Read what
matters.
Focal is an RSS reader for macOS that turns your feeds into a focused reading practice. AI-powered digests, YouTube channels, and a distraction-free reader — all local, all yours.
Free & open source · Requires macOS 13+
Everything you need to read better.
Built for people who care about what they read, not just how much.
AI Daily Digest
Ollama summarises your feeds into a focused daily briefing. Runs entirely on your machine — no API keys, no data leaving your device.
YouTube as RSS
Subscribe to any YouTube channel alongside your blogs and news. Watch or read — everything lands in the same timeline.
Distraction-free Reader
Four reading themes, three font options, adjustable size. Open an article and everything else disappears.
Text-to-Speech
Listen to articles while you work. Sentence-level highlighting keeps track of where you are.
Keyboard-first
Browse, star, open, and navigate entirely from the keyboard. Your hands never have to leave the home row.
Local & Private
Everything lives in a SQLite database on your machine. No accounts, no subscriptions, no telemetry.
Today's Digest
AI summary of everything published in the last 24 hours
Simple Setup
Connect Ollama, configure TTS, and add your YouTube API key
The Reader
A reading experience worth coming back to.
Focal strips away ads, navigation, and clutter. Choose from four themes — light, sepia, slate, or dark — and three font options to match how you like to read.
- Light, Sepia, Slate, and Dark themes
- Sans-serif, Serif, and Monospace fonts
- Adjustable font size
- Text-to-speech with sentence tracking
Start reading,
today.
Free, open source, and yours to keep.
Download for macOSmacOS 13 Ventura or later