web Renaissance
Anil Dash · 8 min
Why I Blog
Tom MacWright · 4 min
The Small Web Is Beautiful
Benoit Bidiville · 11 min
Robin Rendle
The Secret Life of the Comma
Manu Moreale
Intentional Browsing
Tracy Durnell
Links and Thoughts, March 2026
The app checks your feeds every 10 minutes, even when the window is closed. New posts trigger a native desktop notification. You can also see unread counts in the system tray.
Built-in text-to-speech with natural-sounding voices. Pick a voice, hit play, and listen while you do other things. Supports 70+ languages and dialects.
by Maria Santos · 12 min listen
Currently in beta. Takes about a minute to install, auto-updates after that.
Universal build — Intel & Apple Silicon
Or install with Homebrew:
brew install blogsareback/desktop/blogsarebackThe same web app you already know, running in its own window with native OS capabilities. Every line of code is public.
Saved posts, feed cache, and settings live on your machine. We never see what you read.
One anonymous heartbeat per day with aggregate counts. No personal data, no feed content, no browsing history.
Not with the desktop app — it fetches feeds directly. The browser extension is still great if you prefer using the web app, though.
Yes. Updates are downloaded in the background and installed on next launch. You can also grab releases manually from GitHub.
Yes. Your blog list syncs between them. Use whichever you prefer, or both.
It's usable day-to-day, but you may run into rough edges. Updates ship frequently. If you hit a bug, the GitHub issues page is the best place to report it.
The installer is roughly 100-200MB depending on platform. It bundles its own Chromium runtime, so it uses more memory than a browser tab. The web app plus browser extension is a lighter alternative.