LumiFeed

Ad-Free News Platform with Summaries & Key Points, Delightful clutterless ui

LumiFeed is an ad-free news platform that delivers the latest news with a clean, clutter-free user experience. It provides quick summaries of articles to help you stay informed without the noise. News is delivered from multiple sources, with a focus on user experience.

all development up until now done by Dream World Coder, 20000+ Lines of code.

Interested peeps are heartily welcome to contribute

Why LumiFeed?

Features

• Ad-Free Browsing: Enjoy news articles without the interruption of advertisements. Stay focused while reading
• Clean UI/UX: A simple and intuitive interface designed to prioritize user comfort.
• Collections to Store Articles: Collections like Read Later and Liked Articles for easy organization, also you can create custom collections of your own.
• Quick Summaries: Each news article is summarized into key points for quick consumption.
• City-Specific News: Get personalized news updates by selecting your city of interest.
• Kolkata & Indian News: Special coverage for Kolkata and other Indian cities.
• Single Page Application (SPA): Using Ajax for a seamless experience, all interactions happen on a single page.
• Responsive Design: Fully responsive, works smoothly across all devices.
• Dark Mode: A optimised dark mode for 'night-owls'.

In Progress

• News Summary: Short summary for each news article Using Google Pegasus and BERT

Tech Stack

• Backend: Flask (Python) + Gunicorn
• Frontend: HTML, CSS (with Scss), JavaScript, jQuery
• Database: SQLite + PostgreSQL
• Other Tools:
  • Flask-SQLAlchemy
  • Ajax for dynamic content loading
  • LocalStorage for client-side caching

Tech Concepts Used

• Backend development in Python using Flask and Gunicorn, Login, Registration, Email Verification etc
• RDBMS, M:N Relationships, Joining tables, Application of ORMs like flask-sqlalchemy
• Frontend: javascript optimisation and fetch api for ajax, choosing fitting color pallates, layouting

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Dream-World-Coder/LumiFeed.git
cd lumifeed

# Create and activate a virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # For Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run the app
flask run or python run.py

API Routes

Map([<Rule '/static/<filename>' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> static>,
 <Rule '/verify-email' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> verify_email>,
 <Rule '/verify' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> verify>,
 <Rule '/resend-verification-email' (OPTIONS, POST) -> resend>,
 <Rule '/register' (GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS) -> register>,
 <Rule '/login' (GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS) -> login>,
 <Rule '/logout' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> logout>,
 <Rule '/delete_account' (GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS) -> delete_account>,
 <Rule '/forgot_password' (GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS) -> forgot_password>,
 <Rule '/reset_password' (GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS) -> reset_password>,
 <Rule '/add_new_collection' (OPTIONS, POST) -> add_new_collection>,
 <Rule '/delete_collection' (OPTIONS, POST) -> delete_collection>,
 <Rule '/share-collection/<username>/<collection_name>' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> share_collection>,
 <Rule '/fetchnews' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> fetchnews>,
 <Rule '/home' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> index>,
 <Rule '/' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> index>,
 <Rule '/about' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> about>,
 <Rule '/contact' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> contact>,
 <Rule '/profile/<username>' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> profile>,
 <Rule '/home/<any_path>' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> anything>,
 <Rule '/<any_path>' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> anything>,
 <Rule '/db_create_all_123_lorem' (GET, HEAD, OPTIONS) -> create_tables>,
 <Rule '/read_news_here' (OPTIONS, POST) -> read_news_here>,
 <Rule '/article/<article_heading>' (OPTIONS, POST) -> read_news_in_new_tab>,
 <Rule '/remove_article' (OPTIONS, POST) -> remove_article>,
 <Rule '/add_to_read_later' (OPTIONS, POST) -> add_to_read_later>,
 <Rule '/add_to_different_collections' (OPTIONS, POST) -> add_to_different_collections>,
 <Rule '/search_in_title' (OPTIONS, POST) -> search_in_title>,
 <Rule '/make_summary' (OPTIONS, POST) -> make_summary>])

Screenshots

HOME PAGE

PROFILE PAGE

PREVIEW NEWS ARTICLES

READ NEWS ARTICLES

DARK MODE

Future Features

• User Customization: Allow users to customize the type of news they want to see on their feed.

Contributing

Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request if you'd like to contribute to LumiFeed. All contributions are welcome!

License

This project is licensed under the GNU_GPLv3.

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Developer

• Subhajit Gorai - All development, UI/UX design, and backend logic were done by me!