How to Install Newspipe on macOS

Newspipe is a self-hosted news aggregator that is used to collect and organize articles from various sources. In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to install Newspipe on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have the following requirements:

  • A macOS computer
  • Python 3.5+ installed
  • pip (Python package installer) installed

Installation

Follow these steps to install Newspipe:

  1. Open your terminal app on macOS by pressing cmd + spacebar and typing "terminal" in Spotlight search.
  2. Clone the Newspipe repository from the GitHub website with the following command:
git clone https://git.sr.ht/~cedric/newspipe.git
  1. Navigate to the location of the cloned repository using the cd command:
cd ~/path/to/newspipe/
  1. Create a virtual environment for Newspipe:
python3 -m venv env
  1. Activate the virtual environment:
source env/bin/activate
  1. Install the required Python packages:
pip install -r requirements.txt
  1. Edit the configuration file:
cp newpipe/settings/local.py.example newpipe/settings/local.py
nano newpipe/settings/local.py

Make sure to update the settings as per your requirements.

  1. Create the database:
python manage.py migrate
  1. Create a user account:
python manage.py createsuperuser
  1. Run the development server:
python manage.py runserver
  1. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8000/ to view the Newspipe instance.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Newspipe on macOS!