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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. vielhuber/extrablatt ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) vielhuber/extrablatt ==================== A simple news aggregator in php. 1.8.1(1w ago)156MITPHPPHP >=8.3 Since May 19Pushed 1w agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/vielhuber/extrablatt)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/vielhuber/extrablatt)[ RSS](/packages/vielhuber-extrablatt/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1w ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (75)Used By (0) [![GitHub Tag](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6dd16671d72a2beca2696ce6adc10e8c69ffafd0722c8475e041fa177b25eaaa/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f762f7461672f7669656c68756265722f6578747261626c617474)](https://github.com/vielhuber/extrablatt/tags)[![Code Style](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1540f8ce219727155ab62506c77b818b720421c22c4cf0b18a5f160942132e2d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f636f64655f7374796c652d7073722d2d31322d6666363962342e737667)](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-12/)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/29ae7a49a173d7af52c652632e6fb46a14800f1e02e0c03569f3e6e2be90715a/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f7669656c68756265722f6578747261626c617474)](https://github.com/vielhuber/extrablatt/blob/main/LICENSE.md)[![Last Commit](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5f9fac6f18f6add5db24c30e58c0e9dcddf2d273a03b4704f52181b2852b50f4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6173742d636f6d6d69742f7669656c68756265722f6578747261626c617474)](https://github.com/vielhuber/extrablatt/commits)[![PHP Version Support](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/90d2ccd2f5f70cc02a73d493bd92968e1184cb798f155a75ab1fb9840b53c99c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f7068702d762f7669656c68756265722f6578747261626c617474)](https://packagist.org/packages/vielhuber/extrablatt)[![Packagist Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/333aa74142d7c92c29cf396ba6febfa3d7a3c79d9a08cc6fc535d1ae62fc6449/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f7669656c68756265722f6578747261626c617474)](https://packagist.org/packages/vielhuber/extrablatt) 📰 extrablatt 📰 ============== [](#-extrablatt-) a simple news aggregator. pulls articles from configurable rss feeds (plus reddit, hacker news and x via cookie-authenticated scrape), stores them in sqlite, detects paywalls, fetches thumbnails, categorises through an llm, and opens single articles through an `archive.ph` proxy with mobile-friendly css rewrites. installable as a progressive web app. installation ------------ [](#installation) ``` mkdir extrablatt cd extrablatt composer require vielhuber/extrablatt ./vendor/bin/extrablatt-init ``` after install, edit: - `.data/config.json`: papers (see schema below) - `.data/.env`: `AI_API_KEY` / `AUTH_PASSWORD` / `AI_PROVIDER` / `AI_MODEL` - `.data/cookies/`: drop cookie exports per host into - `.data/database.sqlite`: restore database (optional) config.json schema ------------------ [](#configjson-schema) ``` { "papers": { "": { "url": "https://example.com", "label": "Display Name", "rss": "https://example.com/feed.xml", "default_image": "https://example.com/fallback.png", "stub_markers": ["Subscribe to read", "Premium content"] } } } ``` - `default_image` (optional): fallback thumbnail when the RSS item carries no image. - `stub_markers` (optional): substrings present in the archive.ph snapshot of a PLUS article when it's only a teaser, so the snapshot is dropped instead of surfaced as if it were the full text. - Special `rss` schemes: `reddit://home` and `x://home` activate the cookie-authenticated JSON scrapers in place of XML parsing. categories, AI defaults (`temperature`, `timeout`, `max_tries`), and the archive fulltext minimum (8000 chars) are hardcoded in the package. usage ----- [](#usage) ``` php -S 127.0.0.1:8080 -t . ``` cron ---- [](#cron) ``` 0 6,18 * * * curl -s 'https://your-host/?scrape=1&key=' >/dev/null ``` backup ------ [](#backup) ``` zip -r backup.zip .data ``` ### Health Score 49 — FairBetter than 94% of packages Maintenance98 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity14 Limited adoption so far Community6 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity63 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~0 days Total 74 Last Release 8d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3183737?v=4)[David Vielhuber](/maintainers/vielhuber)[@vielhuber](https://github.com/vielhuber) --- Top Contributors [![vielhuber](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3183737?v=4)](https://github.com/vielhuber "vielhuber (72 commits)") ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/vielhuber-extrablatt/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/vielhuber-extrablatt/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/vielhuber-extrablatt) ``` ### Alternatives [pear/fsm Finite State Machine 355.0k](/packages/pear-fsm) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)