Your personal newsroom

The morning briefing,
without the algorithm.

A self-hosted, ad-free news dashboard that pulls fresh headlines from 11 curated sources with one click. Star what matters, annotate as you read, and export your briefing in four formats. No tracking. No newsletters. No noise.

One file · Single HTML · No install · No account

A guided tour

The full app, in screens.

The demo below runs three of eleven sources. This is what the complete tool looks like — every feature, every pixel.

The Morning News Brief — empty state with Fetch button
Step 01

Start with a clean slate.

Open the file. Eleven curated sources, ready when you are. One button to start your morning.

Fetching progress across 11 sources
Step 02

Eleven sources, in parallel.

BBC, Guardian, NPR, BBC Business, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Engadget, plus four subreddits — fetched at once, typically in 10 to 20 seconds.

Full dashboard with intelligence panel and articles
Step 03

Your front page, organized.

Hundreds of articles, color-coded by source. An intelligence panel surfaces top categories, source origins, and the day's emerging topics — all extracted live from today's headlines.

Plus

Three themes for three moods.

Same app, three reading modes — pick the one that matches your eyes and the time of day.

Light theme — warm ivory and crimson
Light warm ivory · crimson
Dark theme — obsidian and gold
Dark obsidian · gold
Newspaper theme — sepia and ink
Newspaper sepia · ink
Reading pane with auto-saving note editor
Step 04

Annotate as you read.

Open any article in the reading pane. Type a thought, a key quote, a follow-up. Notes auto-save with a 400ms debounce and travel with the article into every export.

Export dropdown showing CSV, Excel, HTML, and PDF formats
Step 05

Take it with you.

Four export formats — CSV, Excel, HTML, PDF — each respecting your active filters, your starred articles, and your notes. Hand off your briefing to a colleague or archive it for later.

Starred articles view
Step 06

Build your own library.

Star anything worth keeping. The Starred view is your running list — persistent across sessions, ready to revisit, filter, or export as a standalone packet.

Help and getting started panel

Built-in guide.

A getting-started panel in case you forget where things live.

Article list view with Load More

Read deeper.

Twenty articles per source on first fetch — Load More for the rest.

First-run orientation modal

Onboarding included.

A short walkthrough the first time you open the file.

Take it with you

Four formats. Your file, forever.

Hit Export. Pick a format. Every export captures your active filters, your starred articles, and your notes — exactly as you've organized them.

briefing-2026-04-26.csv
sourcedatetitle
bbcApr 26 08:30Trump cancels US envoys'…
guardianApr 26 09:15Explosions in Mali as armed…
nprApr 26 11:00New AI research lab opens…
bbc-bizApr 26 12:30Markets close mixed on…
techcrunchApr 26 14:00OpenAI announces a new…

CSV

Plain-text rows for Numbers, Sheets, or your own scripts.

MorningBrief_2026-04-26.xlsx
208 articles · 11 sources · 12 starred · 3 noted
SourceTitleDate
BBC WorldTrump cancels US envoys'…Apr 26
The GuardianExplosions in MaliApr 26
NPR NewsNew AI research lab opensApr 26
BriefingStarredNotes

Excel (.xlsx)

Branded workbook with summary row, columns, and tabs for stars & notes.

briefing-2026-04-26.html
The Morning News Brief Sunday · April 26, 2026
BBC WORLD · 8h ago
Trump cancels US envoys' trip to Pakistan
Iran had earlier said there were no plans for a direct meeting…
THE GUARDIAN · 9h ago
Explosions and gunfire in Mali
Witnesses report clashes in the centre and north…

HTML digest

A self-contained page to email, archive, or open in any browser.

briefing-2026-04-26.pdf
THE MORNING NEWS BRIEF
SUNDAY · APRIL 26, 2026 · 208 ARTICLES
— WORLD —
Trump cancels US envoys' trip to Pakistan for talks on Iran war
Iran had earlier said there were no plans for a direct meeting led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner…
— 1 of 4 —

PDF report

Formal document with masthead, sections, and page numbers.

Live · Now you try

The actual product, in your browser.

You've seen the screens. This is a working slice with BBC, Guardian, and NPR — fetching real headlines right now.

morningbrief.app — demo
Live
Star articles Take notes Switch theme Manage sources Search & filter

This is the actual product, running with three of the eleven sources. Star articles, take notes, switch themes, manage sources — try anything. Only the export button is locked — that's how you take it home.

That — but with all eleven sources, four export formats, three themes.

Single HTML file · Yours forever · 14-day refund

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Live Sources
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Export Formats
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Ads · Trackers
What's inside

Two streams. One briefing.

Established newsrooms for the headlines that move markets, plus community signal from the threads where stories break first.

Section 01 · RSS Feeds

The broadsheet stack

Seven established outlets, fetched live. Politics, world, business, tech — each piece time-stamped and attributed, so you always know where it's coming from.

  • BBC World — global news, updated continuously.
  • The Guardian — independent reporting from London.
  • NPR News — long-form journalism from the U.S.
  • BBC Business — markets, deals, macroeconomics.
  • TechCrunch · Ars Technica · Engadget — what's shipping in tech.
Section 02 · Reddit

The signal from the threads

Four high-signal subreddits that surface stories before they hit the wires — including the analysis you'd normally pay an analyst for.

  • r/Business — corporate news as it breaks.
  • r/Investing — market reactions in real time.
  • r/WorldNews — global stories with context.
  • r/Economics — academic-grade discussion of policy and data.
  • + enable / disable any source — your briefing, your sources.
The lineup

Eleven sources, one click.

Each source is colour-coded, time-stamped, and toggleable. Hit refresh — articles from every enabled feed load in parallel, typically in 10–20 seconds.

BBC World
RSS · Global news
The Guardian
RSS · Independent
NPR News
RSS · Long-form
BBC Business
RSS · Markets
TechCrunch
RSS · Startups
Ars Technica
RSS · Deep tech
Engadget
RSS · Consumer tech
r/Business
Reddit · Corporate
r/Investing
Reddit · Markets
r/WorldNews
Reddit · Global
r/Economics
Reddit · Policy
The newsroom

Built like a tool, read like a paper.

Six features that turn a list of links into an actual briefing — the kind you can hand to your boss, your client, or your morning self.

Intelligence Dashboard

Top categories, a rotating source globe, and a topic landscape — all updated live with every fetch. Click any element to filter your feed instantly.

Star & Note Anything

Star articles to keep them. Type notes that auto-save with a 400ms debounce. Both travel with your briefing into every export.

Filter, Search, Drill Down

Time windows from 1h to Today, source pills, full-text search across titles and summaries — and ⌘K to focus the search bar from anywhere.

Export in Four Formats

CSV · Excel · HTML · PDF — every export respects your active filters, your stars, and your notes. Hand off your briefing or archive it forever.

Three Reading Themes

Light (warm ivory + crimson), Dark (obsidian + gold), Newspaper (sepia). Pick the one that matches your eyes and the time of day.

Yours Forever

One HTML file. No server, no account, no monthly fee. Stars, notes, source toggles, theme — all saved locally in your browser. Edit the file freely; it's yours.

Made for

The people who need to actually know.

📈
Investors & Traders

Macro context before the bell. Filter to BBC Business and r/Investing.

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Journalists & Analysts

Triage 11 feeds in one window. Star, note, export your daily packet.

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Founders & Operators

Watch your industry without surrendering your morning to LinkedIn.

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Researchers & Curators

Build briefings, archive sources, keep notes that travel with you.

Before you ask

Frequently asked.

What exactly do I get?
One single HTML file. Open it in any modern browser — Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge — and it works immediately. No install, no account, no server. Drop it on your desktop, your iCloud, your Dropbox, or host it on a tiny static server if you want a personal URL.
How do articles get fetched? Is anything tracked?
Articles are pulled live from each source's public RSS feed (or Reddit's public JSON API) through cors-friendly relays. Nothing is logged or stored anywhere except your own browser's local storage — which holds your stars, notes, and source toggles. No analytics, no trackers, no newsletter sign-up.
Can I add my own sources?
Yes. The source list is a simple JavaScript array near the top of the file. Add any RSS feed URL or Reddit subreddit, give it a display name and a colour, and it'll appear in the Sources panel on next load. The file is yours to edit.
What about the four export formats?
CSV for spreadsheets. Excel for richer formatting and multi-tab workbooks. HTML for sharing a portable, archive-quality briefing. PDF for printing or attaching to an email. Every export respects your active filters, your starred articles, and your notes.
Will it work on mobile?
Yes. The interface is fully responsive — sources collapse into a drawer, the dashboard stacks vertically, and the reading pane takes the full screen. Reading and starring on a phone works the same as on desktop. Exports work on mobile browsers too.
What if I want a refund?
Email within 14 days of purchase and you'll get a full refund — no forms, no questions. The product is so cheap that disputes cost more than the sale price; the policy exists because trust is more valuable than churn.
Tomorrow morning, 7:00 AM

Make your own front page.

Stop scrolling. Start reading. One file, eleven sources, four export formats — yours forever.

Single HTML file · No install · Works offline after first load

The Morning News Brief
— A personal newsroom in a single file —