In my never ending quest to be less reliant on Google and co i needed a solution to build my own, self curated newsfeed. I really liked the functionality of the Chrome start page or Google App on Android provided: a simple newsfeed with content that might interest me.
Miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated feed reader.
Wallabag is a self-hosted alternative to services like Pocket, Readability or Instapaper.