Install FreshRSS - RSS Feed Aggregator

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#FreshRSS #RSS #Windows

*** Updated 12/03/2024

Full steps can be found at i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0234.html

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What is FreshRSS?
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FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. It is lightweight, easy to work with, powerful, and customizable. - github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS

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Installation
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   01. Download XAMPP sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows
   02. Download FreshRSS github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/releases/latest
   03. Download Microsoft Visual C++ https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
   04. Install Microsoft Visual C++
   05. Right click the downloaded XAMPP file ≫ Extract All...
   06. Right click the downloaded FreshRSS.zip file ≫ Extract All...
   07. Rename the extracted folder freshrss
   08. Cut the freshrss folder inside the XAMPP/htdocs directory
   09. Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example
   10. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location
   11. Run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe
   12. Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL
   13. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin
   14. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell windows here...
   15. Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the database
         .\mysql -u root
         CREATE DATABASE freshrss DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
         CREATE USER 'freshrss_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Fr3s4R$S!!';
         GRANT ALL ON freshrss.* TO 'freshrss_rw'@'localhost';
         FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
         exit;
   16. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8089
   17. Select a Language ≫ Click Submit
   18. Click the Go to the next step button
   19. Complete the database configuration form as follows
         Type of database: MySQL
         Host: localhost
         Database username: freshrss_rw
         Database password: Fr3s4R$S!!
         Database: freshrss
         Table prefix:
   20. Click the Go to the next step button
   21. Enter a username and password ≫ Click Submit
   22. Click the Complete Installation button
   23. Login with the username and password created earlier
   24. Welcome to FreshRSS

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