Don't read.
Grab the sparks and go.
- jNext
- kPrevious
- SpaceRead
- mMark read
- sStar
- tObsidian
- aAI summary
- /Search
A keyboard-driven RSS hub, stripped of everything you won't use, wired straight into your Obsidian Vault for triage — and nothing else.
- Fully automatic Obsidian sync
- Auto-expires in 30 days (zero unread guilt)
- AI summaries for YouTube & audio
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Interface Design
Every pixel, edge to edge, driven from the keyboard.
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Why FeedSparc?
Cut through the unread pile-up and the knowledge gap other tools leave behind.
Traditional readers pile on features until they're bloated, with no automatic link to your knowledge base. Serious read-it-later apps run past $10 a month and are too heavy for split-second triage. FeedSparc hits the sweet spot in between.
Traditional, feature-bloated RSS readers
~$80–$100 per year
- Keyboard operability
- UI bloated with features most people never use
- No automatic sync to Obsidian
- Unread piles up forever and breeds guilt
Heavyweight read-it-later apps
$96–$120/year ($10+/month)
- Markdown / note-taking integration
- Expensive to keep paying $10+ every month
- Too feature-heavy for split-second triage
- No flexibility for AI summaries (no bring-your-own-key)
FeedSparc
¥6,000 / $36 per year (¥500 / $3.00 per month)
- Vim/Space controls tuned for split-second triage
- Dedicated Obsidian plugin auto-pulls the diff
- AI summaries for articles, YouTube, and audio (BYOK)
- 30-day TTL purge kills unread guilt completely
Capabilities
Four weapons for the age of information overload.
Fully automatic sync via a dedicated Obsidian plugin
No manual copy-paste. Shift+T queues an article; the Obsidian plugin polls and writes it straight into your Vault. Extracted article text ships over as full Markdown.
Split-second triage & smart reading scroll
j/k never lose your place — a sticky top-anchor holds your scroll position.Space pages through long reads, then flows into the next article at the end. Every key remaps.
YouTube & podcast audio summaries (BYOK)
Not just article text — feed a YouTube URL or a podcast episode straight to the Gemini API for a 3-line summary. a pulls out the spark with one keystroke.
30-day auto-expiry & trigram full-text search
Unread articles auto-delete after 30 days, so a growing count never means guilt (starred articles are kept forever). / triggers fast full-text search powered by D1 FTS5.
Transparent Pricing
Simple, transparent pricing.
Just the features you need, priced fairly.
Free plan
For everyday personal triage
¥0 ($0 / free forever)
- Up to 30 subscribed feeds
- Split-second Vim / Space triage
- Manual clipping (Obsidian's standard URI)
- AI summaries for article text (BYOK)
- Automatic sync via the Obsidian plugin
- YouTube / podcast audio summaries
Pro plan
For anyone making Obsidian their second brain
¥6,000 / year ($36)
That's ¥500 ($3.00) a month
※ Billed monthly: ¥800 / $4.99 every month
- Fully automatic Obsidian sync (dedicated plugin)
- Full article text shipped as Markdown
- Up to 1,000 subscribed feeds
- AI summaries for YouTube & podcast audio
- Fast full-text search with FTS5 (trigram)