I Built a News App That Runs AI Entirely in Your Browser — Here's How
"You're not reading the news. You're reading a side of it." That thought kept nagging me. I'd read an article about an event, feel informed, then stumble on coverage from the other side of the poli...

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"You're not reading the news. You're reading a side of it." That thought kept nagging me. I'd read an article about an event, feel informed, then stumble on coverage from the other side of the political spectrum and realize I'd only seen half the picture. Not because anyone lied, but because every outlet frames the same event differently. So I built OpenNews — an open-source news aggregator that pulls from 116 RSS feeds across the political spectrum and uses AI to cluster articles covering the same story together. Instead of reading one version of an event, you can see how it's covered across the spectrum, side by side. The twist: everything runs in your browser. No backend AI. No tracking. No accounts. Live demo · GitHub Why I Built It Most news aggregators optimize for convenience. I wanted one that optimized for perspective. The problem is not just bias. It's fragmentation. The same event gets described with different emphasis, tone, and framing depending on the outlet. If you only